World Friendship Ambassadors
A Group Peer Mentoring Programme for Primary Schools
Introduction to WFA from our Lead Educator Adrian Benn
What Is WFA?
A Group Peer Mentoring Programme Empowering Children to Deliver Friendship Education Across Your School!
WFA is an online video learning platform that inspires children to take the lead to promote friendship education to their peers, creating an environment that champions kindness, equity and belonging across your school.
Your school will select WFA mentors who become positive role models that lead workshops on Feeling Good, Healthy Relationships and Positive Communication. Our brave mentors will go on a journey of personal growth and development, as they learn skills, overcome challenges, and lift each other up to inspire others.
Our learning platform is a blend of ‘how to’ videos, presented by our awesome WFA Lead Educator Adrian Benn, expert printable resources created by our inhouse curriculum team, and termly live online connection events that brings everyone together.
The mentor workshops are supported by WFA staff leads in your school. Staff leads can be a range of teachers, learning mentors or support staff, It’s up to you. We support your staff leads to provide the perfect environment to give mentors the agency they need to be courageous and run their sessions with confidence.
Our curriculum team have ensured that the modules link perfectly to your school’s RSHE and Oracy objectives, and the new DFE Enrichment Framework.
The WFA is a wonderful gift that keeps on giving! As one year ends, a new group of mentors will pick up the mantle to continue the WFA journey.
Ofsted recently observed WFA in one of our member schools, West Hill Primary, and they loved it, giving them a Strong Standard for Personal Development and Wellbeing.
READ WHAT OFSTED SAID ABOUT WFA
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WFA is great value for money. For a whole year the cost starts from just £195 a year for a one form entry Primary school, increasing marginally for larger schools.
See WFA In Action
How Does it work?
The WFA is an annual membership scheme, tiered to the size of your school, ensuring affordability and sustainability. The cost of running WFA in your school for an entire year starts at just £195 for a 1 form entry school! Signing up takes just one minute, and you get instant access to the WFA portal!
The portal has everything you need to run a successful group peer mentoring project, with simplicity at its core! We handhold WFA staff leads through every step, which in turn provides the freedom for your WFA mentors to take flight and have lots of fun along the way!
At the end of your first year, as WFA mentors prepare to successfully move on to their next stage at school, we welcome in the new WFA mentors and teacher leads who will inspire their peers as the journey continues!
You can sign up and choose to pay using a card or by a pro-forma invoice. Whichever option you choose, you’ll gain immediate access to all resources.
There is no timeframe in which to complete the WFA programme, it is designed to fit around your schools busy schedule and can even take place after school if you wish.
Perhaps build WFA into RSHE lessons, Rights Respecting Schools sessions, or school council activities – The choice is yours!
What's Included?
When a school becomes a WFA member, they will receive:
• A welcome online surgery for WFA staff leads with our team to help answer questions before you start WFA in your school. ✔️
• An introductory training session with Adrian Benn for selected Mentors, outlining the WFA programme and how it works. ✔️
• An introductory assembly PowerPoint with film, introducing the WFA programme, the Mentors and our WFA Educator, Adrian, to the rest of the school. ✔️
• A plenary assembly PowerPoint with film, concluding the WFA programme and thanking the Mentors, Mentees and whole school for their participation. ✔️
• 3 x Modules; inclusive of online Mentor training sessions, filmed resources and step by step workshop plans and delivery guides for each (see WFA Modules for more detail). ✔️
• Downloadable materials to organise a World Friendship Week in July.✔️
• Access to additional activities and information uploaded throughout the year to support WFA themes for Anti Bullying Week, Children’s Mental Health Week and Secondary Transition. ✔️
• Access to live online Mentor connection sessions each term. ✔️
• Opportunities to physically meet with other schools within the WFA network through our annual live celebratory events such as World Friendship Week.✔️
• Email and telephone support from Bigfoot HQ. ✔️
Who is Adrian Benn?
Adrian has been a cornerstone of Bigfoot Arts Education for nearly 20 years, serving as our Senior Arts Educator with unwavering passion and dedication. His contributions are countless, but most notably, he has played a pivotal role in shaping some of our most impactful programmes in areas such as Anti-Racism, Knife Crime Prevention, Black British History & teacher training.
Adrian has a remarkable gift for connecting with children, inspiring them to express themselves with confidence and creativity. His ability to unlock potential and build self-belief is nothing short of extraordinary. It’s no surprise that he’s cherished by thousands of children and teachers across the country. We couldn’t think of anyone better to lead our WFA programme.
As our WFA Lead Educator, Adrian is wholeheartedly committed to ensuring that every WFA mentor is fully equipped with the tools, knowledge, and inspiration they need to empower pupils in your school year after year. We are incredibly proud to have him at the helm of this exciting journey.
WFA Modules
The WFA currently consists of three modules, all aligned to support the new RSHE curriculum. Each module includes a training video, delivered by Adrian Benn, for both teachers and mentors to be able to successfully launch the sessions, along with downloadable workshop plans and printable resources.
There is no particular order in which to complete the modules, nor any timescale in which to deliver them. WFA is all about working around your schedules.
Check out the modules below for more in-depth information.
World Friendship Week
In the Summer of 2016, we launched our first ever World Friendship Week celebrations. We provide a set of wonderful resources full of fun and creative activities that our WFA mentors can deliver to raise the profile of World Friendship Week across their school.
We also hold a Big WFA live workshop led by Adrian Benn where mentors and their WFA staff leads from all over the UK can connect with each other for the first time and understand they are part of something much bigger than themselves. This is a great day to celebrate achievement through fun, creative activities and fully take on board how truly special it is to be a WFA mentor!
Non member schools can also have access to resources to run their own World Friendship Week, with the hope of coming on board as full members further down the line.
See our 2026 Big WFA Workshop Day in action, held in London.
Choose Your Plan & Sign Up!
*All fees are subject to VAT
Standard WFA Yearly Membership (12 Months)
*Independent school fees include a ‘pay it forward’ contribution allowing a state funded Primary school of their choice to join WFA absolutely free throughout their membership.
