# BEfriend

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1072538
- **Other names:** THE VOLUNTEER LINK SCHEME
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Nov. 23, 1998
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1072538


## Contact

- **Address:** BOUNDARY HOUSE BUSINESS CENTRE LTD, BOUNDARY HOUSE, BOSTON ROAD, LONDON
- **Postcode:** W7 2QE
- **Phone:** 020 3093 1130
- **Email:** hello@befriend.london
- **Website:** www.befriend.london



## Activities

**Objects:** to relieve the isolation experienced by people with physical, sensory, cognitive or psychological impairment through the provision of volunteer befrienders within the home, or within the local community, and to relieve the stresses experienced by carers by offering a respite service through the provision of volunteer befrienders. These services are mainly carried out within the London Boroughs of Ealing and Hounslow.

**Activities:** Through the provision of volunteer befrienders, BEfriend aims to alleviate the social isolation experienced by people with physical, sensory, psychological or cognitive impairment living within the London Boroughs of Ealing and Hounslow. Volunteers provide weekly visits either in the home, or to support their client to go out into the community.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** Disability, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** EALING
- Ealing
- Hounslow





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Julia Macrae** | Chair | Feb. 25, 2014 |
| CARL WOODALL |  | Nov. 12, 2024 |
| Natasha Joslin |  | Nov. 9, 2021 |
| Sebastian Rama Barnes |  | March 11, 2025 |
| Sophie Queffurus |  | Nov. 9, 2021 |




