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Members of the Project Team including Terence O'Byrne from the Community Council and David Prescott from Holmehill Community Buyout.

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In response to the Covid19 crisis, Re-engage has launched Call Companions - a free service for older people who live alone and feel they could do with a friendly phone call every week or two. What's great is that the same person calls every time so, gradually, you get to know one another. Whatever you chat about, it helps lifts your spirits.

One of our volunteer call companions phones at a time that suits you, the calls last for half an hour or so and we try to make sure you have some interests in common. The service is completely free and lasts as long as you want it to.

To be eligible for a call companion you should be living alone or in sheltered housing and have difficulty getting out in normal times. However, we do consider applications on a case-by-case basis, so if your circumstances don't completely meet our criteria and you would like a call companion, please do still get in touch.

If you would like to refer anyone to Call Companions, you are welcome to refer online (with their permission, of course) at www.reengage.org.uk or simply pass on our freephone number 0800 716543. We have friendly staff who can go through the application form over the phone.

Lorna Dunbar, Support Officer, Re-engage

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We are a local charity providing a food shopping and delivery service to older people.  We cover the entire Stirling Council area but have a strong Dunblane customer base.  You may have seen our vans out delivering to our Dunblane customers on a Thursday. The service is wholly provided by good-hearted local volunteers which includes; shoppers, helpers and delivery people. 

The Food Train is a charity that provides a vital grocery delivery service for older people who struggle to do their own shopping which may be due to frailty, ill health or disability. In Stirling alone there are over 50 volunteers who put in 15,000 volunteering hours each year. Food Train currently offer customers the shopping service at Morrisons ,Sainsburys and Waitrose.If you are an older person living in Stirling or the surrounding area and need help with your shopping, call the Food Train on (01786) 450536.  If you would like to volunteer please call or email.

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