Meet the team

Started at b:friend: Aug 2022 Love: Running, walks in the Peak District with my dog, and board games with friends […]
Started at b:friend: Aug 2022
Love: Running, walks in the Peak District with my dog, and board games with friends
Dislike: Housework and heights
Best b:friend memory:
I was lucky enough to represent b:friend when Doncaster received its city status. I got the chance to meet the King and Queen and talk about the amazing work of b:friend and the importance of reducing loneliness.

Started at b:friend: August 2023 Love: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, My furbaby Ziggy, and I suppose I can’t mention […]
Started at b:friend: August 2023
Love: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, My furbaby Ziggy, and I suppose I can't mention my dog without saying my fella too!
Dislike: Spiders, well any creepy crawlies really
Best b:friend memory: eeting the b:friend team and my social clubs for the first time, everyone has been so welcoming!

Started at b:friend: May 2023 Love: trying to control my unruly garden then sitting in it with family and friends […]
Started at b:friend: May 2023
Love: trying to control my unruly garden then sitting in it with family and friends
Dislike: My teenagers when they don’t tidy up their mess
Best b:friend memory: My first day with b:friend at our Coronation Party meeting staff and 150 older neighbours from our social clubs. It was a fantastic celebration and the absolute best introduction to b:friend.

Started at b:friend: October 2021 Love: Getting outdoors with my friends or with a good podcast, discovering new restaurants Dislike: […]
Started at b:friend: October 2021
Love: Getting outdoors with my friends or with a good podcast, discovering new restaurants
Dislike: Early mornings and mushy peas
Best b:friend memory: Dancing and laughing with my Sheffield Social Club, and the first time I heard a volunteer saying she thinks of her older neighbour as family now.
Started at b:friend: Feb 2019 Love: the best football team in Sheffield Dislike: Baked beans Best b:friend memory: Being invited […]
Started at b:friend: Feb 2019
Love: the best football team in Sheffield
Dislike: Baked beans
Best b:friend memory: Being invited for a tour of Downing Street - we took one of our amazing volunteers, Carys and her Older Neighbour, Dennis. Dennis confessed that at his age he never thought he would leave Sheffield again, let alone go to Number 10. Downing Street was amazing, but that wasn't the best bit. The best bit was seeing the trust Dennis had in Carys and their wonderful friendship. It was a real privilege to spend the day with them and see the positive impact that b:friend has.

Started at b:friend: May 2019 Love: God, my family, travelling, sharing a laugh with friends and family, reading and meeting […]
Started at b:friend: May 2019
Love: God, my family, travelling, sharing a laugh with friends and family, reading and meeting new people
Dislike: ironing, spicy food, rudeness, and unfairness
Best b:friend memory: So many to think of. I look back on the lockdown when we took gifts to people in the community who were especially struggling, it was amazing to see their gratitude at being thought of. The Coronation party was fantastic. b:friend gave me the opportunity to become special friends with a very special lady who I have been visiting since December 2019.

Started at b:friend – October 2018 Love: Reading, Chocolate & Cher Dislike: litterbugs and wearing socks Best b:friend memory: Attending […]
Started at b:friend - October 2018
Love: Reading, Chocolate & Cher
Dislike: litterbugs and wearing socks
Best b:friend memory: Attending the Buckingham Palace Garden party when we were awarded the Queen's Award for Volunteering.

Started at b:friend: April 2018 Love: My family and especially my new twin grandsons Luca and Freddie. Dislike: IroningMy best […]
Started at b:friend: April 2018
Love: My family and especially my new twin grandsons Luca and Freddie.
Dislike: IroningMy best b:friend memories: The day I started at b:friend, making over 400 pairings, and the day an older neighbour who had anxiety and hadn't been out for 2 years came to my Balby Social Club.