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Looking to volunteer?

Become a befriender and help us combat loneliness & social isolation experienced by older neighbours.

Here you can apply and find out more about volunteering

Refer an older

Neighbour

We are available for referrals and self-referrals. Find out more about our criteria.

Fancy a

chat?

If you spend a lot of time on your own but would like more company, our friendly, DBS-checked befrienders would love to visit and spend an hour a week having a natter & a cuppa. Or why not join the fun at one of our Social Clubs?

£5

Will provide Tea, Coffee and Refreshments for a Social Club.

£20

Recruits a new befriender to be paired with an isolated older neighbour.

£50

£50 will pay for a trip for an older neighbour to a museum or a nature reserve.

£100

£100 will help maintain a 1:1 friendship for 6 months.

Let's end loneliness together,

Your help is greatly appreciated

Any donation we receive can make such a difference

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Have fun & make a difference! Volunteer as a Social Club Leader

Have fun & make a difference! Volunteer as a Social Club Leader

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Meet the team: Jess Hollins

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Meet Rachael, our new Nottinghamshire Befriending Coordinator

Meet Rachael, our new Nottinghamshire Befriending Coordinator

We are delighted to welcome to the team our new Befriending Coordinator, Rachael Beavon-Baldwin. Rachael joined b:friend in August to […]

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b:friend older neighbours shaping The Centre for Social Justice's Lonely Nation Report

b:friend older neighbours shaping The Centre for Social Justice's Lonely Nation Report

Loneliness report from The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) shows that nearly six in 10 adults in Britain feel lonely […]

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Celebrating the power of befriending on World Friendship Day

Celebrating the power of befriending on World Friendship Day

“It helps me as much as it helps him.” Read Trevor & John’s befriending story

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