Befriending and connection service

Thanks to funding from St Monica’s Trust, our new Befriending and Connection Service is now open and taking referrals.

Unpaid carers can often feel lonely and isolated because of their caring role and those living in more rural areas can be affected more.

We can match you with a friendly volunteer befriender who will call once a week for six weeks and also link you to support and services in your local area. We can also match you with another carer for ongoing peer support when the six weeks has ended.

This service is available to carers aged 55 years and over, living in the South Gloucestershire area.

To find out more about this service, or be referred, please contact CarersLine:

Further help and advice

• Befriending Service (ageuk.org.uk)   (South Glos)
• Befriending – Changes Bristol   telephone support specifically around mental health (Bristol)
• Befriending Service – Womankind Bristol offers three Befriending Services to women across Bristol & South Glos around mental health issues, isolation and sexual violence (Bristol)
• Befriending Service – Reengage   telephone befriending service for LGBT+ aged 75 years + to break isolation & loneliness
• Befriending and social inclusion – WECIL – Supporting Independent Living for disabled adults (18+) with a long-term condition to be teamed up with a telefriender (Bristol & South Gloucestershire)
• Check-in & Chat – BS3 Community  Telephone Befriending Service for people living in the BS3 area of Bristol only (Southville/Bedminster) who are feeling lonely, isolated or cannot go out

Page last updated 10.04.24