Radio Lollipop is a charitable organization providing a care, comfort, play and entertainment service for children in hospital. It organizes Volunteer Playmakers to spend time with children in wards or in special play areas, taking its name from the radio stations it runs in hospitals playing children's programming - part-presented by children themselves.
Radio Lollipop
Founded
1978
Registration no.
England and Wales: 280817 Scotland: SC039505
Location
Charlotte Building, 17 Gresse Street, London, W1T 1QL
Area served
Australia New Zealand United Kingdom United States South Africa
Method
Radio programming and play interaction at the bedside and in the playrooms
Radio Lollipop was founded in 1978 at Queen Mary's Hospital for Children in Surrey, England, at first primarily as a cable-wired station for the 460 children in the hospital. The station made its first broadcast on 5 May 1979, when the first Radio Lollipop went on-air.
Following the success of the first station, the International Year of the Child Committee provided funding in 1980 to develop Radio Lollipops in other British hospitals.
Over time, emphasis shifted from the radio station to volunteers spending time on wards entertaining children in person, by playing games, doing arts and crafts, and reading stories. However, the "radio", with children's programming and often presenting on-air, remains a central part of the charity. Programming consists of on-air presenter-banter with children, interspersed with request songs, comedy and competitions. In most hospitals, the programme is wired to speakers in wards, rather than actually broadcast, but a central studio, with on-air presenters, provides a focal point and base, and is open to children. There is a project under-way to carry feed from other hospitals in different time zones throughout the day, via the internet. Radio Lollipop is run entirely by unpaid volunteers, usually a mix of city business people, retirees and medical students, and usually operates in the evenings.
In 1985, the first Radio Lollipop outside the UK was started at the Princess Margaret Hospital for Children in Perth, Western Australia. It was brought to Perth by Steve and Pat Salter, a couple from the United Kingdom. From that beginning, the organisation has expanded to hospitals in the east coast of Australia, New Zealand, and America.[1]
Radio Lollipop is in one of the largest specialist children referral hospitals in the world, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, where it provides play services to children in 390 beds on 21 wards.[2] It originally broadcast radio from, and held play sessions in, a former Jubilee line tube train that was craned into the hospital and converted to house the Radio Lollipop studio.[3]
Locationsedit
Radio Lollipop, Pediatrics Ward Block B at Gold Coast University Hospital
New Nelson Mandela Children's Hospital, Johannesburg
Referencesedit
^"Radio Lollipop Sweetens Hospital Stays". CBS News.
^"Search Results - Great Ormond Street Hospital". www.ich.ucl.ac.uk.
^"London Underground's old tube trains". Time Out London.
External linksedit
Radio Lollipop website
January 01, 1970
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its name from the radio stations it runs in hospitals playing children s programming part presented by children themselves Radio LollipopFounded1978Registration no England and Wales 280817Scotland SC039505LocationCharlotte Building 17 Gresse Street London W1T 1QLArea servedAustraliaNew ZealandUnited KingdomUnited StatesSouth AfricaMethodRadio programming and play interaction at the bedside and in the playroomsWebsitehttps radiolollipop org Contents 1 History 2 Locations 2 1 Australia 2 2 New Zealand 2 3 United Kingdom 2 4 United States 2 5 South Africa 3 References 4 External linksHistory editRadio Lollipop was founded in 1978 at Queen Mary s Hospital for Children in Surrey England at first primarily as a cable wired station for the 460 children in the hospital The station made its first broadcast on 5 May 1979 when the first Radio Lollipop went on air Following the success of the first station the International Year of the Child Committee provided funding in 1980 to develop Radio Lollipops in other British hospitals Over time emphasis shifted from the radio station to volunteers spending time on wards entertaining children in person by playing games doing arts and crafts and reading stories However the radio with children s programming and often presenting on air remains a central part of the charity Programming consists of on air presenter banter with children interspersed with request songs comedy and competitions In most hospitals the programme is wired to speakers in wards rather than actually broadcast but a central studio with on air presenters provides a focal point and base and is open to children There is a project under way to carry feed from other hospitals in different time zones throughout the day via the internet Radio Lollipop is run entirely by unpaid volunteers usually a mix of city business people retirees and medical students and usually operates in the evenings In 1985 the first Radio Lollipop outside the UK was started at the Princess Margaret Hospital for Children in Perth Western Australia It was brought to Perth by Steve and Pat Salter a couple from the United Kingdom From that beginning the organisation has expanded to hospitals in the east coast of Australia New Zealand and America 1 Radio Lollipop is in one of the largest specialist children referral hospitals in the world Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children where it provides play services to children in 390 beds on 21 wards 2 It originally broadcast radio from and held play sessions in a former Jubilee line tube train that was craned into the hospital and converted to house the Radio Lollipop studio 3 Locations edit nbsp Radio Lollipop Pediatrics Ward Block B at Gold Coast University Hospital Australia edit Perth Children s Hospital Perth Western Australia St John of God Murdoch Hospital Murdoch Western Australia Fiona Stanley Hospital Murdoch Western Australia St John of God Midland Hospital Midland Western Australia Joondalup Health Campus Joondalup Western Australia Kelmscott Memorial Hospital Armadale Western Australia Rockingham Western Australia Kalgoorlie Regional Hospital Kalgoorlie Western Australia Mater Children s Hospital Brisbane Queensland Queensland Children s Hospital Brisbane Queensland Logan Hospital Meadowbrook Queensland Gold Coast University Hospital Southport Queensland Monash Children s Hospital Melbourne Victoria New Zealand edit nbsp Starship hospital s atrium location of its radio station Starship Children s Hospital Auckland Kidz First Middlemore Hospital Auckland Waitakere Hospital Auckland Manukau Superclinic Auckland Christchurch Hospital Christchurch Whangarei Base Hospital Whangarei United Kingdom edit Royal Hospital for Sick Children Edinburgh Royal Hospital for Children Glasgow Birmingham Children s Hospital Birmingham Royal Victoria Infirmary Newcastle upon Tyne Bristol Royal Hospital for Children Bristol Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust Southampton Manchester Children s Hospital NHS Trust Manchester Ninewell s Hospital and Medical School Dundee Great Ormond Street Hospital London Evelina Children s Hospital London United States edit Nicklaus Children s Hospital Miami Texas Children s Hospital Houston South Africa edit New Nelson Mandela Children s Hospital JohannesburgReferences edit Radio Lollipop Sweetens Hospital Stays CBS News Search Results Great Ormond Street Hospital www ich ucl ac uk London Underground s old tube trains Time Out London External links editRadio Lollipop website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Radio Lollipop amp oldid 1177599018, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
