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 functions of the organisation. From presenting a radio programme, to visiting the hospital wards and/or local care…
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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.
Read MoreMore 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 been working with the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s Voluntary Services department in arranging an afternoon tea package courtesy of a local…
Read MoreRadio 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 Glebefields since July and after a successful official launch last week as the Glebefields team celebrated receiving its rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).…
Read MoreNew 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 appeal comes following incumbent volunteer ward visitor sickness or holiday and the station is now unable to fulfil its ward visiting rounds…
Read MoreWhy hospital radio volunteers still play a crucial role
Volunteers Week (1st-7th June) is an annual celebration organised by the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) and recognises the fantastic contribution that millions of volunteers make across the country. Yet in the current society, with so many organisations needing the support of volunteers to survive, what makes people choose hospital radio? Banbury’s hospital radio station, Radio Horton first launched…
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