Befriended CEO receives Coronation Champions Award

As part of the coronation celebrations the King and Queen Consort have recognised 500 volunteers in conjunction with the Royal Voluntary Service. The Coronation Champions Awards invited people across the UK to nominate their local volunteers…

Community Grant for Befriended Balance

We’re in the customer vote for a Tesco Community Grant. It’s a scheme which gives community projects like us grants of up to £1,500. Tesco customers will now vote in Burgess Hill and Haywards Heath stores during October and November…

Meet our new Chaplains

On the 10th November, Befriended commissioned four Anna Chaplains at our wonderful event which we will tell you all about later in the newsletter. Theodora, Clare, Will and Gail were licensed as chaplains and the service was led by Bishop…

A Year of Change at Befriended

Over the last year, many things have changed in Befriended, in every area, we have new team, new trustees, new services and many many new clients and volunteers. We have just sent out a newsletter to everyone on our mailing list (if you…

A return to in-person Befriending

As national restrictions are lifting, the trustees have been in discussions and have agreed a simple but safe way forward.  If you would like to go back to either visiting your befriendee or you would like to see your befriender…