Sense Virtual Buddying - Chapman’s story

Virgin Media O2 is joining forces with disability charity, Sense, to help tackle chronic loneliness experienced by disabled people.
Sense supports people living with complex disabilities and, as part of a new 12-month programme, Virgin Media O2 is inviting its 15,000 strong workforce to join the charity’s flagship ‘Virtual Buddying’ service to support those who are at risk of isolation and loneliness.
The film shows Chapman’s story.
Chapman, age 13, knows what it’s like to feel socially isolated. He’s blind and has a learning disability, which sometimes makes it hard for him to express himself and connect. Meeting Gabby through the Sense Virtual Buddying Service has helped him to grow in confidence and independence.
Sense’s Virtual Buddying service matches a volunteer with a disabled person, based on their shared interests, to carry out activities together online. The service was developed in response to the charity’s research, which shows two thirds of disabled people experience chronic loneliness (feeling lonely every day).

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What beautiful, wholesome souls these volunteers are. Unlike the empty, self-serving machiavellian narcissists that run our World.