Befriending
Henna’s Befriending Service
BENEFITS
Who?
Older Asian ladies who live alone or are housebound.
Languages that we
currently support include: Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabi and Urdu.
How?
Henna workers will pay regular weekly or monthly visits to you.
One to One part
of the service allows us to meet with ladies.
Telephone
Befriending Service:
calls will last between 15 and 20 minutes each week.
This service allows us to reach out to people where in-person befriending
service may not be possible
Why?
Our goal is to act as a bridge
between you and services that can benefit your day to day life. We will
refer you to other organisations if we cannot directly assist you such as
specialist medical services.
Befriending service does not include
shopping for, cooking, cleaning your home or bathing/changing you or your
family members.
Here’s what our members had to say about this important service:
“I had an accident which kept me out of Henna but thanks to Rafat
(befriending service) I was encouraged. Rafat didn’t give up, kept
contacting me and made me feel good and she chatted with me alot making me
feel good. She helped me reconnect with Henna and because of her I made
the trip to Brighton. Thanks to both of them. Please keep up this work in
your cheerful way. Your work definitely makes a lot of difference to
people who are lonely and makes their life happy.”
“I use the Befriending service which is provided by Henna, this service
has helped me thoroughly as it has helped me become more active and I am
willing to participate in more activities.”
