A registered charity dedicated to reducing social isolation and loneliness through a free telephone befriending service and a free penpal befriending service.
Omega is run from a small head office in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, but our services are open to clients throughout the UK.
Services
Chatterbox
Chatterbox is a free telephone befriending service for socially isolated, acutely lonely people, and for people who provide caring support to others. Our clients are carefully matched to DBS-checked volunteer befrienders, with whom they exchange supportive, friendly phone calls. They chat about their lives, families and interests.
January 2025 update:
Due to unprecedented demand for our Chatterbox programme, we are temporarily pausing registration of new clients.
Please check this page in February for a status update. We continue to accept volunteer befriender applications. Click here to sign up.
Letterbox
Letterbox (formerly A Letter from Louise) is a free penpal befriending service for socially isolated and lonely people. Our clients are carefully matched to volunteer befrienders, with whom they exchange supportive, friendly letters. They share stories about their lives, families and interests.
Get in touch or submit a referral form online now if you, or someone you know, might benefit from Letterbox.
Download a PDF version of the referral form for printing.
Click here if you would like to become a volunteer befriender.
Pastcards
Pastcards (formerly Postcards from the Past) is a free befriending service in which elderly clients living in care homes receive postcards from our volunteer befrienders. The cards, often historical and nostalgic, help recipients to relive happy memories.
Get in touch if you, or someone you know, might benefit from Pastcards.
Click here if you would like to become a volunteer befriender.
- What areas of the city is this for?
- People from anywhere in the city
Contacts
- All enquiries (enquiry form available on the website)
- info@omega.uk.net
- 01743 245088
