Volunteer Action
About Volunteer Action
Volunteer Action offers both a Face to Face Befriending Scheme and a Telephone Scheme. The Scheme operates within VA’s catchment area in North East Northamptonshire and supports isolated or lonely people who are in receipt of State Pension or have a disability or a life limiting illness. The Face to Face Scheme pairs up a member with a volunteer who will make regular visits to the members home. A matched volunteer will call once a week for a chat on the Telephone Befriending Scheme. For more information see our website. To make enquiries or a referral, please call us.
Oundle, England, PE8 4JA
Service Eligibility
We would ideally love to help all applicants, but resources are limited, and preference will be given to individuals with the greatest need.
Individuals must live in our catchment area; the north-eastern area of Northamptonshire. We operate in Oundle, Thrapston and surrounding villages. A full list of villages covered can be found on our website (on the Community Car Scheme Page).
Individuals must be in receipt of a State Pension or have a life-limiting illness or disability. You are unlikely to meet our criteria if:
- you have serious mental health, personality or behavioural problems
- you are suffering with moderate to severe dementia and unable to remember appointment times or form a rewarding relationship with a volunteer
- you are experiencing a temporary crisis
Please contact VA by phone or email to request a Befriending referral form.
Information for Volunteers
Our Face to Face Scheme will introduce you to a Befriender who will be able to visit you in your own home at a regular time, arranged to suit you both.
The scheme operates in Oundle, Thrapston and local villages and is FREE OF CHARGE. We area charity and we appreciated donations from members and their family to help us to continue to provide this service.
Our Friend-on-the-Phone Scheme offers a Telephone Befriender who will call you regularly for a conversation.
This scheme also operates for people living in Oundle, Thrapston and local villages who are elderly, unwell, disadvantaged or have disabilities and are feeling isolated.
Friend-on-the-Phone is also FREE OF CHARGE. We area charity and we appreciated donations from members and their family to help us to continue to provide this service.
More InformationAge Groups
Older Adults (65+)Themes
Older PeopleRegions
Country: England
Scottish Regions:
Other Regions: East Midlands
Other Information
Type of Befriending: Distance befriending including telephone, video call, letter writing or other means, Face to face befriending which takes place in the home or community
Who can refer: Self Referrals Accepted, Friends & Family Referrals Accepted, Professional Referrals Accepted