Befriending services

Befriending services are offered through voluntary organisations. They provide opportunities for social interaction if you are feeling isolated through illness, disability, mental illness, old age or social disadvantage.

A befriender can offer you:

• someone to talk to who will listen to you
• someone to go out for a coffee or tea with
• someone to share a leisure activity with
• someone to attend a group with you

There are different organisations and groups across the county who can provide befriending services.

You can contact the Derbyshire Befriending Network to see if a service is available in your area, or find out about signing up as a volunteer befriender.

You can also contact your local community and voluntary service to see what befriending and similar schemes are running.