Senior Services - Friendship Programme

Life doesn't have to become a struggle as you get older. Looking after your house or sorting out paper work can start to become more and more difficult if no one is there to help. Life can get lonely, too.

Senior Services is about being there and serving your practical needs if you could use some help and companionship.

You may miss spending time with friends or being part of a church, but this doesn't have to be the reality of growing older. Senior Services provides the opportunity for a regular visitor to call for a chat and a cuppa or to fix something around your home.

> Download the Senior Services Friendship Programme informational brochure (PDF, 1.92MB)

What can Senior Services do for you or someone you care about?

• Organise volunteer visitors for befriending and companionship
• Arrange transport if you don't drive or don't have other options
• Connect you with Christian chaplains if you want spiritual guidance and pastoral care
• Help find volunteers, handy men and trades people to address home maintenance or repair issues
• Help organise applications for housing modifications if you qualify for government support
• Advocate for you with government agencies

Contact us

To find out more about the Senior Services befriending programme and how the matching process works, or to enquire about how to refer a senior to this service, please contact us at:

West Auckland, Avondale, Blockhouse Bay, Lynfield, Mt Roskill and Mt Albert districts
Phone: (09) 827 3128
Senior Services Coordinator: 027 511 0334

Rodney, North Shore, Auckland City and Eastern districts
Phone: (09) 827 3128
Senior Services Coordinator: 027 244 3325

Wellington Central
Phone: (04) 389 0594
Senior Services Coordinator: 027 511 3189

Queenstown
Phone: (03) 442 5103