Congratulations to James and Debbie who, in October, completed this year’s London Marathon raising money for the Befriending Scheme. We’re very grateful to both for their fundraising and for all their training and efforts preparing for a gruelling 26 miles.…
Le Jog Sponsored Bike Ride
Congratulations Liz and Matt for, again, taking on the massive challenge of the 970 mile Deloitte Ride Across Britain cycling from Lands End to John O’Groats raising money for the Befriending Scheme. It is a truly gruesome and gruelling challenge…
Football Sponsorship
We’re very pleased that Greenloons Formby FC Veterans 2nd team have chosen to display our Befriending Scheme logo on their shirts this season to help with publicity and raise awareness. Good luck for the season!
Community Link Foundation
We’re very grateful to the Community Link (CL) Foundation for funding recently received. This will help pay for the extra costs of the large number of befriending referrals we’re currently receiving, the processing of new volunteer applications, and also the…
Coffee Clubs re-open
We’re delighted that our coffee clubs have re-opened after a 16 month forced break. It was great to welcome back our first group of Friends and we look forward to seeing more in the weeks to come. We’re running the…
Bags of Help helping our Scheme
The Tesco Community Grants programme has once again supported our Scheme with a £1,000 grant in March 2021. The Bags of Help programme is structured around the tokens scheme where customers select from a nominated choice of local causes. Even…
Thanks to Living Well Sefton
Many many thanks to Sefton CVS for their ongoing funding support through the Living Well Sefton service, the Sefton4Good initiative and the Community Champions Fund. This funding is so important for our work to reduce social isolation in our local…