BCB Projects 2011

JRF:  Connecting Through Community Radio

BCB has recently been commissioned to work with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation on the 'Connecting Through Change' programme, BCB will be producing regular features and programmes that focus on the changing experience of liviing  in Bradford 2011.

BCB is now part of a network of Community Radio stations across the UK who are contributing to the Euranet ( European Radio Network) radio  programmes . The weekly programmes are designed to highlight EU issues and focus on stories from  European Union  perspective. BCB currently broadcasts the weekly Euranet UK  programme at 1pm on Thursday.

Creative Partnerships and other schools work

BCB has worked with many local schools, especially  through the Creative Partnerships scheme.

In particular we have worked extensively with St Stephens Primary, Bramhope Primary, Oakwood (Leeds), and Our Lady of Victories Primary School (OLV) as well as supporting schools to produce and present the monthly Creative Partnerships Radio Show on BCB 106.6FM

Children are actively involved in research, production and presentation of programmes and regularly conduct interviews on a range of subjects.

For example, children from OLV interviewed Lord Sebastian Coe on a recent visit to Cartwight Hall, while children from St Stephens Primary visited the House of Commons in London to interview their local MP Marsha Singh.

BCB has also worked with Thornton Grammar, Bowling Park Primary and OLV to develop radio studios in their own schools.

OLV has been designated as a School of Creativity. BCB is currrently working with OLV to develop creative methods of assessment as well as providing ongoing support to OLV staff and students to maximise the potential of the school radio.

Working wth BCB gives children hands on radio experience and develops many useful life skills, such as team work, questioning and social interaction as well as building confidence, raising aspirations and developing oracy skills.

For more details call us on 01274 771677 or email mary.dowson@bcbradio.co.uk

 

Health Creation Bradford ( PCT) - Project closed March 31 2011

Working in partnership with Forster Community College, and a wide range of Community and Voluntary Organisations, this is a 3 year  PCT-funded project.

The focus of the project is to improve the health and wellbeing of specific disadvantaged communities, particularly refugee, migrant, asylum-seeking, Eastern European and African communities. BCB works with members of these communities, using engagement with BCB Community Radio to help them integrate into Bradford life as well as identifying the specific health needs of those groups and the barriers to them accessing the services they need.

As part of this project BCB offers radio training and broadcasting opportunties for target groups as well as producing and presenting a regular radio programme called 'Your Good Health' - thus giving a voice to those groups and individuals.

For more details call us on 01274 771677 or email john.gill@bcbradio.co.uk

 

Speak Out! WNF Employability Project - project closed March 31 2011

BCB was commissioned to deliver a range of oppportunities for unemployed local people to help them move towards and into employment. This is funded through the Working Neighbourhoods Fund (WNF) under the 'Employability' programme. As well as giving employment to a team of 10 Community Reporters, the project is currently able to offer opportunities to over 19s who are currently not working and living in the Bradford District: 

Support towards getting employment - individual help with direction, applying for jobs, interview techniques, CVs etc Radio Days - 'Taster' sessions at BCB Radio Radio skills training - 30 hours 'Introduction to Radio Training courses Volunteering placements at BCB.

We are currently recruiting for this project until March 2011.

 For more details call us on 01274 771677 or email jonathan.pinfield@bcbradio.co.uk

 

Your Shout ! YOF/YCF Youth Radio project   project closed March 31 2011

BCB's young people successfully applied for funding from Bradford's Youth Opportunities Fund and Youth Capital Fund. As well as providing radio workshops and broadcasting opportunities for young people on BCB 106.6FM, the project aimed to set up an online radio station and magazine, BCB Extra, which was launched in early 2010. This a youth led and managed service supported by BCB's Daniel Carroll.

BCB is currently offering radio sessions and workshops for youth groups and encourages and supports young people to get involved with the radio station.

For more details call us on 01274 771677 or email daniel.carroll@bcbradio.co.uk

 

Muslim Women's Voices (BMDC) 

This partnership project has recently been commissioned through Bradford Council's 'Building Capacity through Cohesion and Integration' programme and will build on earlier project work with Muslim women under this programme. Over the next six months BCB will be working with the Bradford Muslim Women's Council to provide customised media training and radio skills for members of the BMWC.

For more details call us on 01274 771677 or email mary.dowson@bcbradio.co.uk

 

BantamsPast (Heritage Lottery) 

BCB is a partner to the Heritage Lottery-funded project to capture the memories and experiences of the changing communities who live around the Bradford City Football ground, Valley Parade. BCB has trained volunteers to collect audio from local people which  will be gathered together with written testimonies, photos, and video footage, to form part of the BantamsPast museum at Valley Parade.

For more details call us on 01274 771677 or email mary.dowson@bcbradio.co.uk

 

Radio 119 (Bradford District Care Trust) 

BCB works in partnership with the Bradford District Care Trust to support the Radio 119 project.This is a radio project for adults with learning difficulties, which is hosted at BCB, and provides regular programmes for broadcast on BCB 106.6 FM.

For more details call us on 01274 771677 or email mary.dowson@bcbradio.co.uk

 

Other project and parthership activity

Italian Mission: BCB has been working on a pilot oral history project with Italian pensioners, recording their memories of leaving Italy and coming to Bradford in the 50s and 60s.

Music Mentors: BCB is working with Artworks to support their Music Mentors project for young people.

Education Bradford - More 4 U project: BCB is a service delivery partner for Education Bradford, providing alternative education, training and support for young people from the Pupil Referral Units.