BEfriend

BEfriend Voices

Society EN ↓ 9 episodes

Real stories of connection, kindness and community from across Ealing and Hounslow. BEfriend provides one-to-one volunteer befriending to support people who are socially isolated.https://befriend.londonIn each episode, you’ll hear from the people at the heart of BEfriend – our amazing volunteers, clients, trustees and staff – reflecting on what befriending means to them.© BEfriend 2025. All rights reserved. Intro/outro music: "Glitter Blast" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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“To work with incredible, passionate people... It’s been very, very rewarding” 08.06.2026 14:39

Chair of Trustees Julia Macrae talks to Bernadette Moore about the difficult circumstances that led to BEfriend closing, the efforts being made to ensure it is done as responsibly as possible, and what her time with BEfriend has meant to her. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://befriend.london⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ © BEfriend 2025. All rights reserved. Intro/outro music: "Glitter Blast" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licens...

“By going out, I have met a lot of people and built up old relationships” 29.04.2026 17:01

Befriending Project client Colin and volunteer Taj talk to Bernadette Moore about the befriending experience, what it has meant to them and how it will be missed by them and others, following the sad news that BEfriend is closing. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://befriend.london⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ © BEfriend 2025. All rights reserved. Intro/outro music: "Glitter Blast" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creat...

“Over time I believe both of them have actually opened up pretty well to me...” A Volunteer’s Story 25.02.2026 14:46

Faraz Rashid, Linked Minds volunteer, talks to Bernadette Moore about befriending and how he found that his life experience has equipped him with very useful communication skills. As well as visiting two BEfriend clients, he tells us how he has done voluntary teaching abroad and is off to Tanzania to do more! ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://befriend.london⁠⁠⁠⁠ © BEfriend 2025. All rights reserved. Intro/outro music:...

“It is a chance to step into another person’s world and really listen..” A Volunteer’s Story 23.01.2026 14:23

Anil Aykan, Linked Minds volunteer, graphic designer, artist and academic, talks to Bernadette Moore about her unique perspective on befriending. Anil gives us a deeply thoughtful insight as she delves beneath the surface of the befriending experience. ⁠⁠⁠https://befriend.london⁠⁠⁠ © BEfriend 2025. All rights reserved. Intro/outro music: "Glitter Blast" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed und...

“It’s a simple idea really, with a significant impact through the power of connection.” A CEO’s Story 11.12.2025 14:36

Rachel Hill, BEfriend’s CEO for the last decade, talks to Kevin Derbyshire about her time at the helm, the highlights, the challenges faced by local charities and what has inspired her over the last 10 years . ⁠⁠https://befriend.london⁠⁠ © BEfriend 2025. All rights reserved. Intro/outro music: "Glitter Blast" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution...

“I believe that human beings need to socialise, much in the same way that they need to eat...” A Coordinators’s Story 24.10.2025 14:23

Vince Cirillo, a Coordinator with BEfriend’s Hounslow Befriending Project, which provides one-to-one volunteer befriending to support people who are socially isolated, talks to Kevin Derbyshire about his role. ⁠https://befriend.london⁠ © BEfriend 2025. All rights reserved. Intro/outro music: "Glitter Blast" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4...

“To give up a little bit of your time for someone who at first is a stranger is the greatest gift...” A Client’s Story 18.09.2025 14:00

Chris, a client with BEfriend’s Linked Minds Project, which provides one-to-one volunteer befriending to support adults who are isolated because of a diagnosed mental health problem, talks to Kevin Derbyshire about her befriending experience. https://befriend.london © BEfriend 2025. All rights reserved. Intro/outro music: "Glitter Blast" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Comm...

“If she wasn’t my client, she’d be my friend” – A Volunteer’s Story 22.08.2025 13:21

Bernadette Moore, a volunteer with BEfriend’s Befriending Project, which provides one-to-one volunteer befriending to support adults who are socially isolated in Ealing and Hounslow, talks to Kevin Derbyshire about her befriending experience. https://befriend.london © BEfriend 2025. All rights reserved. Intro/outro music: "Glitter Blast" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Comm...

“It’s One of the Best Things I’ve ever Done” – A Volunteer’s Story 21.07.2025 13:44

Eliz Azeri, a volunteer with BEfriend's Linked Minds Project, which provides one-to-one volunteer befriending to support adults who are isolated because of a diagnosed mental health problem, talks to Kevin Derbyshire about her befriending experience. https://befriend.london © BEfriend 2025. All rights reserved. Intro/outro music: "Glitter Blast" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licens...