Our Charities

FiSH stands for Friendship, Independence, Support and Help. 

FiSH is a highly regarded and very relevant local charity which provides practical help and emotional support for elderly, frail and vulnerable people living in Barnes, Mortlake and East Sheen. Through our network of volunteers we deliver a range of services, activities and events, seeking to combat loneliness and keep people connected. We have been in existence for over 60 years and are one of the oldest neighbourhood care organisations in the UK

FiSH has a small team of just 5 dedicated staff who co-ordinate the whole organisation. It has 300 volunteers who are supported to help around 600 members and many others. Transport is at the heart of the operation, with 3 accessible minibuses that deliver a door to door service enabling members to get out and about, come to the Barnes Green Centre as well as on group shopping trips and outings.

FiSH volunteers run a Helpline on weekday mornings where members can call to organise lifts to medical appointments and therapy classes, have someone undertake personal food shopping and get IT or other help in their homes and gardens. 

FiSH offers a range of social and therapeutic activities including Tuesday Talks, choir,  Art therapy workshops and singing groups for those with early stage dementia and their carers, bridge, exercise classes, Retro Café club and concerts, intergenerational board games clubs and drama groups, Parkinson’s lunches and trips and much more.

If you’d like to join FiSH, or to discover more about it, then please take a look at our website and get in touch: https://www.fishhelp.org.uk/