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JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2005 Issue 102 The Official Journal of the Hospital Broadcasting Association in this issue ... Dear Reader, Committee Report ................................................................ 3 I had a dream over Christmas that I would wake up Who Are Your Charity Trustees? ...................................... 4 to a sackful of mail from hospital radio stations all over the country, telling me of the wondrous things that their Obituaries ................................................................................ 5 station had done over the Yuletide celebrations. How Setting the Standard .............................................................. 6 busy they had been entertaining patients, shaking tins at All Our Yesterdays by Dennis Rookard ............................ 7 their local supermarket and even dreaming up some Going 24 7 .............................................................................. 8 whacky idea to raise much needed funds for their sta- tion. But then I woke up. And apart from the faithful few Marketing Country Music ` ................................................ 11 who always manage to find time to write an article, Countrywide ... News from the Stations ...................... 12 however busy they are, I received very little else. Sound Broadcasting Equipment Show ............................ 14 The whole purpose of On Air is for interaction Twenty-one Christmases at Epsom HR .......................... 15 between the stations, so that we can learn and help one Radio Gosh ............................................................................ 16 another in our mutual aim to improve the service we offer to patients in hospital. One of the best ways to No Longer a Virgin .............................................................. 17 achieve that is to throw everybody’s ideas into the melt- June’s Travels .......................................................................... 18 ing pot. Regional Rep Details .......................................................... 19 So what are you waiting for? Please send me in an Who To Contact .................................................................. 20 article, whether or not you think it is great, some one will find it a good read. Otherwise I will have to bore you FRONT COVER PICTURE: with developments at my own station (painting, cleaning Members of Hospital Radio Brockley busy selling raffle tickets and more painting) followed by entering thousands of for their record breaking Christmas draw records on to our computer. You have been warned! Michelle On Air is the Official Journal of the HBA which is the trading name of the National Association of Hospital Broadcasting Organisations, a Company limited by guarantee. Registered in England No. 2750147. A Registered Charity No. 1015501. Registered office: Michael Letch, Bleak House, 146 High Street, Billericay, Essex CM12 9DF On Air is distributed free of charge to all member stations of the Association plus interested parties. All material is ©2004 of HBA and may not be reproduced in any form without the written authority of the Editor. Views expressed in the magazine are not necessarily those of HBA, or the Editor but are the personal opinion of the contributor. Whilst every effort is taken to ensure the accuracy of the publication, all advertisements and articles appear in good faith and HBA and the Editor accept no responsibility for any errors or inaccuracies. Address for On-Air: The Editor, On Air, 2 Falkland Close, Boreham, Chelmsford, Essex CM3 3DD Tel: 0870 321 6011 Fax: 0870 321 6019 Email: [email protected] COPY DATE NEXT ISSUE 16th February 2005 Committee Report At our last Executive Committee for the Spring Conference. In the meeting, as nobody else had volun- meantime, a discussion has taken place teered, John Watson reluctantly agreed on the ‘Onelist’ e-mail discussion forum to take on the role, on the understand- about one aspect of the proposed role ing that he did not intend to continue in – co-ordinating a library of shared pro- the role beyond the 2005 AGM. grammes. We’ve even had a couple of Those of you that have had any expressions of interest from people dealings with John will, I am sure, who may be willing to get involved! If agree that John will make an excellent you have any thoughts, please do get in Chief Executive. The rest of the EC touch. would like to thank him for agreeing to take on this new role. Ambassadors and Advisers In filling the Chief Exec’s position, We are asking members to suggest we created another vacancy – the potential new Ambassadors, perhaps Deputy Chief Executive. All members from people well-known in their area subscribed to the "announce" e-mail list but not necessarily nation-wide, in an will have seen a plea from the EC to attempt to build up a list that both HBA consider nominating yourself, or per- and our members can call upon. suade someone else to offer their ser- by Nigel Dallard, Secretary We have had a number of sugges- vices so that we could co-opt them into tions, but more would be welcome. the role at our January meeting. As I’m Please submit your ideas to June. writing this before Christmas, I have that the first two HBA Model Policies June is also drafting a role descrip- received no nominations so far. were launched by John Watson during tion for Ambassadors so that those invit- Hopefully by the time you read it, a conference seminar. A model Data ed know what we’re expecting of someone will have stepped forward Protection Policy and associated guide- them. and we will have been able to appoint lines and a model Confidentiality Policy them. for hospital broadcasting organisations Insurance are now available on the HBA website. At this point I can only hope and AGM and Once again, make sure you have your assume that all members have managed Autumn Conference member’s username and password, to find insurance, either through Access I trust that those of you that attended then go to the members home page and Underwriting, Crosbie and Jack or the Autumn Conference in Stoke-on- follow the links. We hope to add more another broker. Trent enjoyed yourselves and went model policies over the coming months, You will have seen from our recent away suitably filled with both knowl- so watch this space! letter that the EC is still trying to resolve edge and food/drink! The draft minutes our differences with the directors and of the formal AGM and the informal Programme Adviser shareholders of Enterprises. meeting that followed are now avail- Last time, I mentioned Chris As I write this in mid-December, the able on the HBA website – go to the Berezai’s idea of creating a Programme first signs of progress are becoming members home page and follow the Adviser position on the EC. The idea apparent. Watch this space! links – you’ll need your member’s user- was discussed at the informal meeting name and password. at the Autumn Conference and was And finally… well-received. It just remains for me to hope that Model Policies The EC are now tasked with devel- you’ve had a good Christmas and New Those of you who attended the oping the idea – refining the idea, firm- Year and to wish you and your station a Autumn Conference in Stoke will know ing up the role description, etc in time happy and prosperous 2005. Grief Never Grows Old Records Smashed The Tsunami charity song, ‘Grief Never Grows Old’ has been made available Over £2,500 has been raised for for free download to all HBA members. London’s longest running hospital The song, written by DJ Mike Read and sung by Cliff Richard, Bill Wyman, radio station! Russell Watson, Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Steve Winwood, Brian Wilson and The figure raised in this year’s yule- the Beach Boys, Kenny Jones, Rick Wakeman, Jon Anderson, Boy George, tide spectacular, beats all records set Gary Moore, Jon Christos, the National Children’s Orchestra and the Holy in previous raffles and ensures the Family Convent Choir of Colombo(Sri Lanka) is released on 24th January continuation of Radio Brockley, 2005, with all proceeds going to the Disasters Emergency Committee appeal for which provides the patients of the the Tsunami victims. Royal National Orthopaedic Download instructions are available at: Hospital in Stanmore with a person- http://www.hbauk.co.uk/members/exec/docs/tsunami.txt (username and pass- al radio service to their bedside. word required). Eleven volunteers gave up their Please note that the song is watermarked so if it gets out into general circulation, Christmas morning to broadcast live it will be possible to tell that it leaked via a hospital broadcaster. Please don’t let from the wards, bringing festive the side down. Thanks, Nigel Dallard, Secretary cheer to patients and staff. ON AIR <http://www.hbauk.com> Page 3 January/February 2005 Who Are Your Charity Trustees? Over the last year or so, I’ve had a people appointed by the Charity number of enquiries from people want- And what are they Trustees to hold the title to the charity’s ing to know who are their station’s responsible and property, leases or investments on Charity Trustees and/or what are their behalf of an unincorporated Charity responsibilities? liable for? because an unincorporated association The Charity Commission for is not allowed to hold these in its own England and Wales explain (in booklet name. They are not needed if your sta- CC3): tion is set up as a limited company. ‘The charity trustees are the people In the absence of any additional responsible under the charity's govern- powers or responsibilities being given to ing document for controlling the man- these people by the governing docu- agement and administration of the char- ment, they have no role in the manage- ity (s.97(1) of the 1993 [Charities] Act). ment of the charity. They must act on They may be called trustees, managing the instructions of the Charity Trustees trustees, committee members, gover- unless to do so would be a breach of nors, or directors, or they may be trust.