Community Companions
- Location: Age UK Hull
- Price: Free
Age UK Hull
Silvester House, Silvester Street
The Maltings
HULL
East Riding of Yorkshire
HU1 3HA
United Kingdom
Email: hello@ageukhull.org.uk
Telephone: 01482 324644
Community Companions help lonely and socially isolated older people reconnect with their communities by helping them feel more confident getting out and about and using transport – whether its walking, bus, taxi or community transport.
This service relies upon volunteer availability due to this we cannot give an exact time as to when a client will be matched with a volunteer.
About the service
The Age UK Hull Community Companions service matches lonely and isolated older people with a trained Community Companion volunteer. The aim of the service is to reduce loneliness and isolation amongst older people by helping them to reconnect with their local communities, their friends, and family. We will support them to leave their homes using either public transport, community transport, taxis, with walking or even cycling. We will help older people address the barriers they face in leaving their homes, such as anxiety or a lack of confidence.
Their companion will accompany them on journeys and provide empowering, gradual support to enable them to be able to take the journey alone. The support is expected to last for 6-8 weeks. We hope this service will help to increase confidence levels, encourage independence and reduce the anxiety that many older people now experience after prolonged periods of isolation.