Befriending Services

Children and Young People - 7 to 15 years

Our Aim is: To support vulnerable young persons between the age of 7 and 15 years on a one to one basis with a trained volunteer who are experiencing significant difficulties in their life and who would benefit from the input of a volunteer

Our objectives we hope to achieve whilst providing one to one support are:

Develop a greater degree of self confidence and emotional growth
Develop greater capacity to make use of their own personal resources
Develop greater capacity to form and maintain positive relationships with others
Develop a greater degree of feelings of achivement
Develop their current skills and abilities and experience new activities

Adults - 16+ Years

Our Aim is: To support vulnerable individuals aged 16+ years that are currently living in their own home, who are significantly socially isolated with very limited social contact with others, who may be experiencing a period of significant loss or change in their lives and would benefit from the input of a volunteer

Our objectives we hope to achieve whilst providing one to one support are:

To increase their ability to continue to manage their own home and to live independently
To encourage them to make positive choices and decisions that affects them
To reduce feelings of social isolation
To reduce feelings of loneliness
To increase their ability to take part in purposeful activities out with their own home
To increase their opportunities to take part in group activities
To increase their ability to have improved social interactions with others in their community

Adults - 60+ Years affected by Dementia

Our Aim is: To support an older member of the community who is affected by Dementia, currently living in their own home, who is significantly socially isolated with very limited social contact with others, who may be experiencing a period of significant loss or change in their lives and would benefit from the input of a volunteer

Our objectives we hope to achieve whilst providing one to one support are:

To encourage their feelings that they have been listened to and understood
To help to reduce the feelings of loneliness and increase positive feelings about life
To increase their sense of well-being
To increase their feelings of feeling safe, valued and respected
To increase their confidence to do the things that matter to them