Volunteering

Friends of the Family volunteers gathered in the gardens of the Quaker Meeting House, Winchester, on 10 June for a special volunteer thank you lunch which also marked the end of Volunteers’ Week. [...]

We were thrilled to be able to hold our annual volunteer lunch on 10th June which took place in the beautiful gardens of the Winchester Quaker Meeting House. The lunch was to say a huge [...]

After a challenging year, we were able to run a befriender training course in May and we are thrilled to welcome six super new volunteers to our 5s to 13s Befriending team. Loui, Adele, Anne, [...]

Six super new volunteers have joined Friends of the Family’s 5s to 13s Befriending team. Loui, Adele, Anne, Jane, Sarah and Tracey all successfully completed the two-day befriender training [...]

Our work with vulnerable families and young children is being showcased in a new virtual event at Winchester Cathedral. Called From an Hour to Forever, the event highlights the work of 22 [...]

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 [...]

It’s Volunteers Week; a time to celebrate the contribution millions of people make across the UK through volunteering. We would like to say a huge thank you to our volunteer play workers, [...]

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 [...]