Volunteer
Become a volunteer of Bedrock Radio.
Bedrock Radio is run entirely by a volunteer membership.
Our whole team share a common objective in helping relieve the effects of pain and illness and promoting the benefits of living a healthy lifestyle for the public benefit. Our community hospital radio service is an exciting place to develop communication skills, meeting new people and rising to the challenge of fundraising to keep us on-air.
All we ask is that you can help us fulfil our objectives
How Can I help
Our objective is simple
We provide a community broadcasting service that focuses on health and well-being for people living across North East London and South Essex. We aim to provide relief of sickness, poor health and old age amongst patients across: Queen's, King George, Goodmayes and Whipps Cross hospitals, plus outreach to residential homes and similar institutions, and for patients receiving community care.
For The Community.
Working with our community to promote the benefits of living a healthy lifestyle, and the importance of maintaining a good personal mental and physical health, helping make our community a better, safer and healthier place to be.
What skills do I need?
You will receive all the training you need to become an integral part of the hospital 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 so volunteers can learn at their own pace.
Work Experience
We DO NOT offer work experience placements of any kind.
Due to not having regular members of staff on-site during the daytime, our hours of operation are unsuitable for the bodies that issue work experience placements. However, you could volunteer with us more long-term to help develop your skills.
Our Roles.
Keep Us On Air!
Running a radio service is not cheap!
(It costs around £4500 per year)
You could play a vital role in planing and managing events to raise funds for our charity.
Events range from ‘Tin Shake’ Collections at supermarkets, sponsored walks to running stalls at fêtes – You could eveb be hosting the next Bedrock Quiz!
You could also help secure advertising and sponsorship, and seek out grants to keep us going. Or by helping edit our periodic hospital radio magazine.
You also help promote the station across the community getting more people to listen in, from giving out magazines to hosting our games stalls on a Bedrock Roadshow!
Visit the wards of the hospitals we serve, befriending and chatting with patients and staff collecting song requests and dedications.
Plus helping wards get tuned into our stations, reporting any problems with our hospital ward radios or speakers to engineering team.
Our teams current visit the wards of:
– Goodmayes Hospital, Ilford.
– Queen’s Hospital, Romford
As we look to launch on DAB+, we’ll expand our ward visits to King George Hospital, Ilford and possibly other units and clinics locally too.
This team oversees the day-to-day operations of the whole charity.
They make the decisions in the best interest of the charity and our radio service.
Looking at how things are run. Building and maintaining relationships with various stakeholders, authorities, volunteers and businesses to grow and support the charity.
From planning events, meetings, overseeing day to day spending, monitoring programming output, compliance, training, recruitment and promoting the charity.
Our Trustees board is elected by our members to hold a post on a three-year period, we may appoint Trustees where a skill deficit is identified.
Trustees can make a real difference to the direction of the whole charity.
Presenters are the voices of our radio services.
They present programmes, record interviews, providing entertainment and interaction to our listeners, getting them involved in our programmes.
We want our presenters’ personalties to shine through and make the best radio possible!
Share your stories and experiences, getting listeners involved all while playing the Healthiest Music Mix for East London & South Essex from the Cornwall Suite Studios at Queen’s Hospital!
Some of our presenters attend Bedrock Roadshows to host events or an outside broadcast.
Producers help edit and produce audio content.
they also support programmes such as our Saturday Sports programme by compiling and editing information for on-air use.
Producers don’t have to go live on-air
(Ideal If you’re a little mic shy) you’ll be recording, editing or passing information to others.
Hidden behind the scenes is our unsung hero’s – Our engineers!
Depending on your technical knowhow, you could help us repair our Ward Radios to keep them working for patients.
Set up Bedrock Roadshows for Outside Broadcasts!
Or get more hands on with our Head of Engineering to learn how to keep us broadcasting when things go wrong!
- Bedrock Radio is a Registered Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) No. 1180476. Registered with the Charity Commission for England & Wales.
- All Volunteers MUST undergo a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Check, plus an Occupational Health Clearance this is a requirement of the NHS Trusts we operate in.
- There are different levels of membership of the Charity, Full membership of the CIO is subject to an annual membership fee.
- None of our Volunteers are paid. This includes Trustees.
- All volunteer members are able to voice their opinions & share ideas to benefit the running of the charity.
- Successful Applicants will be invited in for interviews and training sessions. Failure to attend these without notice may result in termination of membership to the CIO.
- Read more: Information On Volunteering
Register Your Intrest.
Ready to start Volunteering at Bedrock Radio? Complete the form below, we’ll be in touch.
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