Age UK Telephone Befriending
There are times in everyone’s life when we can feel lonely or isolated. For some people it can be that they live on their own, for others it may be that they are caring for their loved one.
Our Befriending service offers people aged 50 or over a friendly weekly phone call with one of our local volunteers or Befriending Co-ordinator. We call weekly for an enjoyable and stimulating chat and also offer the opportunity to take part in a fun quiz, all of which can help to ease feelings of loneliness and isolation.
Our Befriending service is free for our members and we welcome the support of volunteers and donations to help us continue running this service.
Why Volunteer?
There are estimated to be 38,000 lonely older people in the county over 65 years of age and statistics show that loneliness can be just as harmful to health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. Our volunteers make a huge impact by providing a friendly weekly call to an older person (or people as volunteers may choose to call more than one) in Norfolk. Sometimes our volunteers are the only people the older people talk to all week.
Contact
- Telephone
- 01603 785223 - Telephone Befriending Service Information 01603 785223 - Telephone Befriending Service Information 01603 785210 - Volunteering 01603 785210 - Volunteering
- [befriending@ageuknorfolk.org.uk, volunteering@ageuknorfolk.org.uk]
- Website
- https://www.ageuk.org.uk/norfolk
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- Parent Organisation
- Age UK Norfolk
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Last Updated: 30 November 2022