How We Serve The Community

We at New Ballagh are passionate about serving our community. We looked for ways to serve and discovered that there were a lot of people in our community that were basically lonely. Due to the evolution of life, changes in society, people’s life changes, friends and family move away, health making it difficult to get out and as a result, loneliness can set in. We recognised these changes and in 2008, we created RISE – Rossinver Integrated Social Enterprise to combat loneliness among the older people of our community. Rossinver Calling was set up with this aim in mind.

Rossinver Calling

This is a free call service that is available to the older and vulnerable people of North Leitrim, North Sligo and West Cavan. We call for a chat at a pre agreed time, chatting about whatever our client wants to talk about. Our call has many benefits, it is also a wellness check, it can provide our client with local information of interest to them, it can act as a reminder for appointments, it can give reassurance to family members that no longer live close by and if we have any concerns about their health or wellbeing, we can contact their designated contact to make sure that the client is ok.

Befriending Service

To go hand in hand with Rossinver Calling, we operate a Befriending service. This is when we pair a client with a volunteer that has similar interests and see if they get on. If they do, we would set up regular visits. This is most beneficial to people who have little or no social interaction. (Please note that due to Covid, Befriending was suspended but we are getting the service reinstated).