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Does anyone know who operates the phone buddy scheme
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janer1967
Community member Posts: 21,964 Disability Gamechanger
Hi all
I have heard about a volunteer scheme where people who are lonely can have a person allocated to them who they have regular contact with on the phone.
I cant remember who administrators are for this but I would be interested in becoming a volunteer for them
Does anyone know any info or who they are
@Ross_Scope have you any idea ?
I have heard about a volunteer scheme where people who are lonely can have a person allocated to them who they have regular contact with on the phone.
I cant remember who administrators are for this but I would be interested in becoming a volunteer for them
Does anyone know any info or who they are
@Ross_Scope have you any idea ?
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Esther rantzen started silverline which sounds like the kind of thing you are looking for.
“This is my simple religion. No need for temples. No need for complicated philosophy. Your own mind, your own heart is the temple. Your philosophy is simple kindness.”
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@janer1967 go on line type in phone buddy it comes up
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@janer1967 they are also looking for phone volunteers in help the aged and the samaritins
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@janer1967 I found the above one most of them aren't accepting volunteers at the moment as thry have been overwhelmed with people applying
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There is also the befriending network all these are on line hope it helps
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Hi @janer1967
It sounds like you're after befriending schemes, here are a few suggestions of organisations that offer services like that, with a link to the relevant page:
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@lisathomas50 and @Ross_Scope thanks for the info will look into it
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@janer1967 there are a few more on line you can try
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