BrightLife/Age Concern Chesterfield and District
BrightLifeAbout BrightLife/Age Concern Chesterfield and District
BrightLife/Age Concern Chesterfield and District has run a Telephone Befriending Support Service for many years. The Telephone Befriending Support Service is supported by our dedicated team of trained volunteers who are supervised by one of the charity’s Trustees. BrightLife delivers Telephone Befriending 4 days a week from BrightLife’s office in the centre of Chesterfield. Our befrienders work on the same day each week so that they can telephone the same people each week. This gives the befrienders and the beneficiaries the opportunity to get to know each other. Brightlife telephones older people in Chesterfield, Bolsover and North East Derbyshire.
Boythorpe Avenue, Chesterfield, England, S40 2BF
Service Eligibility
Brightlife offers a Telephone Befriend Support Service to older people (55 yrs +) who live Chesterfield, Bolsover and N E Derbyshire who are lonely and/or isolated.
Unfortunately, we are unable to offer Telephone Befriending to older people with complex mental health needs as our volunteers are not trained to offer the type of support that is needed.
Please email enquiries@brightlife.charity for a referral form.
Information for Volunteers
BrightLife/Age Concern Chesterfield and District is looking for volunteers who are interested in becoming Befrienders to older people who are lonely and/or isolated. . BrightLife works across Chesterfield, Bolsover and North East Derbyshire. Full training and support is given to all volunteers. Our befrienders work with the same group of people each week so that the befrienders and the beneficiaries have the opportunity to get to know each other. Everyone at BrightLife is friendly and would enjoy meeting anyone who is interested in becoming a volunteer befriender. We work from our offices in Queens Park in the centre of Chesterfield.
More InformationAge Groups
Older Adults (65+)Themes
Older PeopleRegions
Country: England
Other Regions: East Midlands
Other Information
Type of Befriending: Distance befriending including telephone, video call, letter writing or other means
Who can refer: Self Referrals Accepted, Friends & Family Referrals Accepted, Professional Referrals Accepted