South Cheshire Hospital Broadcast Service

Throughout the summer I have written about many community and voluntary organisations in Crewe and Nantwich. This week, I want to tell you about one that I’m personally involved with - Radio Leighton

I volunteer for South Cheshire Hospital Broadcast Service.

It is based at Leighton Hospital where radio shows are broadcast every weekday between 6pm and 9.30pm.  We provide something local and live for the patients to listen to when the visitors have gone home. There are a variety of shows that are broadcast from the studio to the patients such as, children’s programs, presenters choice and the one which I do; request shows.

The request show is about going to as many wards as we can in the hospital to visit the patients and to talk to them. I find this experience very rewarding because you are giving the patients a new face to see and somebody new to talk to. I then take patients’ requests, which will be played later that night. I find that this is a more personal way of doing a show; when I announce the song I know who it’s for as I had met them earlier and they know who I am.

Volunteers are of different ages, cultures and backgrounds. Some work for the broadcasting service as a hobby; some, like me, work there to gain experiences. Everyone does it for the enjoyment of being able to help.  I have found volunteering at the South Cheshire Hospital Broadcast Service to be thoroughly enjoyable as I have been able to meet new people. All of the volunteers I have met are friendly and supportive and I have enjoyed working alongside them as a team.

I have also been able to try my hand at both the technical and the presenting sides of the show. This has allowed me to gain new skills and to gain in confidence. I have also found volunteering at the South Cheshire Hospital Broadcast Service allows me to be able to do something good for someone else; whether it be playing their favourite song or just talking to them.

To be a volunteer at the Leighton Hospital studio you need to be dedicated and have a long-term commitment. You don’t need any experience, as your qualities will be assessed so that you are placed accordingly in an area of work. You just need to be willing to help other people.

If you like the sound of volunteering with the team at Leighton Hospital, and would like to find out more information, please contact:

Radio Leighton Studio, on 01270 273043

between 7pm and 9.30pm or leave a message on the answering machine during the day.

Also, read about the Volunteers Evening at Leighton Hospital

Contact Information

Telephone: 01270 273043

Postal address:

Middlewich Road Crewe Cheshire CW1 4QJ

Requests : radioleightonrequests@radiouk.com

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