New! Download the 211 App
Get the app on your mobile device and search for help, support and services anywhere in Canada.
Get the app on your mobile device and search for help, support and services anywhere in Canada.
Society of Sharing: Inner-City Volunteers
Friendly Visiting Program
- Description
- Volunteers visit weekly for 2 hours to help reduce isolation for housebound seniors and adults with disabilities * offer friendship, emotional support, and practical help with tasks such as writing letters, banking assistance, shopping, going for walks, and small errands
- volunteers cannot perform any tasks classified under Nursing or Personal Support Worker responsibilities
- Eligibility
- Isolated adults 65 years of age and older, and adults of 18 years of age and older with physical disabilities * live independently or with an informal caregiver in their own homes * medically stable with current support from health care professionals * physically independent with assistive devices and aids * only available for people who require on-going support
Residency Requirements: North to St Clair Ave W, West to Bathurst St, East to Logan Ave, South to the Waterfront - Application Process
- Professional client referral required; each client assessed by Society staff; follow-up visit by staff; self-referrals accepted
- Phone
- 416-413-0380
- Fax
- 416-413-4814
- Website
- Visit Website
- [email protected]
- Languages
- English
- Fees
- Free
- Accessibility
- Fully Accessible
- Topic(s)
- Agency Information
- View Agency Profile
- Copyright
- Toronto Central Local Health Integration Network (LHIN)
- Address
- 25 Linden St, Unit 208
Toronto, ON, M4Y 1V5
Intersection: Sherbourne St, south of Bloor St E; Toronto (North St James Town)
Society of Sharing: Inner-City Volunteers Site Location: Society of Sharing: Inner-City Volunteers
Open in Google Maps - Hours of Operation
- Mon-Fri 9am-5pm
- Service Area(s)
- Toronto Downtown Central
- Toronto Downtown East
- Toronto Downtown North
- Toronto Downtown West
