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On this page you can see which organisations operate in your area and what sort of support they provide.
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Befriending Providers
Age UK Derby & Derbyshire
Area Covered:
High Peak & Derbyshire Dales
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Type of Service:
One to one; Telepone Befriending
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Type of Client:
Adults 65+
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Contact Number:
01433 620263
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Email:
Area Covered:
High Peak & Derbyshire Dales
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Type of Service:
One to one; Telepone Befriending
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Type of Client:
Adults 65+
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Contact Number:
01433 620263
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Email:
Amber Valley CVS (AVCVS)
Area Covered:
Amber Valley
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Type of Service:
One to one
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Type of Client:
Older/Vulnerable Adults
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Contact Number:
01773 512076
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Email:
BrightLife
Area Covered:
Chesterfield, Bolsover, North East Derbyshire
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Type of Service:
Telephone Befriending
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Type of Client:
Adults 55+
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Contact Number:
01246 273333
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Email:
Careline Calling
Area Covered:
Derbyshire Dales, East Staffordshire
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Type of Service:
Telephone Befriending
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Type of Client:
Adults
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Contact Number:
01335 210353
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Email:
Connex Community Support Ashbourne
Area Covered:
Derbyshire Dales
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Type of Service:
One to one at home, 1:1 outside the home, Letter Befriending, Walking Buddies, Gardening Buddies, Video Befriending
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Type of Client:
People impacted by long term health conditions
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Contact Number:
01335 348600
01629 693 693
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Email:
Connex Community Support Buxton
Area Covered:
Buxton; Chapel-en-le-Frith and surrounding areas
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Type of Service:
One to one; group social activities
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Type of Client:
Older Adults
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Contact Number:
01298 23970
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Email:
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Community Unity Project
Area Covered:
Creswell, Whitwell, Hodthorpe, Clowne, Barlborough
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Type of Service:
Telephone Befriending
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Type of Client:
Older adults; people with mental health issues
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Contact Number:
07763146950
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Email:
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Derbyshire 50+ Forums
Area Covered:
Derbyshire Districts
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Type of Service:
Campaign and lobbying on older people's issues
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Type of Client:
Adults 50+
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Contact Number:
01629 532466
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Email:
Derbyshire Asbestos Support Team
Area Covered:
East Midlands including all of Derbyshire
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Type of Service:
1:1 befriending, peer support groups for the bereaved, email 1:1, letter and telephone
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Type of Client:
People bereaved through an asbestos related disease
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Contact Number:
01246 380415
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Email:
Derbyshire Carers Association
Area Covered:
Derbyshire
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Type of Service:
Telephone befriending
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Type of Client:
Carers over 18
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Contact Number:
01773 833833
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Email:
Derbyshire Gypsy Liaison Group
Area Covered:
Bolsover, Derbyshire Dales, North East Derbyshire and South Derbyshire
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Type of Service:
Telephone befriending, outreach
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Type of Client:
Gypsey & Traveller People
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Contact Number:
01629 732744
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Email:
Derventio Housing Trust
Area Covered:
Derby and Derbyshire
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Type of Service:
Growing Lives Day Service (mentoring & peer support)
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Type of Client:
Homelessness, mental health issues, substance misuse
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Contact Number:
01332 292776
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Email:
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Enrych Leicestershire & Derbyshire
Area Covered:
South Derbyshire
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Type of Service:
Home visits, Buddying
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Type of Client:
Adults with a disability
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Contact Number:
01530 832926
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Email:
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Erewash Voluntary Action
Area Covered:
Erewash
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Type of Service:
1:1 befriending, buddying
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Type of Client:
Adults
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Contact Number:
01159 466740
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Email:
First Steps ED
Area Covered:
Nationwide
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Type of Service:
1:1 befriending via telephone, email and teams
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Type of Client:
​People impacted by eating disorders
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Contact Number:
01332 367571
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Email:
Hathersage Careline
Area Covered:
Hathersage, Hope Valley
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Type of Service:
Telephone befriending
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Type of Client:
Elderly and vulnerable people
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Contact Number:
07990 576549
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Email:
Hathersage Befrienders
Area Covered:
Hathersage
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Type of Service:
1:1 Befriending
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Type of Client:
All ages
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Contact Number:
01433 627188
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Email:
Home Start High Peak
Area Covered:
High Peak
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Type of Service:
1:1 befriending
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Type of Client:
​Parents/Families
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Contact Number:
07971 957668
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Email:
Home Start Erewash
Area Covered:
Erewash
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Type of Service:
Befriending support, mental wellbeing groups, connection cafes
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Type of Client:
​Parents/families
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Contact Number:
0115 9304640
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Email:
Hope Careline
Area Covered:
North Derbyshire
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Type of Service:
Telephone befriending
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Type of Client:
Older people
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Contact Number:
01433-620507/01433-621603
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Email:
New Mills Volunteer Centre
Area Covered:
New Mills and surrounding area
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Type of Service:
1:1 befriending; telephone befriending
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Type of Client:
Adults
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Contact Number:
01663 744196
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Email:
Rhubarb Farm
Area Covered:
Mansfield, Bassetlaw, Chesterfield and Bolsover Districts
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Type of Service:
Volunteering to build confidence and skills
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Type of Client:
Adults
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Contact Number:
01623 741210
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Email:
Sight Support Derbyshire
Area Covered:
Derbyshire
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Type of Service:
Face to face and telephone befriending for the visually impaired.
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Type of Client:
Adults aged 50 and over.
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Contact Number:
Derby office: 01332 292262
Chesterfield Office: 01246 551727
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Email:
South Derbyshire CVS Connect Befriending
Area Covered:
South Derbyshire
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Type of Service:
One to one; telephone befriending
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Type of Client:
All Adults
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Contact Number:
01283 219761
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Email:
St John the Baptist Church Dronfield
Area Covered:
Dronfield
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Type of Service:
Social activities for all ages, Children's activities, Befriending
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Type of Client:
All ages
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Contact Number:
01246 412328
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Email:
The ARK (Church Gresley)
Area Covered:
South Derbyshire
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Type of Service:
Social Activities
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Type of Client:
Adults 50+
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Contact Number:
07769 977187
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Email:
The Bureau, Glossop
Area Covered:
Glossopdale; North Derbyshire
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Type of Service:
1:1, Telephone befriending
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Type of Client:
Adults
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Contact Number:
01457 865722
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Email:
The Volunteer Centre Chesterfield & North East Derbyshire
Area Covered:
Chesterfield & NE Derbyshire
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Type of Service:
One to one
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Type of Client:
Older Adults
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Contact Number:
01246 276777
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Email: