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Next Befriending Training Day: Saturday 13th June 2026

Restore is motivating for action with our next training course for those interested in befriending or wanting to learn more about refugee issues.

 Our next training day:

Our training day on Saturday 13th June

Please join our training course to find out more about refugee issues or how you can support asylum seekers and refugees by becoming a volunteer befriender. The training will take place on Saturday 13th February 2026 at St John’s Church, Harborne. The course will begin at 9.45am for refreshments and registration, with the first session commencing at promptly at 10am, and the last session ending at 4pm.

‘The Restore training day was brilliant! Jasmine and the team were thorough and engaging and I’ve come away feeling more informed and

fully supported as I go into a befriending role’.

Attendee (October 2025 training day)

 

All three sessions of the training day are different, and we require that anybody who is interested in becoming a befriender attend all three. Here’s an outline of what is included in each session covered during the training day:

Session 1: Global refugee issues, overview of situation in the UK, introduction to Restore and befriending including input from a volunteer befriender.

Session 2: An overview of the asylum application process and introduction to refugee resettlement, including a refugee sharing about their experience of the asylum process.

Session 3: Practicalities of befriending: guidelines, boundaries, safeguarding, support, contact with and feedback to Restore and how to apply.

 

To sign up: please fill out this form. 

 

Please share this information with anybody you think might be interested in becoming a befriender, or finding out more about refugee issues.

We will also be sharing more information on Facebook and Instagram, so if you follow us on social media, you can share our posts too.

For more information about the training course, please email us.

 

If you have any questions in the meantime please email Jasmine, our Befriending Coordinator, at jasmine@restore-uk.org.

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