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In Good Company - A campaign to keep older people connected
01 July 2010 [3:59 minutes, 3.74 MB]

Loneliness amongst older people is one of the biggest social and economic issues facing our ageing society.

Four charities; WRVS, Counsel and Care, Age UK Oxfordshire and Independent Age have agreed to develop a coalition against loneliness, called In Good Company a campaign to keep older people connected. Lynne Berry, explains how WRVS would be involved in this exciting initiative.

BBC Leicester - The volunteering challenge 24 July 2009 [14:20 minutes, 8.52 MB] 20 July 2009 [7:35 minutes, 7.35 MB]
	Lynne Berry and BBC Leicester's Rupal Rajani take up the volunteering challenge at Leicester Royal Infirmary and encourage others to join in.

Volunteers are Priceless campaign launch BBC Radio Shropshire [6:56 minutes, 6.35 MB] BBC Radio Wiltshire [8:24 minutes, 7.69 MB]
	Chris Dobson, head of volunteering, WRVS volunteers Gillian Marshall and Jenny Waller and Classic FM DJ Simon Bates launch the start of our Volunteers are Priceless campaign on 4 March 2009.

Safe, Warm and Well campaign launch Colourful Radio (UK) [6:25 minutes, 5.90 MB] Swansea Sound (Wales) [8:57 minutes, 8.20 MB] Northsound Radio (Scotland) [9:38 minutes, 8.80 MB]
	Robert Longley-Cook and TV personality Gloria Hunniford back EDF Energy's campaign to get help to the members of our communities that can be among the hardest to reach on radio stations across the UK on 15 January 2009.

Britain's Oldest Volunteers [8:31 minutes, 7.81 MB]
	Long standing volunteers Joan Griggs and Margaret Miller, together with Lynne Berry as featured on Women's Hour, BBC Radio 4 on 22 January give a historical and current day perspective of the charity and how volunteering makes a difference

WRVS fundraising helps us reach new supporters [7:52 minutes, 7.21 MB]
	Listen to Robert Longley-Cook, WRVS director of fundraising, marketing and communication defending street fundraising as a way of winning new supporters as broadcast on BBC Radio Five Live, 24 November 2008.

Edward Stourton interviews Lynne Berry [4:32 minutes, 4.32 MB]
	Listen to Edward Stourton, presenter of Radio 4's Today programme, interview WRVS chief executive Lynne Berry. Recorded on the eve of our 70th anniversary, find out about our work helping older people and her hopes and plans for the future.

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