Befriending Service
Our Befriending Service addresses the needs of the socially isolated and offers a three-pronged service:
- Telephone Befriending
- Face-to-Face Befriending
- Circle-of Friendship Befriending
to encompass a wide range of needs.
We would very much like to hear from anybody who would like to access this service or who would like to volunteer to be a befriender. All volunteers are interviewed and references received before joining us and DBS checks are completed before a volunteer is matched to a client. The co-ordinator remains in contact with both client and volunteer on a regular basis. If either party is not happy with the match then both are placed back on the list until a more suitable match can be made for each.
For more information contact us.
Friendship and Social clubs
Age Concern Colchester feels it is important that older people should not become isolated and so we run a number of social activities with partners in the community across the Borough of Colchester and beyond.
Clubs that we partner with are found on our events page click here
We are looking to open up new friendship clubs in areas of isolation. If you would be interested in volunteering or being a part of a new club please let us know by contacting us.
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