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Reuniting Through Befriending

A Heartfelt Story for Loneliness Awareness WeekLoneliness doesn’t always look lonely. It can wear a brave face, smile in the mirror, and go unnoticed even in a crowd. But for…
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Valerie’s befriending story

A Lifeline of Friendship with CSRF Housebound and with no access to the internet, retired civil servant Valerie relies on a landline and letterbox to stay connected to the outside…
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Paddy’s volunteering story

Volunteering for CSRF and Connecting Generations From activity groups to befriender matching, the Civil Service Retirement Fellowship (CSRF) brings connection and community to retired civil servants.  To tell you more…
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Louise and Olive

More Than Befriending: A Lifelong Friendship through CSRF Here at the Civil Service Retirement Fellowship (CSRF), we put friendship first. Just ask Louise and Olive. Today, after many years of…
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Jane’s activity group

 A Journey From Teacher to Chair of the CSRF Local Activity Group As well as running befriending services, the Civil Service Retirement Fellowship (CSRF) brings retired civil servants together through…
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Trudy Thomas

A Career Defined by Service and Support Leaving school at age 14 in 1945, Trudy Thomas started work at a lawyer’s office and then at the post office, which she…
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Olive Walter

A Life of Service, Advocacy, and Volunteering Olive was born in Guyana, a former British colony, and moved to the UK on 15 April 1960, at the age of 19,…
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Mike Hammond

Experience within the Civil Service working in 16 different countries Mike Hammond was born in Hampshire, however because of his father’s time in the services he travelled a lot, spending…
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