BBC Radio Podcasts from Café Hope
Carpark concerts
How one charity is bringing orchestral music into the community in unusual spaces.
Build and bond
How one man found support and friendship in a community shed workshop.
A refuge for everyone
How one woman started a group to support refugees and the wider community in Stockton.
Saving lives at stadiums
How one football fan wants to get defibrillators in each corner of every football stadium
Dedication to donation
How one woman wants to get more people to give blood after donations helped her husband.
Bringing loved ones home
How one charity is helping repatriate families' loved ones to Ireland and Northern Ireland
Caring quilts
How one woman set up a charity that makes quilts for young people leaving care.
Wellbeing in the waves
How one charity is using surfing to improve children's mental health and wellbeing.
Saving stitches
How one woman is teaching people to sew to help them repair clothes and save money.
Lost rings and things
How one man started a free service to find lost jewellery and metallic items.
Choral communities
How one woman is running community choirs to show people how singing can benefit health.
Hi-vis hose down
How one man is cleaning up parks in Liverpool in his free time.
Wheels and woofs
How one charity is helping disabled dogs live their best lives.
Food bank deliveries with dignity
How one charity wants to change the model of food banks by delivering to peoples' houses.
Provisions for preemies
How one woman is helping premature babies and their mums right from the start.
Exercise for everyone
How one trainer makes exercise accessible to the elderly and people with disabilities.
Hops and jobs
How one social enterprise is helping prison leavers in their craft brewery and bakery.
From coal to cakes
How one man with Down's syndrome wanted to inspire others by running his own business.
Feeling safer on the streets
How a phoneline was set up to try to make people feel safer on the streets at night time.
Travel and chat
How a community bus has provided friendship as well as transport.
Grub not garbage
How one cafe is turning food waste into meals.
Café Hope's Christmas Dinner
How people are helping others to make Christmas better for their community.
Rescuing chickens around the cluck
How one woman helps chickens once their best egg laying days are over.
Support from the salon
How one hair salon started giving support to cancer patients experiencing hair loss.
Pulling together for a pint
How one village came together to buy their local pub to help their community.
Help after harm
How one woman is helping fellow domestic abuse survivors - and perpetrators - move forward
Being seen and heard
How one charity is making music accessible.
Bonding over breakfast
How a breakfast club for 'grumpy old men' in Cornwall is helping with bereavement.
Band of sisters
How one woman started supporting military wives after she left the army.
Showing off the streets
How people who've experienced homelessness become tour guides of their city.
Run to recovery
How a running club helps recovery from addiction.
Pick you up post
Café Hope is our virtual Radio 4 coffee shop with Rachel Burden.
Confidence through coffee
How one cafe helps young adults with learning disabilities get on the job experience.
Café Hope is back!
BBC Radio 4’s virtual coffee shop is back for a new series on 16 September.
Southport special
A special Café Hope with Rachel Burden.
Saved from the skip
How a community came together when their local tip was shut to open a sustainable shop.
Believing in Belfast
Helping Belfast's young people get off the streets and into education and employment
Lost and hound
How one man started a UK wide group that helps people finds their missing dogs with drones
Laundry with love
How Motherwell, a charity that supports vulnerable women, runs a community laundrette.
The barrister defending nature
How a barrister uses his knowledge to help protect nature.
Life after losing a limb
How a quadruple amputee helps people adjust to life after the loss of a limb.
Just an hour
How giving up an hour of his time to help other people changed Kevin Morland's life
Carrying on the kindness
How a mum is continuing her daughter’s kindness.
From behind bars to bikes
Why a former advertising exec helps train ex-offenders to become bike mechanics.
Welcome to Café Hope
Café Hope celebrates the people making our world a better place.