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Telephone Befriending Service
How it started...
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2020 was a year when COVID-19 was introduced to us and it forced us to adapt in ways we could not have imagined. We changed the way we lived - we stayed home, we isolated and we shielded, but this took its toll on many people.
As a youth mentoring organisation, we reviewed our service provision and realised we could help meet a specific need by delivering a telephone befriending service. We initially teamed up with members of the Lewisham BME Network to form Familia and deliver a food delivery, wellbeing and telephone befriending service.
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Since the, we have gained funding from The National Lottery, Tesco Bags for Help and Lewisham, to continue to provide a telephone service to vulnerable people at Lewisham.
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Watch this short video to hear from some of our Telephone Befrienders.
CONGRATULATIONS
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We are absolutely delighted to have been nominated to receive the Lewisham Mayor's Award in 2020, for our contribution and role we continue to play in the borough's response to COVID-19.
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This award is for our volunteers.
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THANK YOU to all our volunteers.
You are all amazing and we appreciate you.
We could not do this work without you.