If you live in Queen Camel or neighbouring villages you may be able to access a volunteer befriender who can visit you regularly. Contact Health Coach Marie for more details.

If you live in South Petherton and would benefit from a regular visit from a volunteer befriender, contact a Health Coach at the Medical Centre for an initial chat.

Do you live in Stoke-sub-Hamdon and are over 60?

Do you sometimes feel a bit left out of things or lonely?

Would you like a friendly visitor to call in regularly for a chat?

Then call us – we have trained volunteers who can help. An initiative of Stoke-sub-Hamdon Parish Council and Age UK.

If you are feeling lonely or a bit isolated and feel a chat would help, get in touch! For the over 60’s.

The Community Services Team support a range of services including older persons befriending, the job club and support for individuals and families. For Martock Parish residents only.

Open to anyone who cares for a relative or friend, to provide warmth, understanding and support to those who care for someone with physical and/or mental health needs.

1st Monday of each month, 10am to 12pm.

Morely House, 26 West Hendford, BA20 1XE

The RVS Somerset Library Service brings books to people who can no longer get to the library. Royal Voluntary Service volunteers  will choose and deliver  books to you sharing their love of reading. As well as fiction titles we also choose audiobooks, non fiction books and DVDs, so there’s bound to be something to fit your interests.

To find out more about this service please contact the Home Library Service Service Manager Kirsty Jenssen, details below.

Somerset Sight is a charity which has been established for over 100 years supporting people with visual impairment through a number of different services. In 2019 the charity was proudly awarded the Queens Award for Voluntary Service.

As a charity we are dependent upon our volunteers for the provision of our many services, one of which is our prestigious befriending service.

Volunteers provide much needed regular company and conversation, help with reading and correspondence and often take people out for a walk, and a cup of tea. This can develop into a firm friendship that often lasts for a number of years.

New volunteers are fully trained and police checked after meeting the local co-ordinator. The volunteer will then be matched to a local sight impaired person for regular visits. All reasonable expenses will be paid.

If you would like to join our friendly team, please contact us for an informal chat.

‘Call in Time’ is a free public telephone befriending service run by Age UK. It matches volunteers with older members of the public. Not having someone to talk to regularly can be lonely and isolating, particularly if you’re used to sharing your home and time with others. A friendly, weekly, 30-minute chat on the phone can make all the difference.

The calls are friendship calls and are not for counselling or bereavement support.

While we’re waiting to find a suitable match for an older member of the public, we carry out regular, short Good Day Calls with them, to make sure they don’t feel ignored. There is a criteria for example people need to be over 60, live alone or be a full time carer and be able to hear clearly over the phone.

‘Call in Time’ is also looking for volunteers.

A confidential, free, national helpline for older people. They can offer information, friendship and advice. They signpost callers to the many, varied groups and services that exist in their communities.
The Silver Line Telephone Friends offers a regular weekly friendship call with a volunteer.

Enjoy a regular chat with a telephone befriender who shares your interests, experience or type of macular condition. Telephone befriending is free, everything can be set up over the phone.

Live at Home Schemes offer services and support to help older people lead independent, active and fulfilled lives. We hold regular weekly groups in Wincanton and Chard.

For further information contact Alison Wrathall the Scheme Manager on 01963 33588, if you get the answerphone please do leave a message and I will call you back.

If you are facing a life-limiting illness and have concerns or would like someone to talk to, call us. Offering a Friendly Phone Call service during Coronavirus – call 01823 333822 to find out more.

Monthly Sunday afternoon tea parties are a lifeline of friendship for lonely people over 75. Each older person is collected from their home by a volunteer driver and taken to a volunteer host’s home for the afternoon. Bringing people of all ages together, develop fulfilling friendships and support networks.