Episodes 7
Avg. Duration 14m
Activity Highly Active
Since Jul 2025
Latest Episode Feb 2026

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Schedule
Monthly
Format
Episodic
Consistency
84%
Hosting
anchor.fm

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About This Podcast

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.london In 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 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Recent Episodes

S2E2 “Over time I believe both of them have actually opened up pretty well to me...” A Volunteer’s Story

Feb 25, 2026 14m

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…

S2E1 “It is a chance to step into another person’s world and really listen..” A Volunteer’s Story

Jan 23, 2026 14m

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…

S1E5 “It’s a simple idea really, with a significant impact through the power of connection.” A CEO’s Story

Dec 11, 2025 14m

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…

S1E4 “I believe that human beings need to socialise, much in the same way that they need to eat...” A Coordinators’s Story

Oct 24, 2025 14m

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…

S1E3 “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

Sep 18, 2025 14m

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…

S1E2 “If she wasn’t my client, she’d be my friend” – A Volunteer’s Story

Aug 22, 2025 13m

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…

S1E1 “It’s One of the Best Things I’ve ever Done” – A Volunteer’s Story

Jul 21, 2025 13m

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…

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