It was good to take part in the Christmas coffee morning with Formby Methodist Church. Despite social distancing requirements and concerns about Covid, the event was well attended and £210 was raised from the Befriending stall. Many thanks as always…

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.…

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…

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!

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…

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…

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…

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…