Care Home Befriender Roles
Our Be There for Care Befrienders spend time with residents in care homes, offering companionship, conversation, and kindness. A friendly face and a little time can bring joy and comfort to those who may otherwise feel isolated.
What Befrienders Do:
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Visit care home residents regularly
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Share conversation, activities, and companionship
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Offer support through kindness and presence
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Help improve wellbeing and reduce loneliness
Who We Support:
Care home residents who may feel lonely or isolated and would benefit from regular social contact.
Why Become a Befriender?
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Brighten someone’s day and make a real difference
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Build rewarding relationships
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Gain experience in care and community support
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Be part of a compassionate, supportive team
How to Get Involved:
If you’d like to volunteer as a Care Home Befriender, or if you know someone who could benefit from this service, please visit our website for more details Search Results – Hive Portsmouth
- Befriender for Nursing Home residents:
https://volunteer.hiveportsmouth.com/opportunities/befriender-for-nursing-home-residents-11042/
- Befriender for residents in an End of Life Nursing Home:
- Befriender- Care Home
https://volunteer.hiveportsmouth.com/opportunities/befriender-care-home-10170/
Together, we can bring friendship and connection to care homes in our community.
Care Home Gardening Volunteers
If you enjoy being in the outdoors and are a keen gardener, you may like to apply for a gardening role at a care home/nursing home. This role can include general gardening tasks such as weeding, watering, repotting and tidying. Other activities include discussing care routines and seasonal planting needs.
You may be engaging residents (alongside staff support) in light gardening tasks. As well as taking pleasure in the work, you’ll be able to gain gardening skills (if you don’t already have them!)
The garden is an important place for residents to spend time in. It can bring much needed joy and enrichment to their lives. As a gardening volunteer you’ll know you are doing something that will contribute to the wellbeing of residents.
Here is the link to the gardening opportunities:
Volunteer gardener for a care home in Southsea https://volunteer.hiveportsmouth.com/opportunities/volunteer-gardener-for-a-nursing-home-in-southsea-11153/
Volunteer gardener for a care home in Milton:https://volunteer.hiveportsmouth.com/opportunities/gardeners-care-home-milton-10355/
Christmas Cards and Gifts
Last year (2025) the appeal for Christmas cards and gifts was a huge success. There were 5,889 Christmas cards sent which brought much happiness to 165 residents. There were also 381 gifts given which made Christmas special for 103 residents who otherwise would not have received any gifts.
Christmas roles usually go live in October.
