Fundraising

Being a charitable organisation which is run by volunteers means we need to rely upon donations and fundraising events throughout the year in order to provide our essential service to the patients and staff of Stoke Mandeville Hospital.

Stoke Mandeville Hospital Radio was formed in 1978 and (apart for a brief period when we were off air due to our old studios being demolished) has been broadcasting continuously since then.
We are a registered charity and the membership and committee is made up of unpaid volunteers that give their time freely to provide a bedside entertainment system to the patients, visitors, medical staff and other employees on the Stoke Mandeville Hospital site.

SMHR is completely self funded, we do discos, bucket shakes and help out in the town with events such as "Aylesbury on Sea", "Charter Day" and the annual "Christmas Carol Service" to raise the awareness of our charity and to tempt the good people that attend to part with some of their loose change.

SMHR has annual licences to pay for, music to buy and other ongoing costs that all take their toll of available funds, Our motto is "Putting the patients first and always" and our broadcast schedule reflects this. Each weekday our schedule includes a 2 hour request show that is made up of patient led music. We visit the wards prior to the show and gather requests from the bedside and then play these during the show.

If you are a member of a Charitable Trust, or know of someone that is, we would very much like to hear from you if you think you may be able to help us.

As another way of raising funds we have set up an account with Easyfundraising

The website provides a FREE service where you can shop with your favourite online stores and at no extra cost raise funds for our charity, You still shop directly with each retailer as you would normally, but simply by using the links from the web site, each purchase you make will generate a donation.
You can shop with 600+ Brand Name retailers and to raise funds you just use the links from our site first, it's that simple! (and you pay the same prices exactly as if you visited each retailer's website directly).

For more information please visit the site here, and if you would like the donations to come to us, please search for 'Aylesbury Hospital Radio' (Our registered charity name)

There will be another charity golf day in aid of Stoke Mandeville Hospital Radio on the 9th September 2010 with entertainment by Alvin Printwhistle, one of the Top UK Elvis Tribute Artists The aim is to raise funds to help kep the station on the air
To play or sponsor please call Stella Withey on 07870 319316.

We are always looking for people with fresh ideas to help with our fundaising. If you would like to join our fund raising efforts and become a fundraising volunteer, or if you are holding an event which we could join then please click Here

SMHR is a registered charity - Number 274243 (Aylesbury Hospital Radio)