Accreditations

Sight Support Derbyshire is a member of the Mentoring and Befriending Foundation (MBF), which provides guidance and support to organisations and practitioners involved in mentoring and befriending.

The MBF is committed to promoting voluntary regulation of mentoring and befriending projects through the Approved Provider Standard, the national benchmark for safe and effective practice.
Sight Support Derbyshire has been recognised as Approved Provider Standard (APS) which certifies:

• External recognition for safe and effective practice in mentoring and befriending.
• APS is an accepted benchmark by government departments and other funding bodies that will help with your funding applications.
• Increased public confidence in your mentoring or befriending programmes to help promote your programme to potential service users and volunteers.
• Provides a ‘health check’ of your project to ensure that you are operating in a professional way.

                                                                                                                                                                 For more information about Sight Support Derbyshire home and telephone befriending please click here.

For more information please visit the Mentoring and Befriending Foundation’s website www.mandbf.org

Sight Support Derbyshire are members of the Fundraising Standards Board (FRSB), which champions best practice in fundraising.

Charities displaying the FRSB tick show that they are fundraising according to our Fundraising Promise and the Institute of Fundraising’s Codes of Fundraising Practice.

The Promise commits Sight Support Derbyshire to treating the public with respect, fairness, honesty and clarity, whilst the Codes lay down best practice standards we follow when fundraising.

For more information please visit the Fundraising Standards Board’s website www.frsb.org.uk

For our latest fundraising opportunities please click here.

Sight ED have developed a partnership with Richard Shakespeare Consultancy. 

As part of this partnership, we have developed a new "Committed to Equality" accreditation logo - this will be something that all trained companies who demonstrate a the ability to deliver the best service and embrace equality will receive to promote their commitment to supporting people with disabilities.

To find out how you could get this accreditation for your business, contact 01332 287007                                                                                                                                                      

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