Befriend a Child is a Scottish Registered Charity that supports school-aged children who are growing up in difficult life circumstances across Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire through 1-1 and group befriending and mentoring programmes and projects. We offer the only dedicated befriending and mentoring service for children in North East Scotland.
Each year we support up to 250 youngsters by matching them with a volunteer befriender or mentor. These are children who face extremely difficult circumstances in their everyday lives: growing up in chaotic households, dealing with parental drug and alcohol use; illness and death in the family; poverty; physical, sexual and/or emotional abuse; neglect and trauma. Some will be carers for parents or siblings. One in eight will be in care or living with grandparents or relatives.
Having a befriender can transform a child’s life by opening up new opportunities, improving their self-confidence, giving them a good role model and helping them to fit in better to their school and community.
For every £1 we receive, we generate £6.13 worth of social benefit for the children we support. We do not receive any local authority funding.
Choosing to support Befriend a Child may not change the world, but it will change the world for the children we support.
Company Details
- Employees
- 24
- Founded
- -
- Address
- 9 Bon Accord Square, Aberdeen,aberdeenshire Ab11 6dj,united Kingdom
- Phone
- +44-1224 210060
- in****@****.org.uk
- Industry
- Non-Profit Organization Management
- Website
- befriendachild.org.uk
- Keywords
- Mentoring, Befriending, Fundraising, Third Sector, Volunteering, School exclusion, Social Isolation, Poverty, Disadvantage, Childhood, Fun, Children, Charity, Substance Misuse, Role Models, Appeals, Philanthropy, Charity of the Year, Sponsorship, Challenge Events, Donors, Regular Giving, Friendship.
- HQ
- Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
Befriend A Child Questions
Befriend A Child's helpline number is +44-1224 210060
Befriend A Child's website is befriendachild.org.uk
Befriend A Child's LinkedIn profile is https://uk.linkedin.com/company/befriend-a-child
Befriend A Child has
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Befriend A Child's industry is
Non-profit Organization Management
Befriend A Child's top competitors are
Abernecessities,
Clan Cancer Support,
Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber Of Commerce,
Rape Crisis Grampian,
Mental Health Aberdeen (Mha),
Denis Law Legacy Trust,
The Archie Foundation,
Diversity Bridge (Scio),
World Mission Agency,
Maggie's Aberdeen.
Befriend A Child's support email address is info@befriendachild.org.uk
Befriend A Child's categories are Non-profit Organization Management
Befriend A Child's founding year is 1975
