Bill, 87, from Cockermouth tells us how being matched with a friend through Cockermouth Linking Lives has given him a new lease of life … When Bill was referred through his medical practice to his local befriending.

Since September 2020, we have started to work with a number of Together Network partnerships across the UK to increase the number of telephone befriending services available to those hardest hit by isolating lockdown measures. At the.

Gilli Howarth – a befriending volunteer for Linking Lives Eastbourne – explains why she got involved with volunteering and how it has made a difference to her life. When Gilli Howarth moved to Eastbourne in 2015, she.