Become a volunteer.

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

Volunteers are welcome and encouraged to make donations to Bedrock Radio to help fund things like the free refreshments offered in the office. 

And use fundraising tools to support the station. 

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. 

It all depends on what activity you are performing.
You could be visiting the wards, talking to patients and staff, collecting requests and checking on our radios. Others maybe doing admin or technical work such as producing content for later broadcast (I.e interviews, news, events) 

Hosting A Show:
If you take on a radio show, you need to make the commitment to the agreed 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), failure to do so, may result in you coming off-air. 

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, playing our lottery or hosting a roadshow.

It can take 3 to 4 months to complete the process, this is dependent on availability of our volunteers and yourself.

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

• Register your interest.
  Complete the below form to tell us you are interested in joining Bedrock Radio, answer the questions honestly (we’ve included prompts on how to answer) please avoid using AI to answer, be yourself.
  The below questions only needs a few of sentences, so we can understand how and why you want to be involved at Bedrock Radio, our Trustees will read through the form to gauge if you’re a good fit, assuming you have answered all questions fully and honestly. Then we aim to reply within 14 days. 
  (Tip: One sentence answers and the typical “I want to be a DJ” are instantly rejected – This tells us nothing about how you will help further the charity.) If you failed to answer all the questions, we won’t reply.

• Application Form.
  If we think you can help our charity, then we invite you to complete the full application form.
  Once received, our Trustees will review and respond within 14 days. (Please avoid using AI to answer, be honest and yourself).
• Informal Interview.
  We invite you to the Cornwall Suite studio to have a chat with a couple of our Trustees about volunteering, this is so we can get to know you, and for you to ask questions and ensure you are happy to proceed.
  Interviews typically take place on Saturdays, depending on availability they are run twice per month.
• BHR Hospitals: Volunteer On-Boarding.
  As part of our agreement with BHR Hospitals Trust, they process our volunteers to perform health and safety checks. You’ll need to complete the required forms, including a DBS security check and occupational health question air (The checks are mandatory as, we’re based in a hospital). You will need to attend the Hospital Trust Volunteers Seminar, It covers key information about the hospital. – Bedrock volunteers are held to the same high standards as Trust volunteers. 

• Bedrock Training.
  Once you have cleared the BHR Hospital’s Volunteer process, you are handed back to Bedrock Radio. We can then begin your local Bedrock training & get you started volunteering. 

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

There is no upper limit. 

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

You will be introduced to the procedures and equipment 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 technical on the equipment in the studio.

There is also the opportunity to learn and practice all sorts of other skills, from fundraising to setting up outside broadcast events (Bedrock Roadshows) to interviewing and even become a Trustee and get involved in the day to day running of the station. 

To help volunteers, we have videos and docuemnts allowing volunteers to learn at their own speed.
Trustees try to provide feedback on best practices on-air to help you improve. 

It helps if you are familiar with parts of our local area:
Havering, Redbridge, Thurrock, Brentwood, Basildon, Barking and Dagenham (North East London, South West Essex).

Otherwise, be willing to learn and adapt to help maintain our high standards on-air and further our objectives. 

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 few months.

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 also get involved on-air in bank holiday / seasonal specials, recording interviews, news bulletins.

Bedrock Radio do not offer work experience placements.

The Cornwall Suite Studio is located on the first floor of Queen’s Hospital, Romford. 

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

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

Bedrock Radio broadcasts 24/7. Our main live presented shows broadcast:

These shows are a mixture of Live or Pre-Recorded ‘as live’ 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.

Outside these times, a mixture of pre-recorded programmes and automated music plays.

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