Evergreen expands its befriending service thanks to Len Pick Trust grant

15 October 2024

A grant recently awarded by the Len Pick Trust has enabled Evergreen Care Trust to expand its befriending service in Bourne, providing much needed care to isolated older people in our community.

Ed Bailey, Volunteer Services Manager at Evergreen Care Trust, said “The Len Pick Trust’s grant has enabled us to maintain and increase Evergreen’s Befriending service in Bourne, supporting some of the most isolated older people in our community. We have been able to recruit and train new volunteer Befrienders and match with Befriendees who have become alone due to many different reasons such as being housebound due to ill health, bereavement, lack of transport, relocation or due to having no family or friends locally. A mutually beneficial friendship can be life changing for Befriendees and also very fulfilling for the volunteer Befriender.”