recent initiatives undertaken on behalf Bedfordshire Advice Forum:

• BAF's Advice Skills Training Programme (2013 - present)
• BAF's solicitors Project bringing together local advice agencies and solicitors in Bedford Borough and Central Bedfordshire (2012 - present)
• Setting up the Bedfordshire Benefits Network (2011)
• Developing the online Bedfordshire Advice Directory (2009 - present)
• Setting up Advice Bedfordshire, BAF's trading company (2007)
• Producing Annual Reports for BAF (2004 - 2014)
• Regular training programmes for local advisers (2004 - present)

other projects include:

• The Community Groups Adviser project for Voluntaryworks
• The mid-point evaluation for Luton Advice Network, a 4-year project funded by the Big Lottery Fund
• The project to develop a Child Poverty Needs Assessment and Child Poverty Strategy for Luton Borough
• The development of an Advice Strategy for Bedford Borough
• The development of an Advice Strategy for Central Bedfordshire
• The development of Q-cas, a quality system for local community groups, for BREC
• The Cost of a Free Education project for Bedfordshire Child Poverty Action Group