<Name>

<Address>

<Address>

<Address>

<Post Code>

Mobile: <Mobile Number>

<Email address>

Tuesday, 01 October 2013

<Insert Social Workers name here>

Social Services

Warwick House

Wharf Street

NUNEATON

Ref:

Dear <enter social workers name here>

Following our recent conversations we believe we have a suitable volunteer Older Friend.

Forename
Address
Home Telephone Number
Mobile Number
Email Address

The next step is for you to provide information to our volunteer Older Friend about the Younger Friend and their situation. The aim is for you both to satisfy yourselves of the suitability of the proposed Friendship. We appreciate there may be information you may not wish to pass on. Each situation is unique, but overleaf are some points Older Friends have found useful to know about – but it is not exclusive.

Until the Older Friend has discussed the situation with you, and met the child and parents/carers there is no commitment. In discussing with parents/carers we would suggest you talk of the possibility of a Friendship, and that the Older Friend and Younger Friend need to meet, and possibly go out 2 or 3 times to ensure they ‘get on’, before a longer term commitment is made. Our objective is to provide an Older Friend to a child in need. The nature of the friendship is ‘social’ rather than ‘professional’.

At the meeting with parents/carers, which I will attend, our Older Friend will ask the parent/carer to sign an agreement form and will also provide the parent/carer with a short write up on The Project.

Please contact me if you have any queries or if I can be of any more assistance at this stage.

Yours sincerely,

<Name>

Area Coordinator

Friendship Project for Children 475 QA05 – Let to Social Worker - 05-2013