Feeling connected to people is vital to our wellbeing and happiness. As a Volunteer Befriender with Sue Ryder, you’ll visit residents at the Chantry to provide companionship to people during a difficult time in their lives and enable people to do the things that matter most to them. You’ll be helping Sue Ryder provide the best possible care to people with life-limiting conditions.

We take a completely person-centred approach to all our services and support, which means each befriending relationship, will be different. However, the role commonly includes:

• providing regular one-to-one companionship and a supportive relationship
• supporting the person to go out and access favourite activities and places
• helping to enable hobbies and interests to be maintained

We ask for a weekly commitment of 1-2 hours, but visits are flexible and will be scheduled at a time convenient for both you and the resident.