Befriending and Older peoples social groups

The original project was to run one to one telephone befriending as we found that a good number of people who had befriending during the pandemic were still looking for company. The group included people who were unable to get out or those who had very poor health. They really appreciated the call each week and didn’t want to stop as ti was still very difficult for them to go out.

From a Befriendee: - “The befriending has been great I have made a real friend, we see each other most weeks for about an hour. We have such a lot in common.”

During the last year we have been looking at what groups are available in the area and have found that many of the groups that had been running are simply not any more. We have therefore be starting up groups at our Centre on Tuesdays with different activities. These are well attended and we have seen a reasonable number of people wanting more and different groups. We are therefore going to continue looking at what groups people would like and if we can start some more.