Befriending Officer/ Job Share – the PAL Project
Hannah has joined Engage with Age to further work with a range of organisations, including Age NI and the Playlist for Life project.
Hannah has shared responsibility for coordinating the PAL Project Telephone Befriending scheme, working with volunteer Befrienders who provide weekly calls to isolated older people. Hannah shares the post with Eileen McQuillan, working Monday – Wednesday.
Engage with Age can accept referrals of individual older people aged 50+ who are at risk of loneliness and social isolation, inviting them to participate in group activities. Engage with Age offers one-to-one telephone befriending support for individual older people but does not currently provide in person visits to individual older people. To make a referral please complete the on-line Referral Form and submit or alternatively please print off a copy of the PDF Referral Form and send it to us. See also the Referral Criteria for details of who can be referred.
Referral Form Referral Criteria