Phone Befriender

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This is a fun, flexible, and rewarding role that will enable you to connect with and make a real and lasting difference in the life of an older person experiencing social isolation or loneliness.

As a valued Re-engage volunteer, you’ll receive training, support, and regular updates and communication from the Re-engage team.

Role

As a call companion, you’ll make regular telephone calls to an older person experiencing loneliness and isolation. These friendly chats provide a lifeline of friendship for older people and a vital link with the outside world from which they’ve become isolated.

Call one older person you’ve been matched with for a chat once a week.
Volunteers will follow guidance in the online volunteer training so that your calls are enjoyable, and appropriate.

When:

Where:

Work from home

Closing date for applications:

23 September 2026

Who to contact:

Rhiannon Briscoe

Re-engage

Organisation description:

Re-engage is a UK charity that provides free services to support people aged 75 and over, who are lonely or isolated. Re-engage provide monthly activity groups, phone call befriending and tea parties throughout the UK which people can be referred to by their health professional, or they can self refer via the website www.reengage.org,uk

Organisation type:

Registered Charity

Company location:

7 Bell Yard , WC2A CH61

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