Befriending

Befriending is available to older people who don’t see people or go out as much as they would like. A volunteer befriender visits the older person in their own home. They also offer encouragement to get out more, to join in with activities and access local services and resources.

Volunteer

Joy Mills arranges and supports this service. She is based at Shipley and Bingley Voluntary Services (SBVS) at Cardigan House, Ferncliffe Road, Bingley. She can be contacted on 01274 781222 OR
click on this link to contact Joy Mills via email


If you live in Bingley, have some spare time and would like to make friends with an older person local to you, please get in touch. Training provided.

Shipley Area Links - Befriending Scheme

Aims to promote and organise volunteers to visit older people in the Bingley, Shipley and Cottingley areas. It was launched in April 2009 and is funded by a Big Lottery Fund award. Three organisations provide the main contacts for each of the three centres. As well as Joy at SBVS in Bingley, befriending is organised by Martin Brooks at Cottingley Cornerstone Centre and Sarah Ward of HALE (Health Engagement Local Action) at Shipley Town Hall.