Save befriending services for the vulnerable in Derbyshire Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/save-befriending-services-for-the-vulnerable-in-derbyshire.html Online petition signatures en-us Wed, 22 Apr 2026 03:22 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Bev Munoz [Signature #197] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/22288937?utm_medium=rss Wed, 18 Jul 2018 09:56:16 UTC 22288937 Anonymous [Signature #196] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/22131464?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Apr 2018 09:22:34 UTC 22131464 Andrew Hambleton-relf [Signature #195] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/22129606?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Apr 2018 12:42:18 UTC 22129606 Anonymous [Signature #194] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/22129064?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Apr 2018 07:57:32 UTC 22129064 Kate Beinder [Signature #193] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/22128086?utm_medium=rss Tue, 10 Apr 2018 09:22:58 UTC 22128086 Michelle Francis [Signature #192] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/22008840?utm_medium=rss Thu, 25 Jan 2018 01:31:57 UTC 22008840 Anonymous [Signature #191] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21094443?utm_medium=rss Please re-consider this adverse action. I am sure money can be found if you look hard enough.

]]> Wed, 1 Mar 2017 08:34:11 UTC 21094443 Anonymous [Signature #190] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20890146?utm_medium=rss Thu, 17 Nov 2016 12:14:40 UTC 20890146 Anonymous [Signature #189] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20890026?utm_medium=rss what has happened to intelligent commissioning??????

]]> Thu, 17 Nov 2016 11:38:58 UTC 20890026 David Lunn [Signature #188] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20889976?utm_medium=rss Thu, 17 Nov 2016 11:20:51 UTC 20889976 Sophie Brown [Signature #187] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20888821?utm_medium=rss Thu, 17 Nov 2016 05:01:09 UTC 20888821 Anonymous [Signature #186] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20882845?utm_medium=rss We need to keep this befriending service going, there are so many lonely people that need help and support.

]]> Tue, 15 Nov 2016 04:09:52 UTC 20882845 shanti nathoo [Signature #185] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20876452?utm_medium=rss Befriending services are so important for older people whom lonliness and isolation are real issues impacting singnificantly on their psychological and physical well being. Having referred older people to befriending services as a social worker I've seen the positive impact it can make on peoples lives.

]]> Sat, 12 Nov 2016 12:49:04 UTC 20876452 Tracey Jex-Pearce [Signature #184] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20875871?utm_medium=rss This saves lives!

]]> Fri, 11 Nov 2016 03:48:20 UTC 20875871 Anonymous [Signature #183] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20873460?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Nov 2016 03:50:05 UTC 20873460 kerry dungavel [Signature #182] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20873263?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Nov 2016 02:28:15 UTC 20873263 Anonymous [Signature #181] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20873262?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Nov 2016 02:28:03 UTC 20873262 Claire Marik [Signature #180] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20873162?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Nov 2016 01:36:25 UTC 20873162 Anonymous [Signature #179] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20873120?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Nov 2016 01:13:28 UTC 20873120 Anna Marik [Signature #178] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20873060?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Nov 2016 12:43:06 UTC 20873060 Sophie Palmer [Signature #177] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20861641?utm_medium=rss Sun, 6 Nov 2016 07:48:17 UTC 20861641 Anne Rawson [Signature #176] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20854315?utm_medium=rss The befriending service is invaluable to especially the elderly in our society. Many loose their mobility and are housebound with no one to talk to all day. Even carers only have limited time to perform personal care so cannot give much comfort to those who are lonely.

Please do not cut this service.

]]> Thu, 3 Nov 2016 06:50:24 UTC 20854315 Emma Green [Signature #175] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20837278?utm_medium=rss Sat, 29 Oct 2016 04:52:38 UTC 20837278 debbie wheatcroft [Signature #174] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20809223?utm_medium=rss Wed, 19 Oct 2016 06:48:40 UTC 20809223 Michael Stocks [Signature #173] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20754267?utm_medium=rss Excellent service

]]> Thu, 6 Oct 2016 02:31:08 UTC 20754267 Duncan cantrill [Signature #172] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20672379?utm_medium=rss Sat, 1 Oct 2016 02:36:57 UTC 20672379 Lois Blackburn [Signature #171] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20463222?utm_medium=rss It would be a tragic waste and very short sighted to cut such a valuable service. Please reconsider.

]]> Wed, 28 Sep 2016 04:37:31 UTC 20463222 Jo Murrell [Signature #170] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20371736?utm_medium=rss Befriending targets loneliness and isolation which are now recognised to be serious threats to health and wellbeing. It is a false economy to reduce funding to services that provide befriending as the financial impact WILL be felt elsewhere. The difference that a befriender can make to someone's is immense - for some people they are literally a lifeline..

]]> Tue, 20 Sep 2016 03:53:35 UTC 20371736 Kate Harris [Signature #169] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20360150?utm_medium=rss Fri, 16 Sep 2016 07:34:45 UTC 20360150 Anonymous [Signature #168] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20354162?utm_medium=rss Wed, 14 Sep 2016 06:07:19 UTC 20354162 jon storey [Signature #167] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20346972?utm_medium=rss Mon, 12 Sep 2016 02:34:39 UTC 20346972 Mandy Tubey [Signature #166] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20331958?utm_medium=rss Fri, 9 Sep 2016 06:31:18 UTC 20331958 Anonymous [Signature #165] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20293220?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Sep 2016 01:54:39 UTC 20293220 Sajida Yasmin [Signature #164] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20276219?utm_medium=rss Mon, 5 Sep 2016 03:24:23 UTC 20276219 Anonymous [Signature #163] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20267344?utm_medium=rss Thu, 1 Sep 2016 05:10:35 UTC 20267344 Hilary Platts [Signature #162] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20267041?utm_medium=rss I wish to protest re the loss of funding to this essential service

]]> Thu, 1 Sep 2016 02:51:26 UTC 20267041 Angela Severn [Signature #161] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20266811?utm_medium=rss This service is essential for elderly lonely people in Derbyshire and every effort should be made to secure funding for this service.

]]> Thu, 1 Sep 2016 01:45:50 UTC 20266811 Anonymous [Signature #160] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20264588?utm_medium=rss Wed, 31 Aug 2016 07:17:50 UTC 20264588 Richard Locke [Signature #159] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20264581?utm_medium=rss Wed, 31 Aug 2016 07:15:35 UTC 20264581 Anonymous [Signature #158] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20264488?utm_medium=rss Wed, 31 Aug 2016 06:51:47 UTC 20264488 Anonymous [Signature #157] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20264482?utm_medium=rss Wed, 31 Aug 2016 06:49:06 UTC 20264482 Kevin Gregory [Signature #156] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20242802?utm_medium=rss Very important to the service users

]]> Mon, 22 Aug 2016 10:17:43 UTC 20242802 louise mullen [Signature #155] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20242447?utm_medium=rss Mon, 22 Aug 2016 07:40:53 UTC 20242447 Anonymous [Signature #154] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20242053?utm_medium=rss Mon, 22 Aug 2016 04:30:41 UTC 20242053 Elaine Woodhouse [Signature #153] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20240051?utm_medium=rss No one should be lonely, especially in their old age. My mum is housebound, but thankfully still has my dad. I am an only child an don't live locally. I would hate to think that if my mum was suddenly on her own, that that's exactly what she would be, alone, in between my visits. Many others have no family. The elderly should have dignity and company - hardly much to ask for.

]]> Sun, 21 Aug 2016 03:35:17 UTC 20240051 Rosemary Mellor [Signature #152] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20239306?utm_medium=rss Sat, 20 Aug 2016 01:48:41 UTC 20239306 Anonymous [Signature #151] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20237582?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Aug 2016 03:50:26 UTC 20237582 Anonymous [Signature #150] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20237381?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Aug 2016 01:54:49 UTC 20237381 roseanne selby [Signature #149] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20236915?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Aug 2016 10:07:41 UTC 20236915 Sandra Hull [Signature #148] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20236646?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Aug 2016 08:22:33 UTC 20236646 Anonymous [Signature #147] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20236323?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Aug 2016 04:56:37 UTC 20236323 Jackie Wood [Signature #146] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20236229?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Aug 2016 03:37:27 UTC 20236229 Anonymous [Signature #145] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20233962?utm_medium=rss Cutting the funding for this is so short sighted. This will ultimately create more work for GPs, community nurses and matrons, and cost far more in the long term.

]]> Thu, 18 Aug 2016 09:59:43 UTC 20233962 Dee Coulthurst [Signature #144] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20233674?utm_medium=rss Thu, 18 Aug 2016 08:17:42 UTC 20233674 Dee Coulthurst [Signature #143] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20233671?utm_medium=rss Thu, 18 Aug 2016 08:17:15 UTC 20233671 Joanna Sinclair [Signature #142] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20233587?utm_medium=rss Voluntary Sector is relied upon heavily to support people who are lonely & isolated. Our services are vital to the wellbeing of so many people who, otherwise would be heavily dependent on Social Services & the NHS - Help us to keep us the good work we do!

]]> Thu, 18 Aug 2016 07:34:43 UTC 20233587 Dana-Maria Draper [Signature #141] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20233517?utm_medium=rss Please save this service.
I refer a lot of the patients I see to this service and it helps them greatly.
Please consider all of the people that do not have that person to talk to- who may be depressed or lonely and have no one around. It is a lifeline for these people.

]]> Thu, 18 Aug 2016 06:58:13 UTC 20233517 Rachel Bagshaw [Signature #140] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20233336?utm_medium=rss Thu, 18 Aug 2016 05:32:07 UTC 20233336 Cathy Miles [Signature #139] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20233178?utm_medium=rss Thu, 18 Aug 2016 04:10:02 UTC 20233178 Heather Spencer [Signature #138] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20233158?utm_medium=rss Thu, 18 Aug 2016 03:56:06 UTC 20233158 Anonymous [Signature #137] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20233127?utm_medium=rss Taking away someone's access to company is to put someone in solitary confinement. Would you want that for your parents? Or yourself? We'll all be old and in this position one day. I for one don't want to spend the last years of my life (Which are supposed to be spent in happy retirement!) Staring at a TV screen all day with no human company. That's hell to me.

]]> Thu, 18 Aug 2016 03:41:33 UTC 20233127 Kerrie Fletcher [Signature #136] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20233063?utm_medium=rss Thu, 18 Aug 2016 03:00:55 UTC 20233063 Anonymous [Signature #135] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20230641?utm_medium=rss I work with visually impaired people and know how isolated they can feel when they are not able to go out and about and have no family or neighbours to pop in or call them to have a chat. For some of the people I work with this service is a life line and provides a real person who cares. The befrienders are also ensuring their own well being by feeling needed and valued.

]]> Wed, 17 Aug 2016 11:56:07 UTC 20230641 Sara Steventon [Signature #134] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20230429?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Aug 2016 10:21:44 UTC 20230429 Anonymous [Signature #133] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20230206?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Aug 2016 08:58:32 UTC 20230206 Anonymous [Signature #132] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20229926?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Aug 2016 07:10:27 UTC 20229926 Anonymous [Signature #131] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20229723?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Aug 2016 05:48:08 UTC 20229723 Anonymous [Signature #130] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20227596?utm_medium=rss Save Befriending service for isolated/lonely people in Derbyshire

]]> Tue, 16 Aug 2016 12:00:04 UTC 20227596 Steven Raison [Signature #129] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20227581?utm_medium=rss Tue, 16 Aug 2016 11:49:00 UTC 20227581 simon briggs [Signature #128] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20227562?utm_medium=rss Tue, 16 Aug 2016 11:36:18 UTC 20227562 Angela Taylor [Signature #127] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20227444?utm_medium=rss Save the befriending service it could save someone's life.

]]> Tue, 16 Aug 2016 09:18:47 UTC 20227444 Alison Axelson [Signature #126] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20227232?utm_medium=rss Tue, 16 Aug 2016 07:20:34 UTC 20227232 Julie Brandon [Signature #125] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20226944?utm_medium=rss Absolutely false economy. As a former volunteer I know how essential such services are to peoples' lives.

]]> Tue, 16 Aug 2016 05:37:47 UTC 20226944 Anonymous [Signature #124] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20226521?utm_medium=rss This services is vital to our vulnerable older adult population. These people can go for weeks without seeing anyone else due to being housebound and not having family members nearby. They are particularly at risk of unplanned emergency hospital admissions. Having a befriender visit once a week makes all the difference to both physical and mental health risk. Please do not take this service away from them.

]]> Tue, 16 Aug 2016 02:45:01 UTC 20226521 Rob Passey [Signature #123] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20226437?utm_medium=rss Derbyshire County Council and Clinical Commissioning Group

]]> Tue, 16 Aug 2016 02:08:48 UTC 20226437 Fliss Goldsmith [Signature #122] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20226380?utm_medium=rss Please save this essential service which helps so many people to lead their lives

]]> Tue, 16 Aug 2016 01:33:07 UTC 20226380 Anonymous [Signature #121] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20226317?utm_medium=rss Tue, 16 Aug 2016 01:00:21 UTC 20226317 Anonymous [Signature #120] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20225513?utm_medium=rss Mon, 15 Aug 2016 06:44:50 UTC 20225513 Anonymous [Signature #119] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20225430?utm_medium=rss Mon, 15 Aug 2016 05:44:20 UTC 20225430 Sarah Holme [Signature #118] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20225342?utm_medium=rss Mon, 15 Aug 2016 04:41:38 UTC 20225342 Anonymous [Signature #117] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20225115?utm_medium=rss Mon, 15 Aug 2016 02:23:48 UTC 20225115 Lynda Raven [Signature #116] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20224971?utm_medium=rss It's so shortsighted to consider losing this amazing service - the majority is performed by volunteers, if the service is lost it will cost SO much more for paid staff to fulfill the roles that are currently not needed.. Don't lose the befriending service. Why discriminate against visually impaired people?

]]> Mon, 15 Aug 2016 12:17:33 UTC 20224971 Suzanne Allen [Signature #115] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20224968?utm_medium=rss Mon, 15 Aug 2016 12:15:44 UTC 20224968 Louise Andrews [Signature #114] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20224925?utm_medium=rss As a volunteer befriender, I can honestly say that visiting a person is as rewarding to do as it is to receive. I have been on both sides and so know how it feels.
How absolutely ridiculous to seriously consider getting rid of it altogether and ruining thousands of peoples lives just to save a bit of money. What an awful country this is.

]]> Mon, 15 Aug 2016 11:42:30 UTC 20224925 Anonymous [Signature #113] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20224902?utm_medium=rss Mon, 15 Aug 2016 11:16:37 UTC 20224902 karon mather [Signature #112] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20224701?utm_medium=rss Mon, 15 Aug 2016 09:07:02 UTC 20224701 Anonymous [Signature #111] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20224346?utm_medium=rss Mon, 15 Aug 2016 05:41:19 UTC 20224346 Carmen Alonso [Signature #110] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20224320?utm_medium=rss Mon, 15 Aug 2016 05:30:58 UTC 20224320 Davina Bradley [Signature #109] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20224309?utm_medium=rss The fact that funding for voluntary services may come to an end is really scary. As a befriender working with an elderly lady I am picking up on the worry and thoughts of despair that this causes her. She relies heavily on my visit as she lives alone, is unable to leave her house and is isolated by her poor mobility and visual difficulties. When a person is unable to see and persue hobbies and tasks that take up the mind and distract them from aches and pains then meaningful two way coversation and interactions become a lifeline for that person. This in turn has a direct effect on their health and wellbeing. Befriending is and should remain an essential service to our older and vulnerable in society. I am both saddened and outraged with the plans to stop funding of our volunteer service. Volunteering will fall apart and our most vulnerable older people will suffer in health and wellbeing.
Surely a service that helps maintain a persons health and quality of life can not be thrown away in such a way.

]]> Mon, 15 Aug 2016 05:28:27 UTC 20224309 Anonymous [Signature #108] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20224297?utm_medium=rss Mon, 15 Aug 2016 05:21:13 UTC 20224297 Annie Kouttis [Signature #107] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20224265?utm_medium=rss Mon, 15 Aug 2016 05:07:24 UTC 20224265 Matthew Williams [Signature #106] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20224264?utm_medium=rss Mon, 15 Aug 2016 05:07:23 UTC 20224264 Michelle Mills [Signature #105] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20224260?utm_medium=rss Mon, 15 Aug 2016 05:06:31 UTC 20224260 Anne Daw [Signature #104] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20224253?utm_medium=rss Mon, 15 Aug 2016 05:01:40 UTC 20224253 Christine Booth [Signature #103] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20224252?utm_medium=rss Mon, 15 Aug 2016 05:01:40 UTC 20224252 Anonymous [Signature #102] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20224226?utm_medium=rss Mon, 15 Aug 2016 04:50:37 UTC 20224226 Aileen Power [Signature #101] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20224150?utm_medium=rss Befriending schemes are a highly valuable and needed service in Derbyshire to support loney/isolated individuals in the community - to prevent further health issues such as depression etc.

]]> Mon, 15 Aug 2016 04:19:55 UTC 20224150 David Brown [Signature #100] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20224140?utm_medium=rss This service is essential, vulnerable people need support without it the consequential costs would be much greater, violence, suicides NHS and social services for example.

]]> Mon, 15 Aug 2016 04:16:43 UTC 20224140 Beth Turner [Signature #99] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20224092?utm_medium=rss Mon, 15 Aug 2016 03:43:49 UTC 20224092 Danielle swailes [Signature #98] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20224080?utm_medium=rss A great benefit to the community at a low cost to the budgets.

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