Befriending and Advocacy

Our Befriending and Advocacy Service engage terminally ill people and those reaching End of Life and enhance their quality of life. We provide a 1:1 person centred approach. We ask service users, referral agencies and family members to list 3 - 5 things they would like to achieve in the next 6 to 12 months. We explore how we can achieve this step by step. Who can help? How they can help?

People referred to our project are paired with a Befriender to support them with their personal, social and spiritual needs. Befrienders offer friendship and advocacy support to help the service user overcome issues and difficulties. Our relationship with terminally ill people and those reaching End of Life are based on trust and support.

All our Befrienders are given specialist training so that they can provide a quality service. Befrienders undergo a vetting process so that we at Eden Care can provide the service users the best possible health outcome.

Creative Arts

We use Creative Art sessions to help reduce anxiety and stress amongst people who are socially isolated and those reaching End of Life. We use the sessions to enhance cognitive and physical wellbeing. We also use artistic expression to improve mental health and wellbeing. We deliver or Creative Art session from hospitals, nursing homes, hospices and day care centres.

We have found that our group art and one to one sessions has provided benefits in many ways. Service users expressed joy, elevation of mood, boost in self-esteem and confidence through creating beautiful artworks.

Raising Awareness of End of Life Issues

We promote awareness of End of Life Issues within BAME communities and create platforms for dialogue through seminars and workshops.

We hope to improve existing End of Life Care to meet the needs of the BAME community and promote greater partnership working between voluntary sector organisations and the statutory sector.

Volunteering in the Community

Volunteers play a key role in our successes. They help us to make real change for those most in need. This is an extremely rewarding experience that you will cherish forever.

We offer volunteering opportunities through our befriending programme as well as accept work placements for local people who are interested in our work. Currently we have openings for undergraduate student on 3 – 6 volunteer work placements.

Supporting the Elderly

We want address social isolation amongst older who are socially isolated by working organising social clubs with our community partners. We offer weekly indoor darts and social activities for older people in partnership with Linkage Plus and The Rooted Forum.

Rapid Response

Our Rapid Response Team provide speedy support to people and their families reaching End of Life. Our intervention includes providing advice and guidance as well as practical help with food and transport during their hour of need. A designated group of trained volunteers respond quickly to the needs of people and their families. We visit them in their home, hospital, care homes or hospices.

What We Offer
1. We offer early intervention to relieve or reduce the people and their family from stress and anxiety.
2. We offer spiritual and practical support during early stages of death.

Community and Fundraising Events

National Challenges
Take part in one of our National Challenges and join trekkers, hikers and runners in supporting our cause.

Local Challenges
Help us at one of our numerous fundraising events that we organise throughout the year. Organise your own fundraising activities from a local car wash to a sporting event.

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