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The Link Visiting Scheme partners with churches and other organisations to reach and support isolated older people.

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Making a difference

Befriending older people through the Link Visiting Scheme
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Struggling with grief and not going out

Immediately took up the offer of exercise classes
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Thinking about residential care

Supported by her befriender to visit a potential placement
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"I don't have a friend in the world"

Now comes to our centre
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Took a while to find the right befriender

Happily partnered with a 'link friend' with similar interests
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Felt the whole world was against her

Says that she is now coming out of her shell
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Lives with family in chaotic, intergenerational home

Still needs quality time with someone who will listen
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"The remarkable thing about having someone to visit you is the world they bring in. I don't feel so small."

Rosalind Davies