Reach featured on the BBC

Age UK Shropshire Telford & Wrekin’s new LGBTQ+ friendship service received some welcome publicity recently when BBC Midlands Today decided to make a feature of it.

The service, called Reach, aims to connect specially-trained volunteers with older members of the LGBTQ+ community for telephone support and friendship. BBC reporter Laura May McMullen interviewed Wilf Talbot, the first client to make use of the service, along with his volunteer buddy Dan Bebbington.

Wilf was thrilled to be featured and spoke passionately about the challenges facing older LGBTQ+ people. He was enthusiastic in his praise for the new service and we hope that Wilf’s experience will encourage others to come forward.