We are highly focused on the community we serve and are committed to matching our services to the real needs of local people. When we consider new services we are careful to ensure that they are consistent with this commitment. Here are some of the activities most in demand in the Southwold area.

Driving

Anyone, young or old, with or without a disability, may ask for transport on certain journeys for which neither a family car, nor any form of suitable public transport is available. Medical appointments, shopping trips, visits to relatives at home or in hospital, lifts to link with public transport... Any of these may qualify.

Befriending

Our volunteer befrienders visit the housebound and lonely, help with shopping, type and read for the blind and sight-impaired, assist with correspondence and even sometimes walk dogs and tidy gardens.

Respite care

Volunteers may offer to 'sit in' so that a caring relative can take a break.

...and opposite are two of the services we hope to get under way soon.

Visits to hospital form a major proportion of our driving requests

Impaired hearing support group

This is a project we hope to get started in the future.

Drop-in Centre

Where anyone can call in - just for a cup of tea or coffee, or to find out about us or about other organisations, or to have a query answered. Again, we hope to initiate this soon.