Talking Bubble – Bilingual Befriending

Talking Bubble Bilingual Befriending is a free phone service that helps people feel less alone. It matches you with a volunteer who speaks your language.

Volunteers speak English and other languages such as Kurdish, Turkish, Bulgarian, Russian, Romanian, Albanian, Greek and Arabic.

The service offers:

• regular phone calls
• support in your own language
• friendly chats based on your interests

It can help:

• people who feel lonely
• people with language barriers
• people from minority backgrounds
• people who feel anxious or isolated

Volunteers are trained and DBS checked. They are matched with people who share a similar language and interests.