Arts Charities That specialise in Radio
Discover 129 Arts charities that specialise in radio. Use the search below to filter within these results.
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Hospital Radio Exeter
Arts, Beneficiary group, Health, HousingThe objective of the Organisation shall be to relieve sickness, infirmity and old age amongst persons living in the Exeter district, by providing a local broadcasting service for hospitals, old peoples homes and similar institutions and in furtherance of the objective.
Radio General
Arts, Beneficiary group, Health, HousingYour feel better station for Warrington & surrounding areas.Radio General broadcasts on Hospedia Radio channel 1 and online. Programmes include requests, items of local interest, Health & Wellbeing items, outside broadcasts and commentaries on Warrington Wolves and Widnes Vikings home games. Radio General Xtra is an alternative music based service for the hospital's waiting areas.
Arfon Hospitals Broadcasting Service (gwasanaeth Darlledu Ysbytai Arfon)
Arts, HealthProviding a free radio transmission service to patients within Ysbyty Gwynedd. Providing streaming of the radio service online available for anyone to listen to.
Basildon Hospital Radio
Arts, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, Health, LeisureBasildon Hospital Radio provide an entertainment and information service to the patients, staff and visitors to the hospital. Most of our programmes are music based with our daily request shows and our weekly programme aimed at the hospital staff being the most popular. We are staffed entirely by volunteers and broadcast 24 hours per day with both live and computer-controlled programmes.
South Warwickshire Hospital Broadcasting Association
Arts, Beneficiary group, Health, HousingProviding a local broadcasting service for hospitals, old people's homes and similar institutions. The Association has studios in Warwick Hospital, Warwick.
Hospital Radio Wey
Arts, HealthHospital radio station with a feel good sound serving Ashford & St. Peter's hospitals and also available on the internet to reach those receiving care in the community and to encourage a healthy lifestyle. We aim specifically benefit anyone in the ASPH Trust hospitals and those living in the boroughs of Runnymede, Spelthorne, Elmbridge and Woking.
Durham Hospitals Radio
Arts, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Education, HealthThe delivery of an efficient and friendly radio service to patients and their family and friends at the University Hospital of North Durham and the raising of self-sufficient funding through Donations and Fund-Raising activities.
Yr Ymddiriedolaeth Ddarlledu Gymreig (the Welsh Broadcasting Trust)
ArtsPromotion and support of educational activities in relation to television, film, radio and new media. To expand and enrich the range of skills and experience for the media of the future.
Millside Hospital Radio
Arts, Health, LeisureOur aim is to provide a 'Friend at the bedside' service offering help, information and entertainment for hospital patients who are able to 'tune in' to our station free of charge via a Hospedia distribution system. For more information, visit our website at www.millsideradio.co.uk
Hospital Radio Stafford
Arts, Beneficiary group, Health, Housing, Social carePROVIDING RELIEF TO THOSE IN SICKNESS, INFIRMITY OR OLD AGE AMONG PERSONS LIVING IN STAFFORDSHIRE WHO ARE NOT SERVED BY ANY OTHER HOSPITAL RADIO ORGANISATION, BY PROVIDING A LOCAL BROADCASTING SERVICE FOR HOSPITALS, HOSPICES, RESIDENTIAL CARE HOMES AND SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Truro Hospital Radio
Arts, HealthThe primary aim of Truro Hospital Radio is to relieve the stress and boredom of patients within Cornwalls Hospitals by broadcasting a lively mix of music, requests, chat and information to the patients 24 hours a day.
Portsmouth Hospital Broadcasting Association
Arts, Health, LeisurePortsmouth Hospital Broadcasting Association broadcasts to the patients & staff of Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth. The broadcasts contain local news and information as well as light entertainment.
Hastings And Rother Hospital Broadcasting Service
Arts, HealthBroadcasting to the patients at The Conquest Hospital. We provide a 24 hour service of a wide variety of music and spoken word and also provide patients own request programmes. We also provide a live stream of our output 24/7 via our website.
The Hospital Radio
Arts, Health, Social welfareWe provide continuous live or recorded radio service for the enterainment of patients ,staff and visitors at the Luton & Dunstable Hospital.To engage patients in broadcast through visits to the wards,request from patients,staff,ralatives.We aim to help the patients feel part of the community,decrease feelings of isolation and contrbute to the well-being and recovery of patients in L & D area
Harlow Hospital Radio
Arts, HealthProvides radio broadcasts to patients and staff at Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, Essex for the purposes of maintaining and raising moral; and to entertain and inform.
Huddersfield Hospitals Broadcasts Association
Arts, Charity and VCS support, HealthOur Volunteer Team broadcasts Radio Programmes made by ourselves to Patients of the Huddersfield Royal Infirmary, under the auspices of our National Organisation, Hospital Broadcasts Association.
Radio Ysbyty Glan Clwyd
Arts, Charity and VCS support, Education, Health, Social welfareSustain continuity of radio programmes on 24/7 basis to patients and staff of Betsi Cadwalader University Health Board. Undertake ward visiting to patients to counter loneliness. Play music requests and provide news and information. Fundraising to maintain organisation including visiting events with an outside broadcast vehicle.
The Swansea Astronomical Society
Arts, Facilities, HeritagePublic open evenings - 6 per year. Presentations at National Waterfront Museum, National Botanic Garden of Wales, Country Parks, talks & visits to other organisations. Evening lecture programme for members. Monthly "star-guide" in local newspaper, and on Society's website. National & local radio presentations.
The West Shropshire Talking Newspaper
Arts, HealthTo provide a weekly talking newspaper and a monthly talking magazine service on USB microstick.web site and internet radio, to app 300 blind or partially sighted in the West Shropshire area. Our newspaper and magazine last up to 90 miniutes
Cotswold Hospital Radio
Arts, HealthCotswold Hospital Radio is a voluntary community service organisation established to provide a ward visiting and local radio broadcasting service to patients in hospitals administered by the Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Nottingham Hospitals Radio
Arts, Beneficiary group, Education, Health, LeisureBroadcast radio to patients of Nottingham City Hospital and the Queens Medical Centre. Both hospitals are governed by Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.We broadcast on ward based wifi radios (built by NHR), Alexa smart speaker and via a mobile phone app. so that patients and their families can listen in a variety of ways. Football coverage is only broadcast within the hospitals.
Northumberland Hospital Radio (incorporating Radio Wansbeck Hospital Broadcasting)
Arts, HealthNHR is the hospital broadcasting service for Northumberland and North Tyneside. The Charity also provides a public address, music and commentary service for outside events.
Castle Mead Radio, Hinckley Hospital Radio Service
Arts, Health, Social welfareBroadcasting to the patients and staff of the Hinckley hospitals and health centres, plus internet streaming of the service for the social inclusion of ill, isolated and vulnerable people within the PCT area.Providing PA and hosting to Carnivals and events within the local area.
Hospital Radio Norwich
Arts, Health, Social welfareTo help relieve the stress and distress of patients in hospital and hospital settings through a personalised befriending service and radio broadcast to bedsides.
Radio Royal Bradford
Arts, Health, Leisurehospital radio in the Bradford Royal Infirmary, Bradford,radio to the patients around the wards information news and music,ward visiting and outside sports broadcasting.
Frequently asked questions about this sector
How many radio arts charities are there in the UK?
There are 129 registered radio arts charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.
Which is the largest of the radio arts charities by income?
Wellcome Trust is the largest by latest reported annual income (£589.5m). Notable peers are listed on this page; the full ranking is available by sorting the results by highest income.
What is the combined annual income of radio arts charities?
Radio arts charities reported a combined annual income of £6.2bn across their most recent filings with the Charity Commission.
What is a typical program ratio for radio arts charities?
Across all radio arts charities, the aggregate program ratio (charitable expenditure as a share of income) is 100.0%. Individual charity ratios vary widely — see each profile for a sector-band benchmark.
What is the average annual income of radio arts charities?
Radio arts charities have an average annual income of £774k. The distribution is heavily skewed: a small number of large charities account for most sector income, while the majority report under £100k a year.
Where does this data come from?
All figures are sourced from the Charity Commission for England and Wales public register, refreshed weekly. Derived metrics (program ratio, efficiency) are calculated by Charity Finder using the formulas documented on the data sources page.