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North Coast Helping Hands North Coast Helping Hands is a volunteer befriending service providing free 1 to 1 support in a person's own home.

The service aims to make life meaningful and fulfilling, helping clients to remain as independent as possible. Our trained volunteers offer confidential, regular social contact establishing genuine friendships. The service is available to anyone over the age of 18 years living in Tongue, Melness and Skerray. North Coast Helping Hands is a partnership between North Coast Connection and Highland Hospice.

24/03/2026

🌻​ Pop along and support our partners Highland Hospice this Thursday at their annual Hospice Day and hear all about the amazing work they do both in Inverness and in communities like ours.

​​😁​ ​Could you give an hour of your time once a week or once a fortnight to bring laughter into someone's day?

🙋‍♂️​ Become a befriender with North Coast Helping Hands.

🏞️​ Our service covers the Tongue - Melness - Skerray and Bettyhill area.

☕​ Peer support is always available from our experienced and friendly befriending team.

⛽​ And all travel expenses are paid.

🏃‍♀️​ Don't delay....get in touch today!

Email Donna at [email protected] or drop a message here.




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🌻 'You've made such a big difference to my day'👥 'Thanks for always checking in on me' Just a couple of the wonderful me...
25/01/2026

🌻 'You've made such a big difference to my day'

👥 'Thanks for always checking in on me'

Just a couple of the wonderful messages that our befrienders received over the wintry spell at the beginning of this year.

We are continuing to grow our befriending service throughout the Melness-Tongue-Skerray-Bettyhill community and would love more volunteers who could spare just one hour, once a week or once a fortnight.

You will have fabulous peer support from our other befrienders and all travel expenses are paid.

☕️ Perhaps you, a member of your family or a neighbour would enjoy the company of one of our befrienders?

Then please do get in touch, in confidence, to find out more

Email Donna at [email protected] or message directly here.

We look forward to hearing from you!


Tea, Treasures & Togetherness: Celebrating Befriending Week 💖Charlotte from Arts in Nature was delighted to be asked to ...
03/11/2025

Tea, Treasures & Togetherness: Celebrating Befriending Week 💖

Charlotte from Arts in Nature was delighted to be asked to join North Coast Connection and Highland Hospice North Coast Helping Hands to host a creative workshop at the Kyle Centre in Tongue on Saturday.

Charlotte says 'to mark Befriending Week, we gathered for a warm and welcoming afternoon of culture, conversation and creativity. We chatted about the Befriending service, enjoyed a relaxing cuppa and created beautiful mixed media collages.

We were also privileged to explore the fascinating mobile museum and suitcase exhibits from Strathnaver Museum. These inspired our creative collages which focused on what we might pack in our suitcases if we were leaving our homeland, focusing on meaningful items we’d take to remember our homes and landscapes. Some participants also brought along cherished personal objects and shared the stories behind them.'

'It was such a lovely afternoon ✨ Huge thanks to everyone who came along; to Marion for inviting me; Strathnaver Museum for the inspirational and insightful artefacts and to Lochcarron of Scotland for providing us with beautiful tartan and tweed off-cuts for our suitcase collages.'

North Coast Connection
North Coast Helping Hands
Highland Hospice
Strathnaver Museum
Lochcarron of Scotland

Charlotte also took the opportunity to explore this beautiful part of the North Coast and took some dramatic sky photos 🩵

👥 We would love to have more volunteers just like you to grow our service - and what a perfect way to learn more about b...
27/10/2025

👥 We would love to have more volunteers just like you to grow our service - and what a perfect way to learn more about befriending and meet our befrienders is to come along and join us at one of our fabulous events taking place at the Kyle Centre, Tongue for Befriending Week!

📆 Saturday 1st November 1.30pm - 3pm

🍂 Join Charlotte from Arts in Nature in collaboration with Strathnaver Museum for a gentle, creative journey into heritage.
🏞 Please bring along a photograph or object which holds a special meaning to you.

📅 Wednesday 5th November drop in between 2pm - 4pm

🌿 Come along and join Species on the Edge and see the pressed plants from the community herbarium, read the stories and add your own garden memories.

🌻 For further information on becoming a befriender within the Tongue - Melness- Skerray - Bettyhill area please contact Donna

E- [email protected]


We have another fabulous event taking place at the Kyle Centre, Tongue on Wednesday 5th November to celebrate Befriendin...
16/10/2025

We have another fabulous event taking place at the Kyle Centre, Tongue on Wednesday 5th November to celebrate Befriending Week.

Come along and join us!

If you would like to volunteer with our befriending service or know of anyone who would benefit from the service within the Melness - Tongue - Skerray - Bettyhill area please do get in touch.

E :- [email protected]


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🌻 Come along and celebrate befriending week with a special creative event facilitated by the fabulous Charlotte from Art...
14/10/2025

🌻 Come along and celebrate befriending week with a special creative event facilitated by the fabulous Charlotte from Arts in Nature in collaboration with Strathnaver Museum.

🏔 Please bring along a photograph or something which holds a special meaning to you.

For further information please contact Marion - [email protected]


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🌻 We are delighted to welcome Dawn, our newest befriender, to our Helping Hands service.👥 North Coast Helping Hands is a...
04/09/2025

🌻 We are delighted to welcome Dawn, our newest befriender, to our Helping Hands service.

👥 North Coast Helping Hands is actively engaged in the community - and here we are meeting up with fellow befriender Jean and supporting the fabulous Skerray Village Hall cafe.

☕ It's such a relaxing, local venue for our befrienders to catch up with their clients over homemade soup and delicious cakes.

🥰 If you would love to be involved in this social network and have an hour to give back freely to our community, once a week or once a fortnight, please do get in touch to find out more.

E:- [email protected] or message direct from here.

🌻 We are looking for befrienders 🧡🫂 We have the most fabulous, caring community in Melness-Tongue-Skerray-Bettyhill, whi...
19/05/2025

🌻 We are looking for befrienders 🧡

🫂 We have the most fabulous, caring community in Melness-Tongue-Skerray-Bettyhill, which is the area covered by our befriending service.

🙋 Can you spare one hour, once a week or fortnight to be that person who makes someone's day.

☕ Meet up at one of the many great cafes in our area

🧚‍♂️ Or allow a family member a well deserved hour's respite.

Please contact Donna for an informal chat

E - [email protected] or message here 😁

🐣Happy Easter from all at North Coast Helping Hands👥Befriending is...... not possible without Befrienders📸 Look at this ...
17/04/2025

🐣Happy Easter from all at North Coast Helping Hands

👥Befriending is...... not possible without Befrienders

📸 Look at this fabulous photo sent in from our volunteer on her way to see her befriendee for a chat - with all travel expenses paid!

⛰ Not only do we reckon we have the most magnificent scenery in our community but we also have some really awesome cafes should you and your befriendee wish to meet for coffee, cake and company ☕

🌻If you can spare one hour, once a week or once a fortnight to give back to the folk in your community please message Donna here for more details.

or email [email protected]

or call 07432 871737

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Tongue
Lairg
IV274XA

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+447432871737

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