Community Companions

Email: communitycompanions@aukmm.org.uk
Telephone: 0300 003 1992

Our ‘Community Companions’ volunteers offer practical companionship to help lonely or isolated older people re-engage with life outside their home.

How we can help you

Feeling isolated and lonely can affect both physical and mental wellbeing. Our recently launched Community Companions service can help you find and join local activities and groups:

• Our Volunteer Lead will work with you to agree what it is you would like to do. They will then match you with a Wellbeing Volunteer.

• The Wellbeing Volunteer can help you in many different ways – planning how you are going to get to your new chosen activity, going along with you the first few times or meeting you there, and then checking in with you to see how you managed on your own at the activity or group.

• Our Volunteer Lead will meet with you again after an agreed amount of time to see if you have achieved your goal(s) and if you still need the help of your community Companion.

How to access this service

To find out more about Community Companions you can call us on 0300 003 1992 (Monday to Friday 9.30am to 1pm) or email communitycompanions@aukmm.org.uk

What people say about us

"… knowing I have got somebody behind me who understands has really helped me"

"It helped me to get out of the house and meet people"