CARERS BEFRIENDING PROJECT
About Befriending
What does the befriending and telephone befriending service offer? The service provides volunteers who can: offer companionship and relieve isolation provide an important link with the local community support carers to get out and about in the community visit the carer in their own home provide support through a telephone befriending service offer befriending to young carers provided support to carers of all ages through group work facilitated by the Carers Befriending Project and Carers Centre.
What does the befriending and telephone befriending service offer?
The service provides volunteers who can:
OUR STAFF:
Rosemary Cameron, Co-ordinatorClaire Graham, Young Carers Befriending OrganiserJo McCorriston, Befriending WorkerJulie Knight, Administrator
Rosemary Cameron, Co-ordinator
Claire Graham, Young Carers Befriending Organiser
Jo McCorriston, Befriending WorkerJulie Knight, Administrator
OUR TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES:
Induction training Assertiveness training First Aid (Save a Life Certificate) Counselling Skills Bereavement Counselling Skills Introduction to Child Protection I.T. Training