The Monifieth BefriendersRegistered

The objectives of the Befriending Scheme shall be: 1) to provide community contact with people, who are 60 years of age or over (in certain circumstances people below the age of 60 years can be considered as users of the scheme according to the individuals' needs) to support their social activities without distinction of political, religious and other opinions and to provide support to those people, improve their well-being, thus empower them to be participants in their community, according to each individual's abilities and wishes. and 2) To provide community contact for people of any age, who have been bereaved and identified as in need of befriending support on a flexible timescale relevant to individual requirements (all people within the groups defined above and to whom a service is provided by the Befriending Scheme being hereinafter called Friends' or, in singular, 'a Friend'):