About Us
Good Neighbours groups in Hampshire
Welcome to the website of the Good Neighbours Support Service. Across Hampshire there are well over 100 independent, voluntary groups in the Good Neighbours Network offering help in their local community. They have a variety of names eg Neighbourcare, Voluntary Care Group, Helping Hands as they have their own constitution and decide for themselves what they do.
Most groups have volunteers who use their own cars to take people to and from hospital, GP and other health appointments. Some groups do shopping, offer befriending or run lunch or coffee clubs; some will do dog walking, change a light bulb, put up a shelf, tune a TV, change a library book or DVD; some have minibuses for outings and trips; generally they offer small practical bits of help for people of all ages. It is always worth asking a Good Neighbours group if it can help you.
To find a Good Neighbours group click on the DIRECTORY section above.
Good Neighbours Support Service
The Good Neighbours Support Service exists to help keep the network of Good Neighbours groups going – by making sure they have the basics in place to offer a dependable, trustworthy and sustainable service and to help set up new groups in areas without any support.
We provide a dedicated Area Adviser, insurance for each group, administration of CRB checks (free of charge), policies, guidance, information and regular events for volunteers in the groups to share ideas and good practice.
The Good Neighbours Support Service is supported by the Church of England Dioceses of Winchester, Guildford and Portsmouth and funded by Hampshire County Council Adult Services and NHS Hampshire.
