Welcome to THFN

With over 60 years’ experience of working in Tower Hamlets, THFN is an independent charity which supports over 400 isolated and vulnerable older people each year, most of them over 80, with long-term health problems and limited mobility, who do not have regular support from family. …read more

Our range of befriending services includes home visits, telephone support, information provision, support with accessing health and social care services, advocacy, consultation, and activities inside and outside the home. …read more

Our services support in particular the elderly, isolated and vulnerable in the local area. We have a skilled team of paid befriending workers and volunteers who reflect the ethnic diversity of our client group and of the local area.

Our work reduces social isolation and loneliness, promotes physical and mental well-being, and improves the lives of the people we support.

News

New staff at THFN

We now have two new part-time staff who will be taking on different aspects of the work formerly carried out by the Project Co-ordinator. The Project Networking Officer will be helping us build on our partnership work with other organisations and help to raise awareness of our services and the needs of isolated older people. The Project Administrative Officer will help us to arrange services and record and monitor the services we provide.

 ‘Tin Baths and Doodlebugs’ published!

Many of the people we visit have wanted to tell us about their lives: stories from when they were young, happy memories and sad ones. Some of these people were keen to share their stories with others, so we have recently published them as a booklet. …read more