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First YOPEY Befriender scheme in Cambs since pandemic

First YOPEY Befriender scheme in Cambs since pandemic

Huntingdon teenagers have begun befriending elderly people living with dementia at a care home in the Cambridgeshire town. The 12 16-17 year-olds from Cambridge Regional College’s Huntingdon campus and Hinchingbrooke School have met residents at Hunters Down...
First YOPEY Befriender scheme in Suffolk since pandemic

First YOPEY Befriender scheme in Suffolk since pandemic

Sixth-formers from three Ipswich schools have begun befriending elderly people living with dementia at a care home in the town. The Suffolk charity running the scheme believes it is the first “intergenerational” befriending scheme between old and young in...
Age is just a number!

Age is just a number!

YOPEY Befrienders from a Norfolk sixth-form put on a quiz and karaoke for residents at a housing-with-care scheme in their home town. The young people from East Norfolk Sixth Form College in Great Yarmouth met 96-year-old Marjorie Teasdale, who recently moved in to...
‘Everyone overwhelmed with emotion’

‘Everyone overwhelmed with emotion’

More than 20 young people from a sixth-form college have begun befriending elderly residents at a care home in Norfolk following training to be the first ‘YOPEY Befrienders’ since the pandemic. The 22 16 to 19-year-olds, all girls, from East Norfolk Sixth...
Six care homes can save £4,000 on having YOPEY Befrienders

Six care homes can save £4,000 on having YOPEY Befrienders

YOPEY, which has been supporting 2,000 care homes nationwide with young people’s letters during the pandemic, is returning to in-home visits this autumn and is looking for six homes to take part in the heavily subsidised scheme. The charity, which has been running...