Full Members of Bedrock Radio pay £0.00
That’s right, nothing, zero, zilch, nada…

Volunteers are welcome to make a donation to Bedrock Radio to help fund things like the free refreshments offered in the office. 

Please note: There is a membership fee for corporate membership of Bedrock Radio. 

Most of our volunteers spend two to four hours a week volunteering at Bedrock Radio. 

Some maybe visiting the wards to collect requests and tune patients in, others maybe doing admin or technical work, or producing content for later broadcast (I.e interviews, news, events) 

Hosting A Show:
If you take on a radio show, you will need to commit to the scheduled times.
The majority of our daytime programmes are three hours long. Presenters do have the option to pre-record their shows a couple of weeks ahead, providing flexibility. 
However, it remains the presenter’s responsibility to ensure your programme is broadcast at it’s allocated time (Live or Recorded). 

Fundraising: 
All volunteers are encouraged to get involved with fundraising throughout the year, it’s how to raise money to stay on-air – This could be helping sell tickets for our quiz night, or getting some friends to a live music evening. Or helping sell raffle tickets and playing our lottery. 

It can take 3 to 4 months to completely process a volunteer, this is fully depending on availability of our volunteers and yourself. 

Here’s an overview of the process that volunteers go through; 

• Register your interest – Depending on the number of volunteers we are processing, we aim to reply within 7 days. 
• Application Form – You’ll be asked to complete the full application form, as soon as you submit this to our Trustees, who will review within 14 days.

   

• Informal Interview – You’ll be invited to the studio to have a chat with a couple of our Trustees about volunteering, to ensure you are happy to proceed. Interviews take place on Saturdays, depending on availability they are run twice per month. 
• Volunteer On-Boarding Seminar –
  We hand you over to the Hospital Trust, where you’ll need to attend a seminar, and complete required forms (including your DBS security check) these are run once per month.
  (If you fail to provide correct documents, you can be bumped to the next seminar)
• DBS (Security Check) Clearance – We now wait until you receive your DBS clearance certificate – This process can take 1 to 3 months, (Average is 6 weeks). As soon as you receive the certificate, you need to show it to us. And you’ll be able to get your NHS ID card.
• Bedrock Training – Now you’ve been cleared by the Trust, we can start your local Bedrock training & you are to start volunteering. 

We are working with the Hospital Trust to find a way to speeding up this process

The minimum age to volunteer at the hospital is 18 years old.

There is no upper limit. 

You will receive all the training you need to become an integral part of the radio team.

You will be introduced to the equipment and procedures of the hospital & studios, such as infection control techniques & what to do if things go wrong. 

Should you wish to progress to become a presenter, you’ll be trained in presentation techniques and on the technical equipment in the studio.

You’ll also have the opportunity to learn and practice all sorts of other skills, from fundraising to setting up outside broadcast events, and from interviewing to management and committee work

We have help guides & video,  so volunteers can learn at their own speed. 

Students are welcome at Bedrock Radio. 

However, you need to be over 18 to volunteers, also be aware the volunteer recruitment on-boarding process, which undertaken with the Hospital Trust can take a while. 

On-Air, you may find it difficult to maintain a commitment to a regular weekly programme. However, there will be opportunities for you to co-host and get involved on-air in bank holiday specials, recording interviews, news bulletins.

We’re based in The Cornwall Suite Studio, on the first floor or Queen’s Hospital, Romford. 

Our studio is wheelchair accessible, from the lifts in the main entrance. 

• Volunteers benefit from a parking concession using the multistory car park. 
• TfL Buses 5, 128, 175, 193, 365, 496, 498, 499 serve the hospital’s grounds, with the 103 & 174 stopping nearby. 
• Romford Station for the Elizabeth Line, Overground Liberty Line and Greater Anglia services is a 15 minute walk away, or short bus ride. 
• Free Cycle parking is also available on the hospital grounds.
• Volunteers with a valid NHS ID can travel between Queen’s and King George’s using the free staff shuttle bus. 

Bedrock Radio broadcasts 24/7, our main presented programs run:
Daily 11am – 2pm.
Weekdays 7pm – 9pm.
Saturdays 3pm – 6pm.

These shows are a mixture of Live or Pre-Recorded a few days beforehand. However, other production maybe taking place at the studio, such as recording interviews, news, request collecting or other content for later broadcast.

Applicants are strongly advised to check our programme schedule and spend time listening into the station to get an understanding of our output.