{"id":56697,"date":"2024-03-01T12:39:03","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T12:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/?p=56697"},"modified":"2024-03-01T12:44:43","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T12:44:43","slug":"urgent-plea-for-funding-to-save-48-year-old-sheffield-radio-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/03\/01\/urgent-plea-for-funding-to-save-48-year-old-sheffield-radio-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Urgent plea for funding to save 48-year-old Sheffield radio station"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sheffield Hospital Radio, which has been broadcasting since 1976, faces the threat of extinction if it can’t receive the necessary funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The station is seeking to relocate to a new studio within the Royal Hallamshire Hospital and needs replacements for its 24-year-old broadcasting equipment\u00a0after the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Trust deemed its equipment outdated and their studio unsafe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, it has only managed to secure just over \u00a3100 of its \u00a310,000 funding target, leaving the future of Sheffield Hospital Radio in the balance.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steve Flowers, a Presenter and Programme Coordinator for Sheffield Hospital Radio, said:\u00a0“If the radio station can’t continue, then the patients in the hospital will miss out on a station that’s dedicated especially to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“40% of our patients don’t have any friends or relatives visiting, so a cheery face from hospital radio members visiting them by their bedside for a chat can really brighten their day. Combined with hearing their favourite song and their name mentioned on air, it can help boost their mental well-being.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sheffield Hospital Radio is overseen by a team of volunteers who balance their radio duties alongside maintaining relationships with approximately 5,000 patients every year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It would be a massive blow to Sheffield not to have its own hospital radio station after serving Sheffield patients for the last 48 years.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To donate to Sheffield Hospital Radio, find their GoFundMe by clicking here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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