Let’s Talk
Do you enjoy chatting on the phone to friends and family? Most of us do and none of us can have too many friends.
Sometimes though it is difficult for people with a visual impairment to go out and make new friends, so that is why Vision Support have developed their Let’s Talk service.
There are many Service Users receiving a regular call from a Let’s Talk Volunteer. As well as putting Service Users in contact with any of our other services that they may enquire about they chat about well……everything under the sun really.
As most of our Volunteers are phoning from the comfort of their own homes calls can be on a day and time convenient to both Service User and Volunteer. Most calls are on a weekly basis but can be less frequent if that is what the Service User would like.
As it is the Volunteer who makes the phone call there is no cost to the Service User for this service. All phone expenses can be claimed back by Volunteers.
One Service User who has been receiving a call for the last 5 years said, ”I so look forward to our weekly chats as I live alone. My Let’s Talk Volunteer has also encouraged me to go along to one of Vision Support’s clubs, which means that I am out of the house one day a week.”
If you are interested in receiving this service or would like to refer someone please contact Liz Withington on 01270 873691 or email:
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If you are interested in becoming a Let’s Talk Volunteer please contact your local Service Co-ordinator.
