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RADIO GLAMORGAN NEWS
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Companies House/Cardiff
Council Park and Ride Donation
Simon Field receives
BT Chairman's Award
Radio Glamorgan
featured on HTV Wales News
Former Chairman
Simon Field Shortlisted for Award
Up & Rising
Charity Gig - Sunday 27th April 08
W H Smith Donation
to Radio Glamorgan
More Support
for RG from Ambulatory Care
HBA
Silver Award for Radio Glamorgan
Radio Glamorgan
Bargain Hunters Bob & Geoff
Time Machine Gig raises
£543 for Radio Glamorgan
Companies
House/Cardiff Council Park and Ride Donation
Every Saturday throughout the year Companies House
allows its Crown Way car park to be used by Cardiff
County Council for their Park and Ride Scheme. Shoppers
can leave their car there all day for a fee per car
of just £3 and a bus is laid on to ferry them
to and from Greyfriars Road (the buses run every 10
minutes!).
 Each
year, employees of Companies House are invited to nominate
charities they would like to see benefit from the scheme
takings. RG presenter Bob Davies, who works for Companies
House, nominated RG and we were lucky enough to be drawn
out of the hat to receive the proceeds from April 08.
On behalf of the Council, Councillor Delme Bowen is
pictured left presenting a cheque for £1338.75
to Radio Glamorgan Chairwoman Clare Sinclair with Bob
Davies and Gareth Leek from Companies House proudly
looking on.
Clare thanked Companies House and Cardiff County Council
for the donation and said: "It's wonderful that
Radio Glamorgan and local charities like us can benefit
from a scheme that helps to reduce inner-city congestion
and is also environmentally friendly."
Simon Field receives BT Chairman's
Award
 Each
year the BT Chairman's Awards receive applications from
outstanding community champions, who commit time, energy
and talent for the benefit of society and their communities.
These are short-listed by a global judging panel from
across BT and the winners were personally chosen by
chairman of BT Sir Michael Rake.
Simon Field was one of those winners and, as well as
the award, he was given a donation of £1000 for
Radio Glamorgan.
Sir Michael Rake said: "I am very proud as the
new chairman of BT to judge such outstanding applicants.
The dedication of BT people is simply inspirational.
It is imperative that we recognise and encourage our
people throughout the UK and across the world and so
I congratulate Simon and commend his selfless commitment
to Radio Glamorgan."
To read the full BT press release with more pictures click here
Radio Glamorgan
on the HTV Wales Six o'clock News
As part of the NHS 60th birthday celebrations,
the HTV Wales Six o'clock News team broadcast 'live'
from the concourse of Heath Hospital on Friday 4th July
2008. They included a short bulletin about hospital
volunteers and included among those was Radio Glamorgan's
John Webber. The filming coincided with John's Thursday
morning 'Magic Show'. Journalist Carl Edwards interviewed
John 'on air' and John took the opportunity to tell
the viewers that new voluunteers are always welcomed
at Radio Glamorgan. Nice one John! Jamie Pritchard and
John Wilce also happened by and Jamie's interview was
screened on the Saturday News bulletin. Listen to what
they said below
John's interview
Jamie's interview
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Former Chairman
Simon Field Shortlisted for Award
After successfully securing a grant of
£500 under the BT Community Champions Awards,
former RG Chairman, Simon Field, has now been shortlisted
from 186 nominations for the BT Chairmans Award in the
Culture and Community category.
The winner receives £3,000 and runners-up receive
£1,000 for their respective charities. There is
a further chance of a discretionary award for an Outstanding
Contribution of £2,000.
 In
advance of the awards, a film crew has made a short
film of those shortlisted, and they arrived at RG studios
on Sunday, 15th June 2008 to make a short film about
Simon's 23-year involvement with RG. After the filming,
Simon said he would particularly like to thank John
Wilce for giving up his show to help set up the filming
equipment and everyone else who turned up to help.
Congratulations to Simon on being shortlisted we wish
him success at the ceremony!
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Up & Rising
Charity Gig - Sunday 27th April 08
 For
the second year running this gig, organised by Jamie
Pritchard, has been a big success and raised a grand
total of £130.45 for the two charities supported
- the Teenage Cancer trust and Radio Glamorgan. The
gig provides an opportunity for new talent to show what
they can do. Next year's event is already being planned!
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W H Smith Donation
to Radio Glamorgan
 RG
has received a donation of £500 from the WH Smith
Group Charitable Trust. Jamie Pritchard, a presenter
at the radio station, has a part time job at WH Smith.
He submitted an application to the Trust on behalf of
RG. It was great news to hear that it was successful.
The donation will be used to upgrade the computer facilities.
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More Support for
RG from Ambulatory Care
£126.63 was donated by Ambulatory
Care to RG following a raffle that they organised of
a large Easter Egg. Ambulatory Care are based just round
the corner from the RG studio within University Hospital
of Wales. They have raised over £600 for RG over
the last six months for which we are extremely grateful.
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HBA Silver Award
for Radio Glamorgan
RG finished second (Silver Award) from
the final ten shortlisted entries in the Special Event
category, for Jamie's broadcast from the Point last
year. Congratulations Jamie!! You can listen to the
award winning entries by clicking here.
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Radio Glamorgan
Bargain Hunters Bob & Geoff
In an attempt to raise some funds for
Radio Glamorgan, father and son presenters Bob &
Geoff Davies teamed up as contestants on BBC's Bargain
Hunt.
 'We
had great plans to donate all the profits we felt so
confident we'd make to Radio Glamorgan' said Bob, 'but
unfortunately on the day we made thumping great losses!
Still, on the basis that any publicity is good publicity,
we hope we've managed to raise the profile of Radio
Glamorgan and all the other hospital radio stations
throughout the UK.'
If you're curious to know whether or
not, even with the losses suffered, they won the contest
you'll have to watch (or record) the programme which
will be broadcast on BBC1 at 12.15pm on Wednesday 12th
March.
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Time Machine Gig
raises £543 for Radio Glamorgan
A Massive THANK YOU to TIME MACHINE
Dave Neathey, who works in Ambulatory Care Service
at UHW, organised a gig for his band Time Machine. It
took place on
the 17 November at the UHW Sports & Social Club.
They sold tickets to family & friends and held a
raffle. Money raised from the gig is being donated to
RG. They raised: £543.00
Dave says "It was a great night everyone enjoyed
themselves. Lot's of dancing and rocking. Get it on
Time Machine!!!"
Dave and another member of Time Machine are pictured
below presenting the money to Simon Field, Radio Glamorgan
Chairman.
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