This group will use the funding to continue its befriending service for older people in Berwickshire and Kelso. Delivery will involve face to face befriending with volunteers group activities facilitated by staff and volunteers and telephone befriending. The project aims to enhance quality of life tackle isolation and loneliness and enable people to live longer in their own homes. The project will reach 150 befriendees aged 65 years and over and involve 30 volunteers over 3 years.