Silvernet

Silvernet aims to be network of Get Together Groups providing opportunities for isolated and lonely residents of Barking and Dagenham to make new friends and increase social contact and improve their safety and ability to remain independent. These groups provide lunch, refreshments, creative activities and games, skill sharing, informative talks and entertainment to the participants. Silvernet also provides other services which include Computer clubs for the elderly, telephone befriending, help with practical everyday jobs like housework, laundry, gardening decorating, small handy man jobs etc.

Service access criteria: older people,residents of barking and dagenham
Categories:
Connecting with others
Mental health
Services for older people
Social prescribing
Additional needs catered for:
N/A
Key words - separate with a comma: older people, social isolation,loneliness, companionship