Befriending Services
Supported by a locally based Volunteer Co-ordinator, Befrienders provide informal support to individuals through various activities ranging from home visits to social outings.
Befriending is an additional service, complimentary to our other services. It is where a trained volunteer spends time with someone who, through various circumstances, has become isolated. Both people will meet on a regular basis and share an activity together. What that activity will be depends upon what you both decide. This could be staying in for a chat, visiting a museum, the cinema, or going for a meal.
Potential befriendees are interviewed beforehand to find out what they want from the service. They are then carefully matched with befrienders on the basis that they will have shared interests and a likelihood of getting on well together. Thereafter a relationship is built up through listening and talking.
To find out more about a particular Befriending Services project please click on the relevant link below.
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