# NEW FRIENDS FOR YOU

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1186686
- **Other names:** FRIENDS FOR YOU, Talkin Tables
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Dec. 2, 2019
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1186686


## Contact

- **Address:** 90 St. Gregorys Place, CHORLEY, Lancashire
- **Postcode:** PR7 3NZ
- **Phone:** 07508718835
- **Email:** Chair@newfriendsforyou.co.uk
- **Website:** www.newfriendsforyou.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE RESIDENT IN CHORLEY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: OLD AGE, ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL), DISABILITY OR BEREAVEMENT.

**Activities:** We support the lonely and bereaved by providing trained volunteers to befriend lonely people in Chorley and surrounding area by visiting them at home for an hour each week. We host 3  After Loss Groups for the bereaved to help them pick up the threads of a social life.   We have over 40 hosted Talkin Tables in Chorley & South Ribble encouraging the lonely and isolated to go out & meet new friends.

**Area of benefit:** LOCAL




## Classification

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



## Areas of operation

- Lancashire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 31, 2025 | £37596 | £17746 | — | — |
| Jan. 31, 2024 | £38853 | £22577 | — | — |
| Jan. 31, 2023 | £6078 | £22805 | — | — |
| Jan. 31, 2022 | £21704 | £6908 | — | — |
| Feb. 1, 2021 | £16023 | £6668 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **JAMES KEITH SINGLETON** (Chair) — appointed Sept. 7, 2023
- Kay Heath — appointed April 9, 2025
- SALLY CALLEY — appointed Jan. 15, 2018
- Sheena Tattum — appointed April 9, 2025
- Wendy Paterson — appointed May 11, 2025