History:
The Befriending service was established in response to a need among ex-residents of Back Lane Hostel to ease the change from supported accommodation to independent living. The befriending service is always developing to meet the needs of Depaul service users. We have extended the service to long term residents of Back Lane to re-establish a link to their community and prepare them for independent living. We currently work with 22 community participants and 14 in-house participants.