A companionship specialist, deliberately.
We are not a care agency that also does companionship, and we are not an app that introduces you to a stranger. We do one thing, we employ the people who do it, and we publish what it costs.
Employed companionsEnhanced DBS on every companionGreater Manchester only
The gap we set out to fill
Around one in sixteen adults in Great Britain said they felt lonely often or always in April 2026. Age UK put the figure among people aged 65 and over at 7% — roughly 940,000 people. The free befriending services that exist are good and they are rationed: Age UK's national telephone friendship service publishes an eight to ten week wait.
Meanwhile every home care agency in Greater Manchester lists companionship on its website, and not one of them prices it as its own service with its own visit length. It is sold as a line inside a care package, delivered in whatever time is left, by whoever is on the rota.
Whitegreen exists to make company the product rather than the filler: a two-hour visit, a fixed slot, the same person, a published price, and a note to the family afterwards.
Loneliness figures: ONS, June 2026; Age UK, December 2024. The two are from different surveys and are not directly comparable.
Who is behind it
Whitegreen was founded by people who have worked in care and in peer support across Greater Manchester: home visits, walks, listening, and the slow work of helping somebody who has become isolated find their way back out. That experience is what the Keeping Well service is built on, and it shapes how every companion is trained.
Our visit standard is set by our care lead, who has a healthcare background and delivers visits alongside the team. The care lead shadows and signs off every new companion before they visit anyone alone, and reads the family feedback at every supervision.
That is deliberate. In a service this personal, the people who set the standard should be doing the work, not describing it from an office.
Employed by us, and checked before they meet you
Introduction platforms are cheaper because the carer is self-employed and the platform is not responsible for them. We took the other route: our companions are our employees, which means the standard, the training, the insurance and the responsibility are all ours.
Right to work, checked before interview
A Home Office share code or original documents, checked and recorded before anyone is interviewed. No exceptions.
A values-based interview
With scenario questions about the boundary of what a companion does, because that boundary matters more than a CV.
Two references, one from the most recent employer
Verified by phone. Not an email address and a form.
Enhanced DBS with the adults' barred list
The full check, at the level the law requires for this work.
Training before the first visit
Safeguarding adults, the scope boundary, dementia awareness, basic first aid, lone working and record-keeping.
Two shadow visits, then sign-off
Alongside an experienced companion. Nobody visits alone until they have been signed off in person.
Three-month probation, supervised monthly
With your feedback read as part of it.
Paid properly, so they stay
Above the sector median, with guaranteed minimum hours and paid travel between visits. Continuity is bought, not wished for.
The unglamorous part
Insured
Employers' liability of at least £5 million from the first employee, plus public liability and professional indemnity. Any companion driving clients holds business-use motor cover, evidenced before the first outing.
Registered with the ICO
We hold records about the people we visit, so we are registered with the Information Commissioner's Office. Visit notes are kept to what is needed, and family updates go to a nominated contact only.
Policies written before the first client
Safeguarding adults with local board contact routes, lone working, health and safety, infection prevention, medication reminders, driving clients, complaints, incident reporting, whistleblowing and mental capacity awareness.
Companionship is the whole job, not a line on a rota
Most home care agencies offer companionship as one item inside a care package. It is the first thing squeezed when the round runs late. We do not run a care round, so there is nothing for your visit to be squeezed by.
Doing one thing means we can say exactly what it is, in writing, before you book.
Whitegreen Companions provides non-regulated independent living support. We do not provide personal care, nursing care, clinical care or any other activity regulated by the Care Quality Commission. Our companions can remind you to take medication but never administer it. If your needs change, we will help you find a registered care provider.
Personal care is defined in regulation 2 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014. If it is what your family needs, tell us and we will help you find a provider registered to give it — at no charge and with no commission to us.
Start with a conversation, not a contract
Tell us who the visits are for and where they live. If we can help, we will arrange a free meet-and-greet with the companion we have in mind. If we cannot, we will say so and point you somewhere that can.