Companionship and sitting in North Yorkshire
Find a self-employed carer for companionship anywhere in North Yorkshire. It's free for families, and you choose who to speak to.
Cities and towns in North Yorkshire
Villages in North Yorkshire
- Acklam
- Ainderby Steeple
- Ainthorpe
- Airton
- Aiskew
- Aislaby (YO18)
- Aislaby (YO21)
- Aldborough
- Aldbrough St John
- Aldwark
- Allerston
- Allerton Mauleverer
- Alne
- Amotherby
- Ampleforth
- Appleton Roebuck
- Appleton Wiske
- Appleton-le-Moors
- Appleton-le-Street
- Appletreewick
- Arkendale
- Arncliffe
- Asenby
- Askrigg
- Askwith
- Austwick
- Aysgarth
- Bagby
- Bainbridge
- Baldersby
- Barkston Ash
- Barlby
- Barlow
- Barton
- Barton-le-Street
- Barton-le-Willows
- Battersby Junction
- Beadlam
- Beal
- Beamsley
- Beckwithshaw
- Bellerby
- Bewerley
- Bickerton
- Biggin
- Bilbrough
- Bilton in Ainsty
- Birdsall
- Birkin
- Birstwith
- Bishop Monkton
- Bishop Thornton
- Blubberhouses
- Boltby
- Bolton Percy
- Borrowby
- Brafferton
- Brandsby
- Brawby
- Brayton
- Brearton
- Briggswath
- Brompton
- Brompton-by-Sawdon
- Brompton-on-Swale
- Brotherton
- Broughton (BD23)
- Broughton (YO17)
- Buckden
- Bulmer
- Burn
- Burneston
- Burniston
- Burnsall
- Burnt Yates
- Burrill
- Burtersett
- Burton in Lonsdale
- Burton Leonard
- Burton Salmon
- Burythorpe
- Byram
- Caldwell
- Camblesforth
- Carleton-in-Craven
- Carlton (DL8)
- Carlton (DN14)
- Carlton Husthwaite
- Carlton in Cleveland
- Carlton Miniott
- Carperby
- Carr End
- Carthorpe
- Castle Bolton
- Castleton
- Cattal
- Catterick
- Cawood
- Chapel Haddlesey
- Church Fenton
- Clapham
- Claxton
- Cleasby
- Cliffe
- Clint
- Cloughton
- Cold Kirby
- Colton
- Commondale
- Coneysthorpe
- Coneythorpe
- Conistone
- Cononley
- Constable Burton
- Copgrove
- Copt Hewick
- Cowling
- Cowthorpe
- Coxwold
- Cracoe
- Crambeck
- Crathorne
- Crayke
- Cridling Stubbs
- Croft-on-Tees
- Cropton
- Cross Hills
- Cundall
- Dacre
- Dacre Banks
- Dalton
- Dalton-on-Tees
- Danby
- Danby Wiske
- Darley
- Denton
- Dishforth
- Draughton
- Drax
- Duggleby
- East Ayton
- East Cowton
- East Harlsey
- East Heslerton
- East Layton
- East Marton
- East Witton
- Eastby
- Ebberston
- Eggborough
- Egton
- Egton Bridge
- Embsay
- Eppleby
- Escrick
- Eskdaleside
- Exelby
- Faceby
- Fairburn
- Farlington
- Farnham
- Farnhill
- Farnley
- Fearby
- Feetham
- Felixkirk
- Ferrensby
- Finghall
- Flaxby
- Flaxton
- Flixton
- Folkton
- Follifoot
- Forcett
- Forest Moor
- Foston
- Foxholes
- Fylingthorpe
- Galphay
- Ganton
- Gargrave
- Gate Helmsley
- Gateforth
- Gayle
- Gayles
- Giggleswick
- Gillamoor
- Gilling East
- Gilling West
- Glaisdale
- Glasshouses
- Goathland
- Goldsborough
- Grafton
- Grassington
- Great Ayton
- Great Barugh
- Great Broughton
- Great Crakehall
- Great Edstone
- Great Fencote
- Great Habton
- Great Heck
- Great Langton
- Great Ouseburn
- Great Smeaton
- Green Hammerton
- Greenhow
- Grewelthorpe
- Grinton
- Gristhorpe
- Grosmont
- Gunnerside
- Hackforth
- Hackness
- Hambleton
- Hampsthwaite
- Harmby
- Harome
- Hawes
- Hawsker
- Healaugh (DL11)
- Healaugh (LS24)
- Hebden
- Hellifield
- Helperby
- Helperthorpe
- Hemingbrough
- Hensall
- Hetton
- High Grantley
- High Hutton
- Hillam
- Hinderwell
- Hirst Courtney
- Hornby (DL6)
- Hornby (DL8)
- Horton in Ribblesdale
- Hovingham
- Howsham
- Huby (LS17)
- Huby (YO61)
- Hudswell
- Hunmanby
- Hunmanby Gap
- Hunsingore
- Hunton
- Husthwaite
- Hutton Buscel
- Hutton Conyers
- Hutton Rudby
- Hutton Sessay
- Hutton-le-Hole
- Ingleby Arncliffe
- Ingleby Greenhow
- Ingleton
- Ingmanthorpe
- Irton
- Keldholme
- Kelfield
- Kellingley
- Kellington
- Kettlesing Bottom
- Kettlewell
- Kilburn
- Kildwick
- Killinghall
- Kirby Grindalythe
- Kirby Hill (DL11)
- Kirby Hill (YO51)
- Kirby Misperton
- Kirby Wiske
- Kirk Deighton
- Kirk Hammerton
- Kirk Smeaton
- Kirkby
- Kirkby Fleetham
- Kirkby Malham
- Kirkby Malzeard
- Kirkby Mills
- Kirkby Overblow
- Kirkby Wharfe
- Kirklington
- Knayton
- Knox
- Langcliffe
- Langthorpe
- Langthwaite
- Langton
- Lastingham
- Laverton
- Lealholm
- Leathley
- Leavening
- Lebberston
- Leeming
- Leeming Bar
- Levisham
- Linton
- Linton-on-Ouse
- Little Crakehall
- Little Ouseburn
- Little Ribston
- Little Smeaton
- Littlethorpe
- Lockton
- Lofthouse
- Londonderry
- Long Ashes
- Long Marston
- Long Preston
- Lothersdale
- Low Bentham
- Low Bradley
- Low Hutton
- Low Laithe
- Low Row
- Low Worsall
- Lower Dunsforth
- Lumby
- Lythe
- Malham
- Manfield
- Markington
- Marske
- Marton (YO51)
- Marton (YO62)
- Marton-le-Moor
- Maunby
- Melmerby
- Melsonby
- Mickleby
- Mickley
- Middlesmoor
- Middleton
- Middleton Tyas
- Minskip
- Monk Fryston
- Moor Monkton
- Morton-on-Swale
- Moulton
- Muker
- Muston
- Myton-on-Swale
- Nawton
- Netherby
- Newbiggin
- Newby (LA2)
- Newby (TS8)
- Newby Wiske
- Newholm
- Newland
- Newsham (DL11)
- Newsham (YO7)
- Newton Kyme
- Newton-le-Willows
- Newton-on-Ouse
- Newton-on-Rawcliffe
- Nidd
- Normanby
- North Cowton
- North Duffield
- North Rigton
- North Stainley
- Nosterfield
- Nun Monkton
- Nunnington
- Old Bilton
- Osgodby
- Osmotherley
- Oswaldkirk
- Pannal
- Patrick Brompton
- Pickhill
- Pockley
- Port Mulgrave
- Potto
- Preston-under-Scar
- Primrose Valley
- Rainton
- Raskelf
- Rathmell
- Ravenscar
- Ravensworth
- Redmire
- Reeth
- Reighton
- Riccall
- Rillington
- Ripley
- Robin Hood's Bay
- Roecliffe
- Romanby
- Rosedale Abbey
- Rudby
- Runswick Bay
- Ruston
- Ruswarp
- Rylstone
- Ryther
- Sand Hutton
- Sandhutton
- Sandsend
- Sawdon
- Sawley
- Saxton
- Scackleton
- Scagglethorpe
- Scalby
- Scampston
- Scarthingwell
- Scorton
- Scotton
- Scrayingham
- Scruton
- Seamer (TS9)
- Seamer (YO12)
- Sedbusk
- Sessay
- Settrington
- Sharow
- Shaw Mills
- Sherburn
- Sherburn in Elmet
- Sheriff Hutton
- Shipton
- Sicklinghall
- Sinderby
- Sinnington
- Skeeby
- Skelton on Ure
- Skipton-on-Swale
- Skipwith
- Sleights
- Slingsby
- Snainton
- Snape
- Sneaton
- South Duffield
- South Kilvington
- South Milford
- South Otterington
- South Stainley
- Sowerby
- Speeton
- Spennithorne
- Spofforth
- Sproxton
- Stainforth
- Stainsacre
- Staithes
- Stanwick-St-John
- Stapleton
- Starbotton
- Staveley
- Staxton
- Stillingfleet
- Stillington
- Stokesley
- Stubbs Walden
- Studley Roger
- Stutton
- Summerbridge
- Sutton-in-Craven
- Sutton-on-the-Forest
- Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe
- Swainby
- Swinton (HG4)
- Swinton (YO17)
- Temple Hirst
- Terrington
- Thirlby
- Thixendale
- Tholthorpe
- Thoralby
- Thorganby
- Thormanby
- Thornborough
- Thornthwaite
- Thornton Rust
- Thornton Steward
- Thornton Watlass
- Thornton-in-Craven
- Thornton-le-Beans
- Thornton-le-Clay
- Thornton-le-Dale
- Thornton-le-Moor
- Thornton-le-Street
- Thorpe Bassett
- Thorpe Willoughby
- Threshfield
- Thrintoft
- Tockwith
- Tollerton
- Topcliffe
- Towton
- Tunstall
- Ugthorpe
- Ulleskelf
- Warthill
- Wass
- Wath
- Weaverthorpe
- Weeton
- Welburn
- Welbury
- Well
- Wensley
- West Ayton
- West Burton
- West Haddlesey
- West Heslerton
- West Knapton
- West Lilling
- West Lutton
- West Marton
- West Rounton
- West Scrafton
- West Tanfield
- West Witton
- Westerdale
- Westow
- Wharram le Street
- Whashton
- Whitley
- Whitwell-on-the-Hill
- Whixley
- Wigglesworth
- Wighill
- Willerby
- Wilsill
- Wilton
- Winksley
- Wintringham
- Wistow
- Wombleton
- Womersley
- Wormald Green
- Worton
- Wrelton
- Wykeham
- Yafforth
- Yearsley
- Yedingham
About companionship and sitting
Regular visits for company: a chat over a cuppa, a game of cards, a walk, reading the paper together, or simply being there so someone isn't on their own all day. Sitting can also mean staying with someone while a family carer goes out.
Questions families ask
How long is a companionship visit?
Whatever you agree. Many families start with an hour or two, once or twice a week. Some carers have a minimum visit length, so it's worth asking.
Is companionship really worth paying for?
Loneliness can wear people down as much as any physical problem. Many families find a regular visitor lifts their loved one's mood, gives the day a shape, and gives everyone peace of mind.
Can a companion take Dad out?
Many will, on foot, by bus or in their own car. If they drive, ask whether their car insurance covers business use.
Helpful guides
Other help in North Yorkshire
- Personal care
- Dementia care
- Respite care
- Help after a hospital stay
- Overnight care
- Live-in care
- End of life support
- Meal preparation
- Shopping and errands
- Appointments and outings
- Medication reminders
- Light housework
- Regular cleaning
- Deep clean
- End of tenancy
- After builders
- Oven cleaning
- Carpet cleaning
- Window cleaning
- Ironing and laundry
- Decluttering
Are you a carer in North Yorkshire?
Join Carers & Cleaners for £1 a year and be found by families looking for companionship near you. There's no commission: you set your own rates and families pay you directly.
Carers & Cleaners is an introduction service. We don't vet or employ anyone, and what carers and cleaners tell us about themselves is self-declared. Families choose who to speak to and agree everything with them directly.