Fulham Good Neighbour Service

Fulham Good Neighbours, founded in 1966, was awarded the Queen's Award for Voluntary Services in 2019. We support 475 older and disabled people living in Fulham in the Home & Garden, Community & Online. We are supported by a small staff team of seven, two consultants & 114 local volunteers. In 2021, 100% beneficiaries surveyed agreed that FGN creates a 'community where neighbours look out & care for each other'; 100% stated they would recommend FGN to their neighbours. We aim: • to address 2019 local Older People’s Commission concerns: reduce impact of poverty & deprivation, mitigate against loneliness & isolation and improve access to services. • recognise that positive engagement increases sense of wellbeing by up to 20%, most significantly via creative, cultural & physical activity (2017 Index of Wellbeing in Later Life) • ensure that there is ‘nothing about disabled people without disabled people’ (2018 local Disabled People’s Commission), taking affirmative action on disability issues Services include: Support in the Home & Garden: • Food to the door – hot food/food packages & toiletries delivered up to four times a week in partnership with The Smile Brigade • Decorating & DIY - for those that cannot pay or do the work themselves. • Gardening – as above; & o Adopt a Garden project – befriending & gardening support. Support in the Community: • Befriending – in person & via telephone • Good Neighbour Scheme including shopping, medication delivery, escort to appointments etc. • Social clubs, including: Art/Reading/Carer’s/Lunch/Silver Clubs & Chair Based Exercise class • Our annual Parsons Green Fair Support Online • Online Art Group • Online Chair Based Exercise • Digital Inclusion support via home visits, telephone and remote technology