Support our Super Befrienders Project

We are crowdfunding to launch a new Super Befrienders Service in Folkestone, Hythe and Dover.

We have been promised pledges of over £8000 from large backers if we can show that our project is supported by the community. So please help us demonstrate this support by pledging via the link below:

https://www.spacehive.com/kentcoastvolunteering

This pilot project will combine our skills and experience of running befriending and transport services in East Kent into a new service offering personalised support to older people with high needs and no support network who are likely to be the most isolated in our communities.

We will recruit volunteers from their local community, give them training and support and match them with an older person with support needs for regular face to face and telephone contact.

These ‘super befrienders’ will become a trusted ‘friend’ to: • transport the older person to and from medical appointments, staying to help them out in the medical centre where needed • or take them shopping if they can’t use public transport or shop online and need assistance with their groceries • or take them to and from social activities to prevent loneliness and isolation

Kent Coast Volunteering