Buddy Services

Waverley Care’s Buddy Service exists to provide independent one-to-one support for people suffering exclusion and / or isolation as a result of living with HIV or Hepatitis C.

Essentially the service is a befriending service with the aim being to bring together an individual living with HIV or Hepatitis C and a trained volunteer ‘buddy’ to support that individual as a friend in an open, non judgemental and non prescriptive way in their everyday lives.

Having a buddy can be a great opportunity for someone living with HIV or Hepatitis C to have someone in their life who will be there through the bad times and the good. Users of the service spend time with their buddies in many ways. They may just want to have a chat at home, go out to a café, watch a film or have their buddy accompany them to a medical appointment. It will depend entirely upon the individual.

The Buddy Service has years of experience in bringing people together to form positive relationships that reduce isolation and are a real benefit to peoples lives.

Contact HIV Buddy Co-ordinator
Robert Pollock – 0131 312 9953
robert.pollock@waverleycare.org

Contact African Health Project Buddy Co-ordinator
Mariegold Akomode – 07916 572510
mariegold.akomode@waverleycare.org

Contact Hepatitis C Buddy Service Co-ordinator
Annette Wilson – 0131 441 6989 or 07785 774481
hepcbuddy@waverleycare.org

Click here if you are interested in becoming a buddy.

Click here to download the leaflet as a pdf.