Café Hope
Episodes
Cafe Hope's Christmas Dinner
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Rachel Burden for Café Hope’s Christmas Dinner where we’ve swapped our virtual café for a real one – the perfectly named Café Hope in Gl...
Confidence building
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Trystan Jones, from The Community Impact Initiative, tells Rachel Burden how teaching communites building skills also improved their confidence and we...
Dementia drop-ins
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Co-founder of the Hardy Group, Sue Atherton, tells Rachel Burden how the charity supports people living with dementia and their carers. When Sue's hus...
Rides for remembrance
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Hughes, founder of volunteer initiative Poppy Cabs, tells Rachel Burden how they provide taxis for veterans who need to travel to Remembrance Day...
Carpark concerts
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Co-founder of The Multi-Story Orchestra, Kate Whitley, tells Rachel Burden how the charity works with young people and musicians to create collaborati...
Build and bond
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Neil Baker, from the Men's Shed in Camberley, tells Rachel Burden how community workshops reduce loneliness, encouraging men to make new friends whils...
A refuge for everyone
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Susan Mansaray, founder of Purple Rose, tells Rachel Burden how the community interest company supports refugees and their families, alongside Stockto...
Saving lives at stadiums
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Gregory tells Rachel Burden how he's trying to get defibrillators fitted in each corner of every football stadium, in memory of his daughter Laur...
Dedication to donation
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lorna Newbrook tells Rachel Burden how she is trying to get more people to give blood after frequent transfusions helped extend her husband Mike's lif...
Bringing loved ones home
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Co-founder of the Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust, Colin Bell, tells Rachel Burden how his son's death abroad, was the start of his charity that repatri...
Caring quilts
22 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Founder of Quilts for Care Leavers, Maggie Lloyd-Jones, tells Rachel Burden how the charity offers 'quilted hugs' to young people who are leaving the ...
Wellbeing in the waves
15 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ian Bennett, from the charity Wave Project, tells Rachel Burden how they make the ocean and surfing accessible to people of all physical abilities, an...
Saving stitches
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Co-founder of social enterprise Stitch the Gap, Amanda Stark, tells Rachel Burden how they affect environmental change by teaching sewing skills to re...
Lost rings and things
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Founder of the National Ring Recovery Service, Morley Howard, tells Rachel Burden how metal detecting turned from his hobby, into a way of helping peo...
Choral communities
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Chrissy Foster, from Bittersweet Harmonies, tells Rachel Burden how her community choirs have brought people together regardless of talent, physical a...
Hi-vis hose down
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Salim, tells Rachel Burden how his cleaning company is tidying up Liverpool's parks in their free time, jetwashing play equipment, weeding and ...
Wheels and woofs
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Founder of charity Winston's Wheels, Rachel Wettner, tells Rachel Burden how when her dog Winston lost his mobility, a gift of a wheelchair inspired h...
Food bank deliveries with dignity
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lewey Hellewell, founder of charity Humans MCR, tells Rachel Burden how using a food bank made him want to help fellow users feel less ashamed, so sta...
Provisions for preemies
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Founder of Emily's Star charity, Katie Mainwaring, tells Rachel Burden how having a premature baby inspired her to help families whose children have c...
Exercise for everyone
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Personal trainer Javeno McLean tells Rachel Burden how he trains people with disabilities and the elderly for free in his health centre, to show them ...
Hops and jobs
10 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Co-founder of Tap Social Movement, Tess Taylor, tells Rachel Burden how the social enterprise trains and employs prisoners and prison leavers in their...
From coal to cakes
03 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Beynon tells Rachel Burden how he wanted to show others that having Down Syndrome doesn't stop him from running his own Welsh cakes business.C...
Feeling safer on the streets
27 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Co-founder of Strut Safe Rho Chung tells Rachel Burden how they set up the UK-wide phoneline to try to make people feel safer on the streets at night ...
Travel and chat
20 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Douglas Fraser tells Rachel Burden how the community bus scheme in Glenfarg in Perthshire has helped with reconnecting people as well as providing tra...
Grub not garbage
13 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Co-founder of REfUSE, Nikki Dravers, tells Rachel Burden how the social enterprise helps reduce food waste by running a 'pay-as-you-feel' cafe.Café H...
Café Hope's Christmas Dinner
24 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A Café Hope with a difference as Rachel Burden speaks to a range of guests who are making the festive season better for their community.We hear from ...
Rescuing chickens around the cluck
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Volunteer at Chicken Rescue UK, Jenny Betts, tells Rachel Burden about how she helps ex-commercial chickens find their forever homes. Her work won her...
Support from the salon
18 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hair stylist Joe Milazzo and his wife Lina, tell Rachel Burden how after Lina's cancer diagnosis and chemotherapy, they decided to help people cope wi...
Pulling together for a pint
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Marting Booth tells Rachel Burden how his village came together to buy their local pub. Through the Hudswell Community Charity, they now rent out thre...
Help after harm
04 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Co-founder of AIM Northwest, Kerry Bamber, tells Rachel Burden how the charity helps fellow domestic abuse survivors move forward with their lives. Sh...
Being seen and heard
28 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Co-founder of Electric Umbrella, Mel Boda, tells Rachel Burden how the charity makes music accessible for learning disabled and neurodivergent people....
Bonding over breakfast
21 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nigel Jeffery tells Rachel Burden how his group The (Mostly) Grumpy Old Men's Breakfast Club is helping widowers like himself cope with bereavement. T...
Band of sisters
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Heather Sharp who started Forces Wives Challenge tells Rachel Burden about how the social enterprise has reduced loneliness and restored confidence to...
Showing off the streets
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel Burden hears from Zakia Moulaoui who started the social enterprise Invisible Cities. They train people who've experienced homelessness to becom...
Run to recovery
30 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel Burden hears from Connor Shannon who set up Addicts to Athletes after he found that running helped with his recovery from addiction.Café Hope ...
Pick you up post
23 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel Burden hears from Alison Hitchcock and Brian Greenley, who started From Me to You, where people write letters to strangers with cancer to try t...
Confidence through coffee
16 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel Burden speaks to Bianca Tavella, the founder of Fair Shot, a social enterprise cafe that helps young adults with learning disabilities get work...
Café Hope is back!
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
BBC Radio 4’s virtual coffee shop is back for a new series. New episodes are available weekly on BBC Sounds on Mondays from 16 September, 2024.
Southport special
12 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A special Café Hope where we hear from people who helped those affected by the killing of 3 girls in Southport and the subsequent riot in the town. R...
Saved from the skip
27 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel Burden hears from Kate Taylor-Smith who co-founded Second Life, a recycling shop. The community interest company started after the local tip wa...
Believing in Belfast
20 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel Burden hears from David Boyd who set up Belfast Child, a social enterprise to help get young people of the street with mentoring and sports act...
Lost and hound
13 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel Burden hears from Graham Burton, who runs Drone SAR, a free search and rescue service that operates across Britain to help people find their lo...
Laundry with love
13 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel Burden hears from Kate Blakemore who started the charity Motherwell Cheshire, which not only supports women and girls of all ages, but also run...
The barrister defending nature
13 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel Burden hears from barrister Paul Powlesland who lives on the River Roding in London and spends his time protecting it from pollution. By sharin...
Life after losing a limb
13 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel Burden hears from Corinne Hutton who used her experience to help people adjust to life after losing a limb. She lost her hands and legs below t...
Just an hour
13 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Café Hope is our virtual Radio 4 coffee shop with Rachel Burden, where guests pop in for a brew and a chat to tell us what they're doing to make the ...
Carrying on the kindness
13 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Café Hope is our virtual Radio 4 coffee shop with Rachel Burden, where guests pop in for a brew and a chat to tell us what they’re doing to make th...
From behind bars to bikes
13 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel Burden hears from XO Bikes founder Stef Jones about the lightbulb moment that led him to leave the world of adverstising, and take on a role tr...
Welcome to Café Hope
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Café Hope is our virtual Radio 4 coffee shop with Rachel Burden, where guests pop in for a brew and a chat to tell us what they’re doing to make th...