How visiting older people is a ‘win-win’ activity!

Penny Naylor, Scheme Co-ordinator at our partner project - Befriending Networks  – in Godalming, Surrey shares the story of a successful link up of one of her clients and a volunteer. “One of our clients, Ruth, is a 95-year-old artist. I introduced her to one of our volunteers, Sue, 20...

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From ‘Critically lonely’ to ‘Connected’!

Emily Kenward, the Coordinator for one of our partner projects – Time to Talk Befriending – in Brighton, shares a story of  a successful link up between  a client and volunteer: Veronica, aged 72, was so lonely that she would ring the Sussex Police 9 to 15 times a week, something...

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