Loneliness is one of the biggest 'illnesses' affecting our older people with more and more living alone
often without the support of their family. Alarmingly, over half of older people consider their TV to be their main form of company. Loneliness can have a huge effect on both physical and mental health.
The New Connections Befriending Service is continually growing to meet the needs of the local community
providing a one to one service to older people who are socially isolated with weekly visits from a volunteer Befriender, or a friendly weekly phone call from one of our telephone befrienders. This helps to promote confidence, independence and wellbeing.
Once a referral has been made the Befriending Co-ordinator will visit the client to explain how the service works and ensure that they meet the criteria.