Café Hope Podcast
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 world a better place.
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 world a better place in big and small ways. We're all about trying to make change. It might be a transformational project that helps an entire community, or it might be about trying to make one life a little bit easier. Trying is the key, because this is real life, and not everything goes smoothly. In Café Hope we hear about the struggles and the triumphs in equal measure.
Episodes to download
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A refuge for everyone
Last Monday
How one woman started a group to support refugees and the wider community in Stockton.
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Saving lives at stadiums
Mon 13 Oct 2025
How one football fan wants to get defibrillators in each corner of every football stadium
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Dedication to donation
Mon 6 Oct 2025
How one woman wants to get more people to give blood after donations helped her husband.
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Bringing loved ones home
Mon 29 Sep 2025
How one charity is helping repatriate families' loved ones to Ireland and Northern Ireland
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Caring quilts
Mon 22 Sep 2025
How one woman set up a charity that makes quilts for young people leaving care.
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Wellbeing in the waves
Mon 15 Sep 2025
How one charity is using surfing to improve children's mental health and wellbeing.
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Saving stitches
Mon 8 Sep 2025
How one woman is teaching people to sew to help them repair clothes and save money.
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Lost rings and things
Mon 19 May 2025
How one man started a free service to find lost jewellery and metallic items.
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Choral communities
Mon 12 May 2025
How one woman is running community choirs to show people how singing can benefit health.
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Food bank deliveries with dignity
Mon 21 Apr 2025
How one charity wants to change the model of food banks by delivering to peoples' houses.
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Provisions for preemies
Mon 14 Apr 2025
How one woman is helping premature babies and their mums right from the start.
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Exercise for everyone
Mon 7 Apr 2025
How one trainer makes exercise accessible to the elderly and people with disabilities.
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Hops and jobs
Mon 10 Feb 2025
How one social enterprise is helping prison leavers in their craft brewery and bakery.
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From coal to cakes
Mon 3 Feb 2025
How one man with Down's syndrome wanted to inspire others by running his own business.
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Feeling safer on the streets
Mon 27 Jan 2025
How a phoneline was set up to try to make people feel safer on the streets at night time.
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Café Hope's Christmas Dinner
Thu 19 Dec 2024
How people are helping others to make Christmas better for their community.
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Rescuing chickens around the cluck
Mon 25 Nov 2024
How one woman helps chickens once their best egg laying days are over.
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Support from the salon
Mon 18 Nov 2024
How one hair salon started giving support to cancer patients experiencing hair loss.
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Pulling together for a pint
Mon 11 Nov 2024
How one village came together to buy their local pub to help their community.
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Help after harm
Mon 4 Nov 2024
How one woman is helping fellow domestic abuse survivors - and perpetrators - move forward
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Bonding over breakfast
Mon 21 Oct 2024
How a breakfast club for 'grumpy old men' in Cornwall is helping with bereavement.
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Band of sisters
Mon 14 Oct 2024
How one woman started supporting military wives after she left the army.
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Showing off the streets
Mon 7 Oct 2024
How people who've experienced homelessness become tour guides of their city.
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