Archive of: Befriending
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The importance of pets helping combat Loneliness.
12 October 2023
Ask any pet owner and they’ll boast that pets enrich their lives. In fact, we witness this every time we see people out walking their dogs
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Christmas Bags to our Befriending & Carer Support clients
15 December 2020
Christmas cheer delivered to our Befriending & Carer Respite clients
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Cotswold Friends Adapt Services to Continue Support
20 March 2020
“The North Cotswolds is a wonderful community and we will pull together to make this work.”
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Bridget wins Carer of the Year Award at the CDC Community Awards 2018
10 November 2018
Bridget has been awarded the prize of £1,000 for winning the Carer of the Year Award at the recent Cotswold District Council Chairman’s Community Awards 2018.
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Cotswold Friends staff honoured to meet HRH The Princess Royal
20 January 2018
Staff and Volunteers from Cotswold Friends enjoy a fantastic day celebrating Home Farm Trust’s achievement of the Queens Award for Voluntary Service.
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Intergenerational Befriending
20 December 2017
Young volunteers aged 16 to 18 will visit older people living in Care Homes, who cannot easily get out and about.
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Christmas party fun at the Moreton Fire College
17 December 2017
Satsumas, singing, Santa and shared conversations - who could ask for more!
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Four-legged friends
27 January 2015
Did you know that a visit from a pet can have significant health benefits, such as lowering blood pressure, reducing anxiety and depression and helping combat loneliness?
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New befriending partnership will serve the whole of the Cotswolds
19 February 2014
A new partnership which provides befriending services across the whole of the Cotswolds has been officially launched. Cotswold Befrienders was set up by Cotswold Volunteers North, based in Moreton, Churn Good Neighbours, in Cirencester, and Tetbury-based People for You.