Who is this service intended for? Anyone who has been diagnosed with a potentially life-limiting illness and/or bereaved
Where is this service provided? In the community and people’s homes across Bucks and Herts
When is this service available? Anytime, for about 1 hour/week, by mutual arrangement between volunteer and Community Member
About our Compassionate Neighbours
Rennie Grove’s Compassionate Neighbours is a social movement of local people enabled and supported to be more compassionate in their local communities. Trained volunteers provide social and emotional support to people towards the end of life due to age, or illness and people who have affected by bereavement. They also share their knowledge and experiences of end of life, death, dying and loss within their community and provoke engagement with these issues.
A Compassionate Neighbour will support people by:
- Visiting regularly
- Offering friendship, emotional support and a listening ear
- Helping them to do the things they like doing
- Helping them stay connected to the community as well as family and friends
We’ll assess your needs over the phone and visit you at home.
It’s a flexible, volunteer-led service and can be tailored to what you need and when.
Please note, Compassionate Neighbours provide support by doing things with you (not for you). They do not offer clinical support, shopping, personal care or full-time cleaning or gardening.
A Compassionate Neighbour will support people by:
- Visiting regularly
- Offering friendship, emotional support and a listening ear
- Helping them to do the things they like doing
- Helping them stay connected to the community as well as family and friends
We’ll assess your needs over the phone and visit you at home before trying to match with a volunteer.
It’s a flexible, volunteer-led service and can be tailored to what you need and when (about 1 hour/week).
Our catchment area spans Bucks and West Herts, Compassionate Neighbours is available to anyone who has been diagnosed with a potentially life-limiting illness and/or is bereaved.
Like all Rennie Grove services, Compassionate Neighbours in Bucks and West Herts is completely free of charge; it’s not means tested and there’s no cost to you. We can only deliver the services thanks to the generosity of the local community and the volunteers involved.
If you’d like to make a donation to support our services, you can do that here.
If you’d like to volunteer for any of our services, visit our volunteers pages.
If you or a family member would like to access our Compassionate Neighbours programme, please contact the Compassionate Communities team on 01442 890222 or get in touch via our enquiry form
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