PODCAST - a cup of tea with the neighbours

PODCAST: A cup of tea with the neighbours

with Amy Hall

This is part of the Radio NI podcast series. It has regular interviews with people from New Internationalist.

It’s good to share a cup of tea (chichacha under a Creative Commons Licence)

In Britain, politicians and the media often say people should be afraid of their neighbours. They say people should be angry at the unknown people who live next door. But Friends And Neighbours (FAN) groups started to make a difference with the power of conversation.

The idea has now moved to Pakistan, with the same structure and ideas. They have regular meetings of about an hour which start and finish with the same words. Everyone who goes has some time to talk about a topic.

The FAN charity supports these groups, but says it is not an activist organization. FAN has brought people together and made people think about how they relate to other people.

This year was the 10-year anniversary of the FAN network. You can listen to Amy Hall speaking to FAN fans in England, Wales and Pakistan to find out how the meetings have helped them.

Listen: https://www.dropbox.com/s/r6892cn5en0b3d6/FAN%20PODCAST.mp3

As this article has been simplified, the words, text structure and quotes may have been changed. For the original, please see: http://newint.org/blog/radio-ni/2013/12/16/podcast-fan-groups/