Friendship Works

London / UK

A donation from ICAP will support the expansion of Friendship Works’ vital service into a new London borough, Tower Hamlets for the first time. Funding will set up and support, 15 new friendships between a young person and mentor for a two year period. Each mentor will provide one-to-one support improving each young person's well-being, resilience and life chances.

Charity Overview

Friendship Works improves the emotional well-being, resilience and life chances of disadvantaged children and young people, in London, aged between 5-18 via its long-term mentoring.

The charity’s service aims to:

Improve children’s social and emotional development through access to quality friendship.
Enable children to have better self-esteem, a strong sense of identity and increased resilience.
Broaden children’s horizons through access to new opportunities.

Friendship Works recruit and train adult volunteer mentors who commit to meeting with a young person three times a month, for a minimum of two years.