The Two’s Company Keswick befriending scheme covering Keswick and the wider CA12 area is now up and running. Based in Keswick Library, Fiona Overend is the scheme coordinator and Keith Rigg the scheme leader. The first ten volunteers are being recruited and trained ready to be linked up...
Loneliness and mental health have always been intertwined issues and this will continue to be the case in the future. Whilst loneliness is not a mental health condition in and of itself, it can (and does) often lead to mental health problems. These can include various types of social phobia,...
A scheme member for a Linking Lives befriending scheme run by Oak Grove Community Church in Norwich shares why she got in touch with the befriending service and the huge difference it has made to her … “In March 2020 all the community get togethers which my friends and I had relied on for social...