Caring quilts

Available for over a year

Founder of Quilts for Care Leavers, Maggie Lloyd-Jones, tells Rachel Burden how the charity offers 'quilted hugs' to young people who are leaving the local authority care system. Volunteers start quilting at the start of the year, so each care leaver attending an organised Christmas dinner can pick out a quilt of their choice. Café Hope is our virtual Radio 4 coffee shop, where guests pop in for a brew and a chat to tell us what they’re doing to make things better in big and small ways. Think of us as sitting in your local café, cooking up plans, hearing the gossip, and celebrating the people making the world a better place. We’re all about trying to make change. It might be a transformational project that helps an entire community, or it might be about trying to make one life a little bit easier. And the key here is in the trying. This is real life. Not everything works, and there are struggles along the way. But it’s always worth a go. You can contact us on [email protected] Presenter: Rachel Burden Series Producer: Uma Doraiswamy Sound Design: Nicky Edwards Researcher: Maeve Schaffer Editor: Clare Fordham