Connect services

Connect

Services

We run a mixture of 1:1 befriending services, social and peer support groups, and connector schemes, helping people to meet up in their local area or socialise virtually from home. Our services offer a safe setting where you can meet new people, get out and about in your local area, and make long-lasting connections.

Who can benefit from our connect services?

We run friendship schemes and support groups for people with a learning disability, autism, or mental health issues. We also run groups for carers and people living with dementia.

Our services can support people from the age of 18 upwards. Just as with our day opportunity services, there is no upper age limit on who can join!

Find your local service

National

Better Connected

Better Connected is a fun, safe, and social club for people with learning disabilities and autism that you can join from home!

INTERACT Workshops

The Fearless course is a series of online interactive workshops to explore what relationships are, how to manage them, emotions within relationships, and how to keep ourselves safe.

Gloucestershire

CONNECT at Home

A friendly service for anyone looking for regular companionship, conversation and laughs, hobbies/activities, respite breaks, a listening ear or practical support with day to day living.

Guideposts CONNECT Social Groups

Guideposts CONNECT social groups are dementia-friendly friendship and support groups in Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire for people living with long term health conditions, people caring for a relative or friend, and those looking to make new local friendships.

Hertfordshire

Community Support and Connect

Guideposts Community Support and Connect provides short to medium term support for people who experience mental health issues, in south west Hertfordshire. We arrange one-to-one peer support and support groups, aiming to aid recovery through increasing self-confidence, reducing social isolation, and giving emotional and practical support.