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VOLUNTEERS are needed from across South Yorkshire to help with a befriending scheme that helps people with long-term or mental health conditions avoid loneliness. Did you know with a Digital ...

Dear Editor, – As a WRVS volunteer for approximately 23 years I would be interested to know if Councillor Barrett has ever asked any WRVS volunteer, if they would be willing to take part in a ...

LANCASHIRE Volunteering Partnership has set up a befriending scheme to help vulnerable members of the community cope with social isolation during the Coronavirus outbreak. The scheme, which will see ...

Lonely older people in Burghfield Common can find companionship with a new befriending scheme being launched tomorrow. TIM’s Friends will hold its first meeting at Café B in the Methodist Church hall ...

A befriending scheme is set to be launched following the success of a village coffee shop which works to reduce social isolation. Back in October, Lowestoft-based Sams Coffee Shop, which is part of ...

A lonely Wetherby widower has hailed the support he’s had from a charity befriending scheme, ahead of a major national awareness week. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Yorkshire Evening ...

Befriending presents research material on short break services for disabled people, based on seven schemes for children or adults with learning difficulties, and draws on the views of service users, ...

A Sainsbury’s employee has won his favourite charity a donation of £200. Twenty-three-year-old Craig Meikle’s time spent volunteering with the COVEY befriending service was recognised by bosses at ...

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