Befriending Volunteer Action – Volunteer

Job Title / Role :
Befriending with Volunteer Action - Volunteer Role

Location :
Oundle

Type :
Temporary

Job Description :

Are you interested in people and their stories?
Are you friendly and caring?
Do you want to help individuals in the local community?

Volunteer Action (VA) is looking for good people to act as one-to-one Befrienders to isolated and lonely older people in the local community. Could you help?
The role is face to face in the older person’s home. One visit/call per week is the norm and timings can be arranged to suit both parties.
Full training is given and a DBS check is required.

We are currently looking for support for

• A friendly, chatty gentleman in Thrapston

• A lively lady in a village north of Oundle

• 2 quiet but friendly ladies living in villages to the west of Oundle.

• An alert and well-informed lady living in a local care home.

We also operate a telephone befriending scheme, if that would better suit your lifestyle and commitments.

To find out more, please contact the VA office on  email befrien or pop in and visit us at Fletton House, Oundle. Our website is

How to Apply

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To find out more, please contact the VA office on  email befrien or pop in and visit us at Fletton House, Oundle.