Social welfare Charities That specialise in Loneliness

Doncaster Deaf Society serves and provides a centralised, safe base meeting point of social contact for wellbeing. Services cover BSL Advocacy, Advice & Information to the Doncaster Deaf Community Borough-wide and the provision of five BSL Groups who organise a range of activities & day/weekend trip from early years-elderly: OAP Club, Social Club, Happy Hands Playgroup, Leisure Club & Drama Group.

We support people with hearing loss in Derby/Derbyshire with 17 monthly outreach sessions in the community supporting people with advice, hearing aid servicing and to reduce social isolation as well as two sessions weekly in the local hospital. We also have a wide variety of assistive equipment for demonstration and offer training, presentations to groups as well as campaigning for better services

The Pop-in Centre provides social contact and refreshments in comfortable, friendly surroundings for six mornings a week for any person over 50. The Mini-bus serves folk with mobility problems or who are restricted for lack of public transport, taking them to larger towns and places of interest. We offer a door to door service, from the locality and surrounding villages.

The charity supports grassroots organisations, students and Senior Citizens. We also provide a befriending scheme, a drop-in centre and regular social meetings to reduce social isolation and enhance the circumstance of our members. We work with the Jamaican High Commission and others to champion the interest of Jamaicans in the UK, celebrate our cultural heritage and annually mark our independence

ORGANISATION OF VOLUNTEERS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO ELDERLY, HOUSEBOUND AND VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN CROYDON. THESE SERVICES INCLUDE SHOPPING BUSES, LUNCH CLUBS, EXTEND EXERCISE CLASSES, SOCIAL EVENTS, TRANSPORT TO HEALTH APPOINTMENTS, CLINICS AND HOSPITALS, BEFRIENDING AND NON TECHNICALADVICE SERVICES. SMALL DOMESTIC ODD JOBS ALSO UNDERTAKEN BY VOLUNTEERS. WE DO NOT MAKE FINANCIAL GRANTS

Hire of hall for community organised activities such as celebrations, education, combating loneliness ,sport, various groups etc.

Sunday School, Worship Service, Drama, Singing Group, Youth Activities, Bible classes, Funerals, Christening, Community Gospel Concert, Music School, Home visiting for the sick and lonely and work shop activities. { Easter Community Concert over 400 people in attendance, October Combination Singspiration with the Church of England. November Memorial service, Nativity Play by the Youths and BHMD.

Provide transport to medical appointments.Provide transport and assistance with shopping.Provide transport and assistance to lunch clubs.Social drop in club for carers and ex carers.Carers support service / befriending.Memory cafe.

Volunteers provide transport for the elderly frail to hospitals, surgeries and clinics. They also undertake shopping, befriending and the occasional odd job. A weekly escorted shopping by minibus provides social contact and enables elderly people to shop independently with help. Ipad familiarization sessions are also offered

Support to dementia sufferers and their familiesSocial isolation amongst the elderlyYoung peopleVeteransAnimal welfare

We operate a weekly Day Centre all day every Monday for the lonely, elderly, disabled and housebound people in the Lytchett Minster & Upton area. We run outings, boat trips and an annual 8 day holiday for them.

Our aim is to enhance the quality of life for Broadwoodkelly residents and surrounding neighbourhoods by encouraging social interaction and promoting better physical/mental health and well-being through educational, recreational and leisure activities to reduce rural social isolation and the impact of the cost-of-living crisis for all, especially those with limited income and of pensionable age.

Provide transport to & from health centre/hospital/dentist for referred patients. Collect & deliver prescriptions for housebound patients. Visit lonely or isolated patients. Prepare details for CRB. Sitting with someone to give carer a break. Monthly meeting for carers plus day to day support and three outings plus 1 dinner per annum. Raising funds to provide extra facilities at centre to benefit

The charity was started in 1573 to provide coal and clothing to 4 elderly people in the village of Shalford but times have changed and now the charity promotes community spirit and organises functions and events to encourage socialising in an attempt to combat loneliness and to promote a sense of belonging, and general well-being.

To improve the quality of life of the elderly in Amersham and District.(Amersham Chesham & Little ChalfontSpecifically we run 2 lunch-clubs and have for more than 20 years provided transport for the disabled( both wheelchair & those with assisted mobility) for these clubs , a third party charity who specialism is dementia, & a ladies mid week worship group.We also run a befriending service

A Registered Charity aiming to give support to lonely and socially isolated persons of any age and from whatever cause living in Hythe, Folkestone and Saltwood, Kent. Meetings held on Monday and Thursday afternoons providing refreshments and the opportunity to socialise over cards,board games,snooker etc. Outing are arranged to places of interest two to three times a year.

Day centre on Mondays during term time - providing a social day out for lonely elderly of Corfe Mullen.

To relieve aged persons resident within the beneficial area who are elderly and suffering from loneliness, poverty, senility or any other deprivation mainly by arranging for them to be visited.

We support children and their parents through the educational system by providing information, help line and befriending services. We support teachers and other professionals by providing information and training.

Community Care: Help residents live a full and fulfilling life. Helping them be a part of a community and not face loneliness or isolation. Primarily focusing on the elderly and vulnerable in society we aim to help with mental wellbeing and fitness. We want to actively improve the prospects of the young and give them the tools and volunteering opportunities to lead successful and rewarding lives.

Our team of local volunteers provide help and support to the local community. We offer befriending services, transport to appointments, some shopping assistance and a respite sitting service.

Charity provides Day centre members with activities, outings, hot meal and social interaction to reduce lonliness and isolation in members of the community over 60 years.

As a self help disability group, we aim to bring disabled youth and adults of most excluded communities out of isolation and offer them a new healthy and competitive lifestyle providing training on wheelchairs and advising how to join competitive levels ie wheelchair Basketball League. We are based in Hackney and cover mostly East, North and Central London, but welcome everyone from anywhere else.

The objects of the Shevington and District Community Association are:1. To promote the benefit of the inhabitants of Shevington . . .to advance education and provide facilities . . . for recreation and leisure time occupation . . . improving the conditions of life especially for the lonely and isolated in our community

Work with the helpless,homeless and needy in the Reading Area as well as parish visits to the sick,lonely,terminally ill and bereaved. Donations were made to other Charity Organisations with similar objects as well as to individuals.