MARCH/APRIL 2006 Issue 109
The Official Journal of the Hospital Broadcasting Association
in this issue ... Dear Reader, Welcome to the 2006 pre Conference issue; inside you will find details of the sponsors and biographies of many of Committee Report ...... 3 the judges – a veritable Radio Who’s Who – well done to Countrywide ... News from the Stations ...... 5 Dave on all his hard work for the Award ceremony ... and The National Hospital Radio Awards 2006 ...... 8 not forgetting Chris Cook either for his magnificent contribu- Meet the Judges ...... 9 tion. Publicity Matters ...... 12 May I offer my sincere congratulations to all those who Walford Comes to Stanmore ...... 13 have been short-listed for the Awards and good luck. If you are one of the winners, why not write a report on your expe- SBES 2005 ...... 14 rience of the Award ceremony – indeed, I will be delighted All Our Yesterdays ...... 15 to hear from any of you who attend Conference. A New Chapter for Devizes ...... 16 As always, I look forward to hearing from any station and June’s Travels ...... 16 what they have been up to – whether fundraising, request The HBA Conference Bursary ...... 17 collecting or outside broadcasts – it is always interesting to Bursary Application Form ...... 18 receive your report. Regional Rep Details ...... 19 Michelle Who To Contact ...... 20 DIARY DATES 31st March-2nd April 2006 Spring Conference, Blackpool 1st April-9th April 2006 FRONT COVER PICTURE: Radio Brockley hosts a visit by Natalie Hospital Broadcasting Week Cassidy, currently in the middle of a major October 27th-29th 2006 storyline in the popular soap EastEnders Autumn Conference, Norwich Spring 2007 Spring Conference, Northampton
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A bumper report this time, so I'll jump in Scotland to England, Wales and straight in… Northern Ireland. Advice obtained from Regions Citizens' Advice and Volunteering The Executive Committee formally England also appears to conflict! Before created Regions under the new Regional issuing any guidance, therefore, we are Bylaws at its January meeting. This seeking some legal advice of our own. allows Paul Sysum to now formally Charity Law appoint the existing Regional Reps to their The England and Wales Charity Bill is posts under the new rules and to fill still stuck waiting for the government to vacancies. To this end, I extend the find time for it to be debated in the committee's welcome to Bill Kilgour, Iain House of Commons, although rumour Lee and David Tysoe as our new has it that it will get its ‘second reading’ Scottish, Yorkshire and Midlands Regional by the end of March. We'll see! Reps respectively. A consultation draft of new Charity Paul will be consulting with the various legislation for Northern Ireland is now Regional Reps to arrange Regional AGMs also expected to see the light of day by in each region, spread across the year. by Nigel Dallard, Secretary the end of March. These meetings will now be more formal Scotland, meanwhile is proceeding than was previously the case, with apace with the introduction of its attendees needing formal written Radio, Capital Radio, BRMB, Music Charities and Trustee Investment authorisation from the station to vote. I Choice Europe and UKRD before (Scotland) Act. As well as conducting a envisage these AGMs being very short deciding to ‘go it alone’ as a consultant on number of consultations on the necessary affairs (if we can conclude a national programming on licence application issues. secondary rules and regulations, they AGM in 16 minutes, I'm sure a Regional In his role as HBA Programme Adviser, have recently announced the AGM shouldn't last much longer!) Paul is available to advise members on all appointment of members of the board of followed by the usual informal meeting aspects of programming, from how to the new-style OSCR which was formally where everyone present can have their structure station output based on created on 24th February. At this time, say. The rest of the activities of Regions knowledge and research of their however, it is not in charge of the will also be able to continue in the same audience, through the importance of Scottish Charity Register, as it first needs informal way as before. patient-oriented programming and visiting to consult on the details of the Charity Treasurer wards to collect requests, to programme Test which charities must pass to be You will be aware that John Harper standards and training. entered into and remain on the Register. had indicated that he wished to stand Paul con be contacted on 0870 321 OSCR is expected to take over control of down as Treasurer at the earliest 6002 or [email protected] – but charity registrations from HM Revenue & opportunity. We asked for anyone please give him time to find his feet and Customs in late April. interested in the role to contact us. don’t all contact him at once! Review of Intellectual Unfortunately, we had a very poor Free access to music? Property Law response to our appeal to find his Now that PPL are charging hospital As I mentioned last time, Chancellor successor. As a consequence, John has radio stations to broadcast music in their Gordon Brown has asked Andrew agreed to stay in post until the AGM in repertoire, and to dub it onto a computer Gowers, former editor of the Financial October and will be assisted by Anglia playout system, it only seems fair that Times, to review the UK's intellectual Regional Rep, Julie Cox – thanks Julie. If stations should not have to pay twice by property laws with a view to you have experience of producing having to purchase the music to be able ‘modernising copyright and other forms of accruals accounts and/or the Charity to add it to their library. When HBA intellectual property so that they are Accounting SORP, please consider if you tackled PPL about this, they pointed us appropriate for the digital age’. could find the time to take on the role of towards the individual record labels. The review team has now issued its HBA Treasurer. Anyone with an Rather than write to the numerous labels, formal ‘call for evidence’, with a closing accounting qualification would be HBA wrote to the Executive Chairman date of 21st April. One of the questions especially welcome! of the British Phonographic Industry they ask is ‘are there other areas where Programme Adviser seeking his help. He has written back copyright exceptions should apply?’ It is In the Informal Meeting at the Autumn saying that this is really an issue HBA the Executive Committee's intent to 2004 conference, Chris Berezai should be taking up with PPL! submit an argument that hospital presented his idea for a position on the Fortunately, we're not quite going broadcasting should be exempt. I think Executive Committee to help and advise round in circles, as he also copied his we've got a reasonable case – but then members in their core activity – letter to PPL, and we understand that I'm biased! presenting interesting and relevant PPL are going to raise the issue at the Spring Conference and Awards programmes to their listeners. The HBA next of their regular meetings with the Congratulations and good luck from may move slowly but we do eventually record labels. More news as we get it! the Executive Committee to all those get there! Following-on from his well- Guidance regarding young persons who were short-listed in this year's received seminars on programming at the as volunteers National Hospital Radio Awards. For Autumn 2005 conference, I am pleased In the Informal Meeting at the Autumn those of you attending the conference to be able to welcome Paul Easton as Conference, the Executive Committee and awards ceremony in Blackpool, HBA's first Programme Adviser. was asked if it could provide guidance as please feel free to take the opportunity to Paul started his broadcasting career in to the legal position and best practice tackle myself or any of the other EC hospital radio at Radio Northwick Park in regarding involving young persons under members about any aspect of the HBA or the 1970s and was a member of the then- the age of 18 as volunteers. Subsequent hospital broadcasting; we may not have NAHBO Executive Committee between investigation by John Watson, Mike the answer to your question but in many 1973 and 1980. Professionally, he has Skinner and myself has shown that the cases we'll know someone who might be worked at LBC, Ocean Sound, Melody position appears to be subtlety different able to help.
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STAFFORD SCORE producers asked if they could film Mandy and her mum being shown the ropes at the station. The pair collected requests from staff and patients with volunteer Sarah Russell. The pair then went on air in the studio with Andy Bonner. Honey, We're Killing The Kids will be shown on BBC Three and repeated on BBC One later this year.
RSL FOR BARNSLEY MKHRS Chairman, Phil Yates, cuts the Barnsley Hospital Broadcasting will 21st birthday cake, watched by station be on air with a ten day RSL from 31st volunteers March until 9th April to coincide with station at Christmas in 1984. In those days Mike Harker (right) receives the cheque NHB week. Programmes will be live from Ken Hunt (left) at the HRS studios the station was on air just three evenings from 6am (7am weekends) to midnight a week – today we broadcast 24 hours a Hospital Radio Stafford received a on 87.7fm. day through a range of live programmes cheque for £1,666 recently. The Darren Holmes and a computerised automated music and money came from the Football entertainment service. Association’s Community Fund and A STAR FOR THE DAY A basic studio, built as the initial was presented to Mike Harker, Station Grampian Hospital Radio is offering home of the station, had to be moved to Manager for HRS, by Ken Hunt, one lucky winner the opportunity to a new location in 1989 to facilitate the Commercial Manager for Stafford take to the mic and present their own expansion of the hospital. Since then, all Rangers. show! The chance to be a star for a the equipment has been replaced and Stafford Rangers received £5,000 day is only one in a long list of prizes replaced again, thanks to the generosity from the FA, to be donated to local kindly donated by local and national of those who respond to our fundraising charities, for entering into the first sponsors. Other top prizes include a efforts. We now have a state-of-the-art round proper of last season’s (04/05) DAB Radio, donated by the Stewart studio, featuring computer playout FA Cup. Milne Group, Silver jewellery from technology and satellite news and every Hospital Radio Stafford is manned Finnies The Jeweller and £100 of bed in the hospital receives the station entirely by volunteers, does not receive shopping vouchers. free of charge on their bedside automatic funding, every penny has to A range of delicious hampers from entertainment systems. be raised by ourselves to meet our Baxters, Walkers Shortbread and But putting technological advances annual running costs of £2,000. Mackies Ice cream are set to tempt aside, it is the enthusiasm of our The station started in 1972 and we lovers of good food and several local volunteers that remains the driving force broadcast to the patients in Stafford and distilleries have donated special edition behind the success of the radio – their Cannock Hospitals. whiskies. Music fans may prefer the willingness to roll up their sleeves and DVDs of Runrig or Daniel O’Donnell get stuck into all aspects of the radio KILLING THE KIDS while sports fans will be hoping to work has helped to build the station Wirral station Radio Clatterbridge, claim the AFC shirt or the chance to into a much appreciated part of hospital played its part in improving the well- attend a match at Ibrox, courtesy of daily life and we thank them all for their being of a local school girl in March. Rangers Football Club. ongoing help as we finally come of age! Mandy from Wallasey, is the subject Tickets cost 20p each and are of a new edition of the BBC TV available in books of five with all programme ‘Honey, We're Killing The proceeds going to Grampian HR and FOX’S MOST Kids’ where parents are shown how to their children’s service Radio Rainbow. REQUESTED SONGS improve their children's health prospects. The draw will be made on June 17 Following Radio Redhill’s recent The 14 year old is interested in a 2006 and to be in with a chance of article, I thought readers may be career in media, so the programme's winning, contact Grampian Hospital interested to see what the most Radio on Aberdeen (01224) 552964 or requested songs of 2005 were at Radio email [email protected]. Fox in Leicester. Tickets will be on sale at all GHR The station broadcasts to the events throughout the year. Leicester Royal Infirmary and the Glenfield Hospital and broadcasts a Request Chart of the Year every 21 YEARS YOUNG Christmas, compiled from our weekly For Milton Keynes Hospital Radio countdowns. Service, Christmas 2005 was an extra During 2005 nearly 6,000 requests special occasion, as it marked the 21st were played and as ever, the year end year of broadcasting for the station. countdown contained a mix of the Patients in Milton Keynes Hospital new, old favourites and the eclectic. were first treated to a broadcast from Traditionally, listeners at the Royal Mandy and Mum at Radio Clatterbridge their own dedicated local broadcasting have younger tastes while Glenfield
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Radio Wave in Blackpool will The National Hospital Radio Awards ceremony will be broadcast live be presenting their Saturday via the Internet and on Hot Bird. Details are the same as last year: 13° East 12,597MHz Vertical Polarisation morning show (10.00am to Symbol Rate 27,500MSy/s FEC 3/4 Programme 'WRN Events 1.00pm) live from the Hotel The show hopefully will begin at 9.30pm and this year we will have Conference weekend. a commentator for continuity purposes, Tony Sloan.
CLEAR OUT YOUR JUNK AND BRING IT TO BLACKPOOL If you are attending the HBA Spring Conference in Blackpool, here is an opportunity to clear out your junk room as we will be running an auction of your surplus equipment on Sunday morning. What an opportunity to clear out your junk room (admit it – every station has one) and turn your sur- plus equipment into cash. Bring your junk to Blackpool and let the HBA Auctioneer, John Watson, sell it for you. The HBA will not be taking any commission, all the cash goes to your station. We are hoping to publish a gallery of equipment on offer on the HBA website. To be included in the gallery, please send brief details of anything you will be bringing and preferably a picture to [email protected] and we'll get it displayed. All entries are anonymous. We will not be publishing details of the seller. On the day you can set a reserve price if you wish but be prepared to take your junk home if the reserve is not met. Please note: once a bid is accepted it becomes the responsibility of the buyer and seller to arrange payment. So get your junk room sorted and get your details to me as soon as possible. John Harper, Treasurer
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the state of my creased shirt!’ Natalie also recorded a message for Radio Brockley for on air use during the station's fortieth anniversary year (the stations celebrates forty years in October 2006) and signed pictures which will be auctioned during the event. Natalie's visit helped raise the profile of the hospital's radio station, Radio Brockley and her visit came in the week that viewers will see the 22 year old star in one of her most shocking story- lines, when her character leaves her husband for another woman. Daniel Gee further said, ‘We are so grateful that Natalie is supporting our charity, which is run entirely by volun- teers and is self-supportive. Radio Brockley is appealing for donations towards new studios; we have the members' commitment to continue to serve the patients in the new building (which is due to open in 2011) but the hospital cannot fund the studios, as clinical services, understandably, must take precedence in the project. Natalie reckons it’s a plum job at Radio However, a new studio facility could Brockley cost the charity as much as £50,000; funds which we simply don't have.’ Walford came to Stanmore recently A huge Arsenal fan, Natalie had a when EastEnders star Natalie Cassidy joke with Jonathan Shotts, who is a visited the Adolescent Unit at the Royal staunch Chelsea supporter! National Orthopaedic Hospital in Stanmore. Radio Brockley hosted the visit by RUBY CELEBRATIONS Natalie Cassidy, currently in the middle FOR RADIO BROCKLEY of a major storyline. Ms Cassidy visited As part of Radio Brockley's Ruby the children's ward during the station's Anniversary Celebrations, our forty flagship show, Bedside Bingo (which members are tasked with obtaining forty was presented live from the wards as messages from forty celebrities, for use an outside broadcast) and then returned on-air during our fortieth year and to the studios to present requests and actress answer questions, from the patients. Natalie Cassidy was one of those Trustee Daniel Gee, who inter- approached. Imagine our surprise viewed Ms Cassidy commented, when she suggested she's like to pop ‘Natalie said she's always wanted to down to Radio Brockley to meet the present on radio and we are proud she patients and join in with Bedside Bingo! chose London's longest running hospital Radio Brockley is proud to serve the station on which to do this. She really Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, a enjoyed her time on air, the patients on national centre of excellence. Patients the ward loved chatting to her and she come from all over the world to benefit even asked if she could visit us again. from a team of highly specialised con- We were amazed at how down to sultants and, during their stay, they earth she was and she wasn't phased often end up taking part in Radio by the questions we put to her, ranging Brockley’s legendary ‘Bedside Bingo’ from her current racy storyline to her programme, as well as enjoying their musical tastes and her recent cosmetic selection of music played in our nightly surgery! One patient even dared asking request shows’. who was a better kisser, her on screen Radio Brockley is looking for new husband or her girlfriend (she replied volunteers to help with ward visiting, that she preferred the former!) Pictured, from the top: Natalie and Daniel fund raising, producing/presenting Gee in the studio; A huge Arsenal; fan, However, she was caught off guard Natalie jokes with Jonathan Shotts, a shows and to get involved with our when I mentioned her appearance on Chelsea supporter; Trustees alan Joyce and anniversary celebrations. Celebrity Mastermind but she held her Keith Reeve with Natalie; Natalie with on For details on how to get involved, own and cheekily slated me for not screen husband James Alexandrou; Natalie see www.RadioBrockley.org or call the being able to iron properly, judging by with Menayami Lenia from Edgware studio on 020 8954 6591.
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2005 was the year of the thirtieth companies including Broadcast Bionics, Sound Broadcasting Equipment Show. HHB, Calrec, Beyer Dynamic and With the show now entering its fourth Radica Broadcast Systems Limited. By decade organisers, Point Promotions, far the largest exhibitor space are working on the 31st SBES, taking confirmed to date is for long-term SBES place this November. contributor, Preco Broadcast, who have Preparations to date include booked a bigger stand for 2006 in order confirmation that the 2006 show will to accommodate the very wide range once again include increased floor of products which the company space compared to the previous year handles across the UK market. and plans to expand the number of Of course, exhibitors are only one smaller stands for first time exhibitors, half of the equation when it comes to as well as increasing the number of M I Broadcast, had kit installed in the professional exhibitions. Just as outdoor exhibits. BBC OB vehicle which was one of the important are the individual visitors Of the various exhibitors who took external exhibits, as well as a stand who come along when the doors are part for the first time last year, most within the show. Robert Mackman of opened. SBES has always been good at expect to be back again for the 31st MI praised SBES for its ‘good on-site attracting a wide range of relevant SBES. Commenting on the success of organisation’. professionals, and in addition to this year's show, Terry Tew, of Terry As soon as the doors closed on the technical staff from both the BBC and Tew Sound and Light, explained that successful 2005 show, organiser Dave independent commercial radio, visitors SBES 2005 had been: ‘the first time McVittie announced that some 40% of include other audio professionals and they had exhibited anywhere’ and available exhibitor space had already some overseas engineers. Last year described it as being: ‘a very good been booked for 2006. ‘We always numbers were added to by the networking opportunity’. give existing exhibitors the exclusive first presence of various representatives Elsewhere, at West Country chance to book space for the next from the growing Community Radio Broadcast, Nick Beer pronounced SBES up until the New Year’ Dave sector, many looking to buy equipment himself ‘very pleased’ with the event, explained, ‘but now other potential for their newly licensed stations, due on explaining that specific face-to-face exhibitors can make their space air over the next few months. With contacts ‘had made it all worthwhile’. reservations whilst a wide range of Ofcom planning to award many more He went on to describe SBES as a options remain available’. such licences over the coming months ‘great networking’ event and one which Amongst the numerous exhibitors the numbers at SBES 2006 certainly he ‘would be back for 2006’. that have already booked to be part of look set to increase once again this year. Meanwhile, Audio Emporium's Ian SBES in November are a wide variety The 31st Sound Broadcasting Oakland said that he had been: ‘very of well-known names, including: mixer Equipment Show takes place at the pleased’ with the event which had manufacturers Sonifex, Soundcraft Birmingham NEC Pavilion next year on allowed them to ‘meet lots of customers Studer and Chilton; computer play-out Wednesday and Thursday the 15th and achieve a good profile’, adding that and automation specialists, including and 16th November 2006. For more he was ‘glad that they had gone for a Barrcode, RCS UK and P Squared, information, visit the SBES web-site at: larger stand space’. along with a wide variety of other www.sbes.com/
Third Year of Special Jingles for Radio Week Devaweb and the Hospital Broadcasting Association has launched a special kit of jingles and voice-overs to celebrate Hospital Broadcasting Week. The special week of programmes runs from 31st March 2006, celebrating all that’s great about Hospital Radio across the UK and Devaweb have created a package of jingles and liners to promote the programmes, available free of charge to all hospital stations. Mike Skinner, Public Relations Manager of the Hospital Broadcasting Association said, ‘This is the third year that Devaweb have supported Hospital Broadcasting Week and the professional sound of their production work adds a real shine to the week of shows. We offer an essential radio service that no other station can provide and thanks to Devaweb our station sound is as good as the other stations on the radio dial.’ As well as the sung and spoken jingles, Devaweb’s kit includes endorsements from BBC Radio 2 presenters Terry Wogan, Ken Bruce and Alex Lester, all of whom support the work of Hospital Radio in the UK. The full package of jingles can be downloaded free of charge from Devaweb’s website at www.devaweb.co.uk. Contact: Chris Stevens @ Devaweb – 0701 741 3382 or Mike Skinner at the HBA on 0870 321 6008.
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First off, humble apologies for being Dennis Rookard edition, I see that Denon were missing from the last issue. I’ve been promoting their range on mini disc telling the few who were interested looks back at past editions machines I still think Sony came up that it was all down to dreaded of On-Air with a fine recording medium with committee censorship over some their Mini Disc concept but you’d be cartoons I’d found showing them in hard put to find an example on the high compromising positions but truth to tell street today. Indeed, I’m wondering my ageing computer rolled over and when the time comes how to replace died. my trusty miniature unit. And was it Mind you. it’s not the first time some really 1996 when Denon announced of us have found our selves in hot the world’s first professional mini disc water. Normally it was at some location recorder. I don’t know if their conference. So step forward the DN-80R is still available but with its unnamed now senior ageing hospital cannon inputs and outputs, I’d still give radio broadcasters who were involved it house room. in the shifting of the piano up to a And just for you old timers, as some certain hotel room for a party at one fourteen years previously the conference. Or at another, moving a November 1986 edition featured an ad large potted plant and armchair into a for the following Spring’s AGM at lift, to help ease the strain of the Chichester. Bearing in mind the cost of journey. conference going these days, it’s Off course our younger delegates interesting to note that the location was today are far better behaved then their to be a holiday camp with an all in elders. They wouldn’t, as one stations charge of £44. A most enjoyable delegates did, overcome the problem of If you can remember back a few weekend if I remember correctly. booking a room, happily drink the night editions, I was moaning that by and And who remembers Roger away down in the bar. By eight AM the large ON AIR covers were so boring, Richard’s Record Library Management barman had just about had enough new studio openings, cheque programme, claiming to find any record Down came the shutters. Five minutes presentations and so on. Well gazing in your library within seconds. Among later, he realised that he’d left a vital though my dog eared pile of old On- its features was a special top twenty tool of his trade on the bar and lifted Air’s my eyes fell upon the very first screen, designed, said Roger in his the shutters again – only to be met by edition to be edited by our present advertising copy, ‘for the convenience the hopeful faces of another group editor, Michelle back in 2000. And of your members.’ I know many groups looking forward to a post breakfast what do we find, why a cover featuring made use of this programme and drink. some rather fetching dancing ladies, Roger’s back up service for a Finally, and this was at a holiday camp who had entrained the lads during the programme that was almost unique in on the south coast: the world record Liverpool Conference Hospital Radio those days before computer assist. attempt at how many delegates could you Awards. If I remember correctly, the Finally, who remembers the cram into a holiday chalet. Not that you’d vote on our table was that the evening infamous NAHBO toy bus offer for have been able to read about these was only ruined by the constant sale in this edition for £6. Must be a various shameful activities in our house procession of delegates collecting collectors item by now, I still have one rag of course. Well, we wouldn’t want cheques and things. Giving less time to and did I not see a fleet of the little to ruin the reputation of hospital the dancing ladies. vehicles brought out of retirement for a broadcasting personnel would we! Elsewhere in that October 2000 recent conference promotion.
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Devizes Hospital Radio in Wiltshire entered a new phase in its history on Saturday 4th February, when its new studios were officially opened at Northgate Gardens, Devizes. With the new premises comes a new name for the service – Devizes Hospital and Community Radio – DHCR. The station will continue its existing service to Devizes Hospital and residential schemes in the Devizes Community Pictured, from left to right: Cllr Peter Evans, Mayor of Devizes, Paula Winchcombe, Area, whilst looking to move forward to Chairman of DHCR, John Godfrey, Presenter for DHCR, Dave Nicholson, MBE, Vice- attract new audiences. President of the HBA and Sue Evans, Mayoress. Devizes Town Mayor, Cllr. Peter Evans officially opened the studio with the station for its forward thinking involved in achieving the move to the Dave Nicholson, MBE, Vice-President approach to Hospital Broadcasting and new studios and had special thanks for of the HBA. Cllr Evans said that this is said that its extended work into the Sarsen for providing the premises and a wonderful service that is much community was something for other for all their help and assistance. She appreciated and said he looked forward stations nationally should look to follow. added that fundraising now begins in to seeing it develop further into the DHCR Chairman, Paula earnest to enable the service to reach a community. Dave Nicholson praised Winchcombe, congratulated everyone wider audience. JUNE’S TRAVELS Soundings Media Support to be Suspended I’m afraid the report on my travels is From Rowland Myers, Managing Editor of Soundings. somewhat curtailed due to the repairing The audio support service run by the Soundings magazine is to be suspended at the wrist. It has meant driving proved a little difficult. end of March 2006 due to lack of funding. My last visit mentioned in issue 108 was We apologise for the inconvenience that this will cause but it is unavoidable. to Radio Fox, Leicester. Since then our last Funding ran out at the end of March 2005 and it has become impossible to sustain EC meeting took place in London, in the professionally-run service without income, although we have attempted to do just January. I also managed to attend two that for a year. regional Meetings – Basingstoke and Soundings (which has recently become a national registered charity) will Norwich. I was pleased to see how well continue to produce a free monthly audio magazine for visually-impaired people attended these both were and it was an excellent opportunity to once again see the living in the UK – still called ‘Soundings’. It will be supplied direct to any visually- studio at Basingstoke and the incredible impaired person who requests it – whether or not they are registered as blind or new hospital in Norwich. It was also a partially-sighted. good opportunity to get some feedback in To be put on the mailing list, all they need to do is to phone Soundings on the preparation for the Patientline meeting and local call rate number 08457 258 852 or e-mail [email protected]. in the case of Norwich, particularly appro- More details are also available on the Soundings web site at priate as the Autumn Conference will be in www.soundings.org. Norfolk for the first time in over 20 years. We would be extremely grateful if you would publicise this information to your The conference is now only a couple of weeks away and the numbers booked are listeners, as we are keen that all visually-impaired people are aware that the excellent so I look forward to meeting many Soundings magazine is still freely available to them. of you in Blackpool – I am sure we’re going Although, as from April, we will not be able to formally support `media´ to have a wonderful weekend. I hope organisations with audio and text material, we don’t want to hinder anyone using many of you are going to recognise Hospital Soundings material in any way that benefits their listeners. So, we will continue to make Broadcasting week. the audio (but only the audio) of the magazine available on our web site in two ways: I have still been producing the much • the whole magazine (55-60 mins in duration) deserved Long Service Certificates and look forward to receiving many more • the two sides of the cassette version audio (to fit on a c60 cassette) requests. This year alone, so far, 64 have These mp3 files, which won’t usually be posted up onto our web site until the first been produced. of the month, may be used in any way that you wish. I now some visits planned including The one web site address that you’ll need to access everything will be Guildford and Birmingham with others just www.soundings.org/media.With your approval, after the end of March, we would needing to be confirmed and I look forward like to keep the mailing data that we hold for you on record as we are in ongoing to them very much. discussions with the HBA – which has always been extremely supportive of For those able to attend conference – Soundings – in the hopes that we may be able to revive our media support service to have a good time. I look forward to getting out and seeing you in the future. some of you soon.
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Regional Reps details REGION REP ADDRESS PHONE E-MAIL
Regional Paul Sysum 7 Queens Square 0870 321 6005 [email protected] Manager Chippenham Wiltshire SN15 3BL
Anglia Julie Cox 37 Alford Street 0870 765 9601 [email protected] Grantham NG31 8BX
Home 0870 765 9602 [email protected]
London Ben Hart 20 Church Avenue 0870 765 9603 [email protected] Pinner Middx HA5 5JQ
Midlands David Tysoe 0870 765 9604 [email protected]
North 0870 765 9605 [email protected]
Northern Davey Downes 19 Collingbridge Drive 0870 765 9606 [email protected] Ireland Glengormley Newtonabbey BT36 7SX
North West David McGealy 40 Saffron Drive 0870 765 9607 [email protected] Moorside Oldham OL4 2PU
Scotland Bill Kilgour 27 Carroll Crescent 0870 765 9608 [email protected] Richmond Grove Motherwell Lanarkshire ML1 5AT
South Neil Ogden 63 Franklin Avenue 0870 765 9609 [email protected] Tadley Hampshire RG26 4EZ
South East Dave Lockyer 54 School Lane 0870 765 9611 [email protected] Higham, Rochester Kent ME3 7JF
Wales & West Paul Sysum 7 Queens Square 0870 765 9613 [email protected] Chippenham Wiltshire SN15 3BL
Yorkshire Iain Lee 0870 765 9614 [email protected] Who to Contact on the Executive Committee
Chief Executive Deputy Chief Executive John Watson, MBE Phil Moon 13 Trinafour, Perth, Perthshire PH1 2SS 82 Greenleaf Gardens, Polegate, E Tel: 0870 321 6000 Sussex BN26 6PH e-mail: [email protected] Tel: 0870 321 6014 Main contact with statutory e-mail: [email protected] bodies. Ambassadors Sub committee chairman. Special projects
Treasurer John Harper General Secretary 50 Neale St, Fulwell, Sunderland, Nigel Dallard SR6 9EZ 54 St. Annes Close, Badger Farm, Tel: 0870 321 6004 Winchester, Hampshire SO22 4LQ Fax: 01268 565759 Tel: 0870 321 6003 e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] Financial matters (other than General correspondence, Company subscriptions) Secretary, annual review
P resident June Snowden Vice President David Nicholson, MBE P.O. Box 76, Ely, CB6 3WH East Cottage, Milbourne Hall, Milbourne, Tel: 0870 321 6009 Newcastle upon Tyne NE20 OEB e-mail: [email protected] Tel: 0870 321 6016 Station visits, represent HBA e-mail: [email protected] publicly, print and present long Station visits, represent HBA publicly Awards sub committee chairman, service certificates present long service certificates
Technical Adviser P u blic Relations Manager Geoff Fairbairn Mike Skinner 6 Batchelor Way, Uckfield, East Sussex Flat 6, 4 Blunt Rd, South Croydon CR2 7PA TN22 2DD Tel: 0870 321 6012 Tel: 0870 321 6008 e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] Technical matters Press & public relations, charity profile
Administrator/Membership Regional Manager Paul Sysum Marie Harper 7 Queens Square, Chippenham, 50 Neale St, Fulwell, Sunderland, SR6 9EZ Tel: 0870 321 6017 Wiltshire SAN15 3BL e-mail: [email protected] Tel: 0870 321 6005 Point of contact for outside bodies e-mail: [email protected] on all HBA matters. HBA EC diary. Regional meetings, contacts, Membership records, address changes setting up a region etc. and all subscriptions
Sales & Advertising Editor Michelle Newstead E xecutive Gary King 2 Falkland Close, Boreham, Chelmsford, 62 Chanctonbury Road, Burgess Hill, Essex CM3 3DD West Sussex RH15 9EY Tel: 0870 321 6011 Tel: 0870 321 6026 Fax: 0870 321 6019 e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] All Corporate sales for HBA On Air magazine
Webmaster IT Co-ordinator P rogramme Adviser Mark Venus Paul Easton Tel: 0870 321 6018 Tel: 0870 765 9616 e-mail: e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] [email protected]