Category: Charity News

Aisling writes about how volunteering benefits her clients and builds her own confidence. I began volunteering at Mind in Bradford in January 2021 as a telephone befriender. I feel that offering support in the form of listening, encouraging and showing empathy to my clients on a weekly basis over the phone has a positive effect […]

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Marie writes about the sense of achievement that volunteering as a befriender gives her. I currently volunteer for Mind in Bradford in a befriender role.   Over the last year I began noticing how isolation was affecting people, with limited social experiences and interactions and the reduction of face-to-face support, especially within mental health. This made […]

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