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Befriending Providers
Age UK Derby & Derbyshire
Area Covered:
High Peak & Derbyshire Dales
Type of Service:
One to one; Telepone Befriending
Type of Client:
Adults 65+
Contact Number:
01433 620263
Email:
Area Covered:
High Peak & Derbyshire Dales
Type of Service:
One to one; Telepone Befriending
Type of Client:
Adults 65+
Contact Number:
01433 620263
Email:
Amber Valley CVS (AVCVS)
Area Covered:
Amber Valley
Type of Service:
One to one
Type of Client:
Older/Vulnerable Adults
Contact Number:
01773 512076
Email:
BrightLife
Area Covered:
Chesterfield, Bolsover, North East Derbyshire
Type of Service:
Telephone Befriending
Type of Client:
Adults 55+
Contact Number:
01246 273333
Email:
Careline Calling
Area Covered:
Derbyshire Dales, East Staffordshire
Type of Service:
Telephone Befriending
Type of Client:
Adults
Contact Number:
01335 210353
Email:
Connex Community Support Ashbourne
Area Covered:
Derbyshire Dales
Type of Service:
One to one at home, 1:1 outside the home, Letter Befriending, Walking Buddies, Gardening Buddies, Video Befriending
Type of Client:
People impacted by long term health conditions
Contact Number:
01335 348600
01629 693 693
Email:
Connex Community Support Buxton
Area Covered:
Buxton; Chapel-en-le-Frith and surrounding areas
Type of Service:
One to one; group social activities
Type of Client:
Older Adults
Contact Number:
01298 23970
Email:
Community Unity Project
Area Covered:
Creswell, Whitwell, Hodthorpe, Clowne, Barlborough
Type of Service:
Telephone Befriending
Type of Client:
Older adults; people with mental health issues
Contact Number:
07763146950
Email:
Derbyshire 50+ Forums
Area Covered:
Derbyshire Districts
Type of Service:
Campaign and lobbying on older people's issues
Type of Client:
Adults 50+
Contact Number:
01629 532466
Email:
Derbyshire Asbestos Support Team
Area Covered:
East Midlands including all of Derbyshire
Type of Service:
1:1 befriending, peer support groups for the bereaved, email 1:1, letter and telephone
Type of Client:
People bereaved through an asbestos related disease
Contact Number:
01246 380415
Email:
Derbyshire Carers Association
Area Covered:
Derbyshire
Type of Service:
Telephone befriending
Type of Client:
Carers over 18
Contact Number:
01773 833833
Email:
Derbyshire Gypsy Liaison Group
Area Covered:
Bolsover, Derbyshire Dales, North East Derbyshire and South Derbyshire
Type of Service:
Telephone befriending, outreach
Type of Client:
Gypsey & Traveller People
Contact Number:
01629 732744
Email:
Derventio Housing Trust
Area Covered:
Derby and Derbyshire
Type of Service:
Growing Lives Day Service (mentoring & peer support)
Type of Client:
Homelessness, mental health issues, substance misuse
Contact Number:
01332 292776
Email:
Enrych Leicestershire & Derbyshire
Area Covered:
South Derbyshire
Type of Service:
Home visits, Buddying
Type of Client:
Adults with a disability
Contact Number:
01530 832926
Email:
Erewash Voluntary Action
Area Covered:
Erewash
Type of Service:
1:1 befriending, buddying
Type of Client:
Adults
Contact Number:
01159 466740
Email:
First Steps ED
Area Covered:
Nationwide
Type of Service:
1:1 befriending via telephone, email and teams
Type of Client:
People impacted by eating disorders
Contact Number:
01332 367571
Email:
Hathersage Careline
Area Covered:
Hathersage, Hope Valley
Type of Service:
Telephone befriending
Type of Client:
Elderly and vulnerable people
Contact Number:
07990 576549
Email:
Hathersage Befrienders
Area Covered:
Hathersage
Type of Service:
1:1 Befriending
Type of Client:
All ages
Contact Number:
01433 627188
Email:
Home Start High Peak
Area Covered:
High Peak
Type of Service:
1:1 befriending
Type of Client:
Parents/Families
Contact Number:
07971 957668
Email:
Home Start Erewash
Area Covered:
Erewash
Type of Service:
Befriending support, mental wellbeing groups, connection cafes
Type of Client:
Parents/families
Contact Number:
0115 9304640
Email:
Hope Careline
Area Covered:
North Derbyshire
Type of Service:
Telephone befriending
Type of Client:
Older people
Contact Number:
01433-620507/01433-621603
Email:
New Mills Volunteer Centre
Area Covered:
New Mills and surrounding area
Type of Service:
1:1 befriending; telephone befriending
Type of Client:
Adults
Contact Number:
01663 744196
Email:
Rhubarb Farm
Area Covered:
Mansfield, Bassetlaw, Chesterfield and Bolsover Districts
Type of Service:
Volunteering to build confidence and skills
Type of Client:
Adults
Contact Number:
01623 741210
Email:
Sight Support Derbyshire
Area Covered:
Derbyshire
Type of Service:
Face to face and telephone befriending for the visually impaired.
Type of Client:
Adults aged 50 and over.
Contact Number:
Derby office: 01332 292262
Chesterfield Office: 01246 551727
Email:
South Derbyshire CVS Connect Befriending
Area Covered:
South Derbyshire
Type of Service:
One to one; telephone befriending
Type of Client:
All Adults
Contact Number:
01283 219761
Email:
St John the Baptist Church Dronfield
Area Covered:
Dronfield
Type of Service:
Social activities for all ages, Children's activities, Befriending
Type of Client:
All ages
Contact Number:
01246 412328
Email:
The ARK (Church Gresley)
Area Covered:
South Derbyshire
Type of Service:
Social Activities
Type of Client:
Adults 50+
Contact Number:
07769 977187
Email:
The Bureau, Glossop
Area Covered:
Glossopdale; North Derbyshire
Type of Service:
1:1, Telephone befriending
Type of Client:
Adults
Contact Number:
01457 865722
Email:
The Volunteer Centre Chesterfield & North East Derbyshire
Area Covered:
Chesterfield & NE Derbyshire
Type of Service:
One to one
Type of Client:
Older Adults
Contact Number:
01246 276777
Email: