NHS Volunteer Responders Check In & Chat Service
We are working with the Royal Voluntary Service and looking at adding the Check In & Chat Service to our Be Well programme as it would be a fantastic additional resource to support residents living at Anchor. Check In & Chat is a national programme and originally it was introduced to provide Covid support, however, it has now expanded and is a vital telephone befriending support service with 400k volunteers supporting 2 million enquiries every year. The Check In & Chat service is almost an immediate response so it can really support those at a critical time of need or social interaction. They currently offer a short-term befriending service, currently for 4 weeks (once a week) but are due to extend it very soon to 10 or 12 weeks. The idea is for a person to speak to a different volunteer each week to have a friendly chat to support social interaction, reduce social anxiety with talking to new people and improve mental wellbeing, loneliness and isolation. They also have safeguarding support in place to support those that are more vulnerable and may need additional support or referrals to different agencies/charities. If you would like to register for support from the Volunteer Responders, please call 0808 196 3646 (8am to 8pm, 7 days a week) and speak to the support team who can register your request or via the website here Request Support Services | Volunteer Responders (nhsvolunteerresponders.org.uk)
If you do register, the Resident Involvement and Wellbeing Team would be keen to speak to you to see how you experienced the service.
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