The Friendly Visiting program provides connection with volunteers who socialize with clients who may feel isolated or lonely, and feel they would benefit from more social contact.
Please note that at present, visits are only being conducted by telephone. Friendly Visiting promotes friendship and fun, simple support such as reading or helping to write letters/cards. Volunteers typically connect with clients every other week. Volunteers may be recruited to meet the preferences of clients from diverse communities e.g. language (interpretation can be provided), LGBT community, etc. Friendly Visiting is a volunteer-based program, our priority is to find a volunteer who is compatible with the client, so that the match has good opportunity for success, because of this, we cannot predict how quickly a match between client and volunteer will be made.