I've never worn lycra, and had never cycled more than three miles until 2022... but I am proud to be one of a team of ten riders raising funds for Fulham Good Neighbours! This is because...

...Since 1966 Fulham Good Neighbours has supported older, disabled and disadvantaged people in their homes and gardens, in the community, and now online. 

We support over 500 beneficiaries, supported by over 100 local volunteers. 

In 2019 we received The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service. 

In 2021 our impact survey found: • 100% beneficiaries would recommend our services; and • 100% feel we create a community where neighbours look out and care for each other.

In 2022, three of our colleagues were awarded with Civic Honours, including a Lifetime Achievement award for 30 years service! 

What do you do...?

Support in the Home and Garden via: • Food to the Door – hot meals/food packages and toiletries delivered up to four times a week • Gardening – for those that cannot pay, nor have the ability to do the work themselves. • Decorating & DIY – for those that cannot pay, nor have ability to do the work themselves 

Support in the Community via: • Befriending – via telephone or in person • Good Neighbour Scheme - grocery shopping, medication delivery, escorts to appointments etc • Social Clubs – • Art, • Chair Based Exercise, • Craft, • Lunch, • Reading, • Silver, • Sunday Tea

Support Online via: • Digital Inclusion support – supporting those excluded from digital communications • Online Art Group – delivered directly into the homes of beneficiaries • Online Chair Based Exercise – as above 

Why...?

Our services aim to: • Tackle key concerns raised in 2019 local Older People’s Commission (LBHF) regards : • access to services; • loneliness & isolation; and • poverty & deprivation 

• Recognise 2017 Index For Wellbeing in Later Life (Age UK & University of Southampton) findings: • that meaningful engagement contributes at least 20% to wellbeing; and • that, of 40 indicators, creative & cultural engagement & physical activity are most significant. 

• Recognise that there should be 'Nothing About Disabled People Without Disabled People' as per the 2018 local Disabled People's Commission. 

The Borough has poverty levels (31%) considerably above the national and London average and has been hit disproportionately hard by the C-19 pandemic. The key estate on which we work is in the top 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England.

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