5 to 13 year olds

On Friday 26th March the 5s to 13s Befriending held their 5th Family Fun Friday on Zoom. This week the focus children and volunteers were treated to four virtual duck races in which they had to [...]

Friends of the Family held their fourth Family Fun Friday on Friday 26th February with seventeen children, parents and volunteers joining in with a game of Friends of the “Family Fortunes” on [...]

Friday 12th February saw our third Family Fun Friday session for the 5s to 13 focus children, families and befrienders to have some fun playing BINGO! Everyone participating had been provided [...]

On Friday 15th January the children, families and volunteers of the 5s to 13s Befriending service enjoyed the chance to participate in a virtual quiz on Zoom for our first ever ‘Family Fun [...]

One of our 5s to 13s focus children has been donated a super second hand bike by a local not for profit, social enterprise organisation Bespoke Biking. Focus child Jack, had outgrown his bike a [...]

Winchester-based charity, Friends of the Family, is appealing for volunteers to train to become befrienders for children who live in the local area. The charity’s 5s to 13s Befriending Service [...]

On Friday 3rd January, 42 children parents and volunteers were treated to a wonderful pantomime of Dick Whittington at The Theatre Royal Winchester. The tickets had been generously provided by a [...]

Both children and adults from our 5s to 13s Befriending service were invited to participate in Christmas craft activities this week. Both sessions were facilitated by ex 5s to13s befriending [...]

Friends of the Family has welcomed five new volunteers to its 5s to 13s Befriending team after they all successfully completed the charity’s two-day training course this month. Following a [...]

Our 5s to 13s Befriending Service had an amazing day at Calshot Activity Centre on 12 August. The day was organised by Befriending Manager Sam Hunt, who, along with five volunteer befrienders, [...]