Have just seen one of the staff from the befriending service.She asked me questions about interests(which i'd already had to put on the referral form)things i would like to do and whether i had any stipulations re the age of the volunteer who would see me.
She also explained how it works in terms of the volunteer and i contacting each other ie the volunteer can contact me directly while i contact the volunteer via the befriending service.
She is also going to send me out a list of their guidelines etc.
Contact is usually about once a week for an hour but it can vary . They have to match me up with what they think is a suitable volunteer which can take several months and she said it is important that there is chemistry/rapport between myself and the befriender.
I have to say that she made it all sound a lot more formal than i was expecting which i found a bit off putting but i guess for logistics sake there has to be an element of formality.
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