Core funding toward the continued development of a digital platform to track and support Big Brothers and Big Sisters in the UK (360G-zing-114)

Big Brothers Big Sisters UK has replicated the US model in Oxford since 2017, supporting 60+ children and their families. Throughout the pandemic, they began to develop a web app to support the management team in the monitoring and support of their volunteer Big Brothers and Big Sisters. The team has starting to replicate the adapted model in other local authorities across the South with local partners. This funding is for the continued iteration of the platform to support Oxford and new local authorities in their roll out of the programme, supporting growth and continued quality assurance. This funding is unrestricted, and covers the year two development costs of BBBSUK's roadmap into new local authorities, iterating their support of partner organisations in each location (including Surrey and West Sussex).