This book contains everything you need to think about when recruiting volunteers to befriend others and gives you access totemplates that you can adapt and use for your own project. This is a truly invaluable resource for all health and socialcare service providers and professionals seeking to find the right volunteers to spend time befriending others.The author, Dr. Kathleen McLoughlin is a psychologist with over 25 years experience working in health and social care settings in Ireland and the United Kingdom. Kathleen is best known for her work in hospice and palliative care, where she has led teams of volunteers to befriend people at end of life. In 2014 Kathleen was named CMG Irish Healthcare Person of the Year and won a European Research Award in 2015.Kathleen has developed two innovative volunteer training programmes and in this book, the first in a new series, Kathleenshares her step by step approach to the successful recruitment of volunteers to befriend people in health and social care.