Dave Lindner is Befriend’s Community Connector – he’s the guy who helps Befriend members create new communities and connections. In this episode we chat with Dave about the challenges inherent in kickstarting community and why you don’t need to...

In this episode, we talk with occupational therapist and disability rights advocate, Dr. Bec Waters. Bec teaches a unit about disability at Curtin University and is well known for her strong views on how much of our “help” actually helps keep p...

Fee has a happy knack of seeing the best in everyone. As a woman with an intellectual disability and autism, her fearless view of the world empowers her to make connections wherever she goes. She’s navigated her connected world and learnt a lot...

Valerie Weyland dreams big. In her early 20’s she moved by herself to Australia, a place where she knew no-one, to play basketball. In this episode, we hear how Valerie fell in and out of connection, experienced prejudice and judgement, navigat...

We see a lot in the media about the downside of online connections and the superiority of face-to-face friendships. But is it all bad? In this episode, we talk with Dr. Loretta Baldassar whose research into online relationships finds that the d...

2020 will always be known as the year we all jumped on online to socialise. But we had a question; what do we gain from face-to-face social connection that we can’t replicate through digital connection? In this episode, we talk with Dr. Roger P...

Alyssa Nixon-Lloyd has always had a keen interest in community. GrowinĀ up in asmall country town, community-buildinĀ was second nature to her ÿamily whowere actively involved in community liÿe. When she moved to Perth to study,Alys...