Happy at Home

This service has been running in Northampton since 2018 and is funded by the National Lottery Community Fund. We help lonely people to reconnect with their local community, make friends, have fun, and access support.

Befriending in the community:

We help the housebound connect through a volunteer befriender who can offer a regular visit or a telephone call for cheerful conversation and the sharing of life stories. All our volunteers have provided references, and our home visiting volunteers are also DBS checked.

What’s going on where you live?

Make friends and access some local support. Would you like to know more about regular activities that you could join in within your local community?  –  we can offer information and encouragement to attend as required, so simply get in touch.

Time for Tea events:

Enjoy a warm welcome at an event near you.

We can offer information on coffee mornings, groups and get-togethers in your community.

We also run a regular group on Tuesdays between 10:30am and 11.30am at Café Emm – The Weston Favell Centre.  We’d love you to come along if you’re able.

If your transport is an issue our Northampton Door to Door service may be able to help.

Their contact details are 01604 583553

Silver Stories:

Would you like a child to read to you? Happy at Home has teamed up with Silver Stories where children in schools across the UK are phoning our residents to read to them (this is a supervised activity).  All they ask in return is for you to encourage them in their reading.

Volunteer Befrienders:

Can you offer an hour a week to visit or telephone a lonely person in your locality?  Do you enjoy talking to people, getting to know them and their life stories? We would love to welcome you to our volunteer community.

Volunteer Meet and Greeter:

We are looking for warm, friendly, and welcoming volunteers who can facilitate our ‘Time for Tea’ social groups on a regular basis.  If you enjoy sitting down with a cuppa and chatting with people in a cosy setting, if you can make people feel welcome and can introduce them to each other and hopefully encourage them to come again, then this role is for you.  This will take up to two hours of your time per session and will take place at a café near you.