Please note: due to current advice on Coronavirus, we are currently only providing a Covid-19 Telephone Befriending Service which offers help and support to the most vulnerable members of our communities at this unsettling time, through conversations.
By helping to reduce fears for those experiencing anxiety and uncertainty; our telephone project offers a friendly voice at a moment of increased isolation and loneliness.
Anybody who is supporting a person and feels that they need that little extra support or companionship. These can be health professionals such as occupational therapists, GPs, social workers and district nurses. Housing associations can also refer, as well as voluntary organisations, family members or friends. We also have people who self-refer.
To be eligible for the befriending service they need to be:
Complete a referral form for our Telephone Befriending Service here
We will:
Further information can be found by downloading our referral guide for Bridgend County Borough
For further details contact BAVO, T: 01656 810400 or E: bavo@bavo.org.uk