This week is Volunteers' Week 2021, a chance to reflect and recognise the work of volunteers around the country and the difference made individually by millions of volunteers around the country. Radio Horton has a number of volunteers who each support the operational...
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Volunteers celebrate long service from their doorsteps
Accolades have been awarded to volunteers of North Oxfordshire’s hospital, health and wellbeing radio service, Radio Horton in recognition of their contribution and commitment over several years. Certificates are awarded by the President of the Hospital Broadcasting...
Music to their ears: Radio Horton extends service to Katharine House Hospice
North Oxfordshire’s hospital, health and wellbeing radio station, Radio Horton has expanded its broadcasting output to support residents at the Katharine House Hospice in Adderbury.Earlier this year, following the successful partnership with local performing arts...
Cheers to Fifty-six years, Radio Horton celebrates 56!
The hospital, health and wellbeing broadcasting service for Banbury, Radio Horton is celebrating its fifty-sixth anniversary today (7th July 2020). The station launched in 1964 and was the brainchild of local journalists, the late Ted Hanson MBE and Graham Wilton with...
More tea, vicar? Oxfordshire Company’s gesture to NHS Volunteers for Volunteers’ Week
This week marks Volunteers’ Week (1st-7th June) - an annual celebration organised by the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO), recognising the contributions that millions of volunteers make across the country. To celebrate, Banbury’s Radio Horton has...
Rays of Sunshine – Radio Horton teams up with Voices Across Time
Local theatre production company, Voices Across Time has joined forces with Banbury’s hospital, health and wellbeing radio station, Radio Horton to bring a new programme to listeners in the community, including care home residents and patients at the Horton General...
Radio Horton makes donation to Oxford Hospitals Charity
In light of the recent COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, the Trustees of Radio Horton agreed to make a generous donation of £150 to the Oxford Hospitals Charity, which is supporting staff at the Horton General Hospital who are working in areas directly impacted by the...
Radio Horton launches Care Home radio service
North Oxfordshire’s Hospital, Health and Well Being broadcasting service has launched a brand-new broadcasting service, expanding its listenership into Glebefields Care Home in Drayton. Radio Horton has been trialling its exclusive weekly radio programme to...
New Year, New Volunteer: Radio Horton Appeals for Ward Visitors
Banbury’s hospital broadcasting service, Radio Horton is appealing for new volunteers to come forward to assist with visiting and spending time with patients at the Horton General Hospital, collecting music requests for its weekday evening request programmes. The...
A week of celebrations for Radio Horton
Last week saw the commemoration of two very special events take place at the Horton General Hospital, as the NHS celebrated seventy years on 5th July, Banbury’s hospital radio station, Radio Horton was also preparing for a ceremony of its own birthday, which took...
Radio Horton brings Fairport to patients
With one of the country’s biggest summer festivals in full swing, Banbury’s hospital radio station, Radio Horton was delighted to be able to bring content and exclusive interviews to patients in the Horton General Hospital across the weekend. Now in its 37th year, the...
Royal recognition for former Radio Horton volunteers
Two former volunteers of Banbury's hospital radio station were recently invited to a garden party at Buckingham Palace to rub shoulders with members of the Royal Family, together with more than 5000 delegates, in recognition for their contribution to the voluntary...
Warwickshire company launches ‘Social Careline’
A South Warwickshire company launched a new telephone and communication service designed to help busy relatives stay in contact with their loved ones throughout the working day and beyond. Managing Director, Abby Symons joins Radio Horton's Maureen Paterson on Live...