UR Community Cares uses our secure online platform to connect local volunteers with Community Members, adults age 70 and over or adults age 18 and over with a physical disability, who need free, non-medical support at home.
Volunteers can serve as friendly visitors, help neighbors with technology, assist with gardening or household tasks, or provide transportation to appointments. All requests are submitted and scheduled through our online platform, and volunteers and Community Members are appropriately screened to help create safe and meaningful connections.
Bringing the Program to Every Connecticut Community
We believe every town in Connecticut should have access to a local network of neighbors helping neighbors. To launch and sustain the program in a new community, funding is needed to support the program’s local implementation and coordination.
Communities can help bring Neighbors Helping Neighbors to their town through:
- Municipal funding
- Business sponsorships
- Foundation or community grants
- Healthcare partnerships
- Corporate or community sponsorships
- Other local funding opportunities
With the support of a municipality, business, foundation, or community partner, UR Community Cares can work with local residents and organizations to build a volunteer network and connect people who need assistance with neighbors who want to help.
Businesses, Churches & Organizations Can Get Involved
Looking for a meaningful group volunteer opportunity? Businesses, churches, schools, civic groups, and other organizations can volunteer together. Group volunteering provides opportunities for team building, community engagement, and making a tangible difference in the lives of local residents.
Strengthening Communities
Neighbors Helping Neighbors helps bridge the gap between family and friends and professional caregiving services. By creating connections between generations and neighbors, we help reduce isolation, provide practical support, and give older adults and people with disabilities greater opportunities to age safely in place and live independently.
Our mission is to connect people who need at-home help with those who want to help, town by town
People put in a request for assistance, Volunteers can pick which requests make the most sense for them in terms of availability, giving them flexibility in when they’re able to provide their services.
Our Neighbors Helping Neighbors program operates only in towns we have secured funding. We support towns in setting up the program in their town, by helping to raise funds, create the marketing materials and engage in community events related to the program.
We are working on spreading the word across Connecticut so that more towns get involved. We help towns develop a plan to support their aging and disabled residents in a new way, directly at home so they can remain in their home.
