Rookwood Sound Online: Join Us

Rookwood Sound Online: Join Us Last Updated: 25-Mar-2008

Entertaining patients, visitors and staff for 20 years from The Jeff Lyons Suite at Rookwood Hospital, Llandaff. Hear us at Rookwood on 945am and Llandough on Channels 1 and A! *** Rookwood Sound is run entirely by volunteers ***

Joining Rookwood Sound couldn't be easier!

To broadcast 24 hours a day, 7 days we need an army of volunteers! Roles include Engineers, Presenters, Fund-raisers and Researchers.

Do you have a few hours free time each week to spare?

Would you like to gain experience in Hospital Radio?

Would you like to be part of a friendly group of people?

If you answer YES to the above - we want YOU! Keep reading!

At Rookwood Sound Hospital Broadcasting we are always looking for new members, we would love to hear from you. There are many things for you to get involved with including presenting Radio Programmes, engineering aspects of the station, fundraising, publicity and much more.

If you are interested, you will be pleased to hear that joining couldn't be simpler. When you contact us you will be invited to an introduction night. As the name suggests this is an evening where you come down to our studio complex at Rookwood Hospital, one of our more experienced members will give you a tour and tell you all about the station and the service we supply to Rookwood and Llandough Hospitals. You will soon find out that the most important people to us are our listeners.

Therefore one thing you will have to do on regular basis is visiting the wards to go request collecting. To help you do this you will receive some basic training on a role-play basis, which will, hopefully, cover all possible scenarios.There will be training sessions covering Presentation, reading on radio and programme planning to name just a few. As soon as you have these done, you will be invited to join the team on your night. Every single person that has joined the service over the years we have been broadcasting has had to do this. Even I managed it, and if I can do it, you can too! I promise that you won't be disappointed. Joining was the best thing that I have done for a long time. It can be hard work, but It's great fun and an excellent opportunity to make new friends.

If you are interested please Click here to fill out our online application form or you can download our application form by clicking here (then Right Click and select Save Target As unless you have a high-speed connection which will open the form)- fill it out and return to the address at the bottom of the form. We look forward to hearing from and working with you.

We should stress that, although Rookwood Sound Hospital Broadcasting is a voluntary service, every member does have to pay a yearly membership fee. Currently this stands at £50.00 with discounted rates for students, UB40 and OAPs. Subscriptions can be paid annually or quarterly by standing order. If you are a tax payer you will be asked to consider gift aid for your subscriptions allowing us to collect monies from the Inland Revenue.

I look forward to receiving your application and also to meeting you very soon!

Steve Allen

Chief Executive – Rookwood Sound

All members of Rookwood Sound Hospital Broadcasting are expected to take part in ward visiting, request collecting and fund raising!

IMPORTANT MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION - PLEASE READ

1. Requirements

Minimum age of members is 16 years. Prospective members must provide names and addresses of two referees.

2. Annual Subscription

Subscriptions can be paid quarterly £12.50 by standing order or £2.50 by standing order, payments for the full year can be by cash or cheque or standing order. Please note that all annual subscriptions are subject to review (*)

Employed Members

£50.00*

Part Time Employment

Students

UB40

Senior Citizens

£10.00*

3. Application Procedure

Please supply two names so references can be sought supply 4 passport size photos for Rookwood Sound I.D. card. On receipt of your letter of application, you will then be invited to an induction night where you will receive a introduction to the Station, fill out an application form, we then have a tour of the studio.

Rookwood Sound Hospital Broadcasting produces a list of member’s names, addresses and telephone numbers for circulation within the organisation. If you do not want either your address or telephone number to be included on the list please place XD on your application form.

Your details will only be kept for administration purposes and information will be then kept confidential.

Probationary membership is then offered on receipt of the full subscription. You will need to supply a passport size photograph for the hospital identification card.

Probationary members are expected to join in with the general work of the station, ward visiting, request collecting, fundraising and helping on programmes as well as taking part in training sessions. Training covers programme presentation, production, use of equipment and ward visiting.

On completion of the training, probationary members are invited to become full members and are eligible to have their own programmes, and after a period of 6 months you then become eligible to hold committee posts and vote at the annual general meeting.

In line with current NHS policy we routinely check volunteers with the Criminal Records Bureau database due to working with children and vulnerable adults.

We are pleased to be a member of the Hospital Broadcasting Association

Rookwood Sound is a Registered Charity in England and Wales: 517814