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Who we are

We are a registered Charity no. 1204015 run entirely by volunteers. We serve the patients of The Hillingdon Hospital, care home residents and the residents of the London Borough of Hillingdon, which in case you were wondering is close to Heathrow Airport, London, England.

We are based at Hillingdon Hospital and our aim is to help relieve sickness, poor health and old age amongst people living in Hillingdon and the surrounding areas. We do this by providing a radio service for hospitals, residential care homes and patients receiving community care. We broadcast music requests and dedications, national and local news and play the best selection of music for all ages, 24 hours a day.

Our service is available inside the hospital FREE of charge, using the Bedside Entertainment System on Radio Channel 45, on television screens around the hospital and online.

Check out THIS page for more ways to listen to us.

Radio Hillingdon is not funded by the NHS and all of our day to day running costs are met with funds raised by our volunteers. If you would like to help us please make sure you visit our Fund-raising page or use our web shop further down this page.

Thank you for visiting us and we hope you enjoy exploring our website.

Stephen Hickman, Chairman - Radio Hillingdon

NEWS - We have updated our Logo and name.

We are excited to announce that we are updating our logo and insignia to represent the fact that we are changing our name from "Hospital Radio Hillingdon" to "Radio Hillingdon".

This very small change means big things for us, as now, not only will we continue to provide entertainment, services and more to the patients and staff of the Hillingdon Hospital and local care-homes, but we will also be bringing the Brightest Sound Around to residents of Hillingdon and beyond!

You can listen to Radio Hillingdon inside the Hillingdon Hospital, but also Online @ www.RadioHillingdon.com, Via our Free app (Available on the Apple and Android Appstores) or by asking your smart speaker to "Play Radio Hillingdon"!

This is the first of many steps we're taking to update and grow Radio Hillingdon, and we look forward to sharing more of our journey with you in the future.

NEWS - Send requests to us via Whatsapp

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2023 NEWS - We have won a GOLD award

Radio Hillingdon won gold in the National Hospital Radio Awards on Saturday night (25 March 2023) in the Best Specialist Music Programme category for Dr Savi Arora's 'Smooth Groovers' programme.

Dr Savi said, "I am extremely proud to have won this award. I love volunteering for Radio Hillingdon. I get great enjoyment from presenting my programme".

Dr Savi joined Radio Hillingdon as a volunteer in 2019 as well as joining the Radio Hillingdon Management Committee this year.

He presents his award-winning show on Saturdays 9pm to 11pm which is repeated on Mondays from 5pm until 7pm.

Smooth Groovers' contains Smooth Soul, Jazz and Funk music. Checkout our Electronic Programme Guide to find out other programmes Dr Savi presents.

This is the fourth year that Radio Hillingdon has won a broadcasting award.

2022 NEWS - We have won a SPECIAL award

For a third year running Radio Hillingdon has scooped an Award. We received a 2022 SPECIAL Award at the National Hospital Broadcasting Awards called 'Recognising Innovation Across Hospital Radio'. This is designed to recognise those behind the scenes, this award celebrates pushing the boundaries and using innovative, novel or pioneering ideas.

During the 2020 lockdown David Brown one of our Founder Members and a retired IT Manager started looking at an idea to make an adapter that could be attached to a TV to show NHS and station information slides and play Radio Hillingdon live broadcasts from the TV speakers. He proved the idea worked and has so far built seven units. Four are located in various Hillingdon Hospital outpatient departments, one is running in the Choices Restaurant and two are in a local care home, with more planned.

To see the announcment click HERE. Well done to David and those assisting him.

Fundraising keeps us going

As a registered charity and a voluntary organisation, fund-raising becomes an integral part of the life of Radio Hillingdon. A common misconception is that Radio Hillingdon is funded by the N.H.S. , this is not the case.

We are funded almost entirely by the support and fund-raising efforts of our volunteers, without which we simply could not continue to provide the excellent service we offer to the patients of Hillingdon Hospital.

Our volunteers are always looking for new, interesting and innovative ways in which to raise much needed funds. Our volunteers give up their time to plan, arrange and run various events throughout the year.

These are some of the ways in which we raise our funds; we attend car-boot sales and bazaars, we organise Quiz Nights and Race Nights and we have been fortunate to be allowed to have collections in local supermarkets and shopping centres.

We hold sponsored events, such as our 100 hour Broadcast Marathon, where several of our members are sponsored to broadcast non-stop for 25 hours each.

One service which we provide has been very successful over the years, we have a Road-Show, which we take to local schools and village fetes to provide them with a P.A. & music, we have a comprehensive range of music, radio mic facilities, a cassette deck, a mini disk player, c.d. player, plus extra speakers if required, which can be hired for a reasonable fee.

This is a great opportunity for us as it highlights our profile within the local community. We have also established an On Air Sponsorship opportunity for local companies; we have a range of packages to suit the clients budget and their requirements. Because of our charitable status we are unable to air advertisements.

Ways to Donate to us

If you would like to donate money to help us fund Radio Hillingdon, please use the link below.

You can also buy your online products and gifts using our Amazon or Webshop links below and Radio Hillingdon gets a referral donation. You pay no more than if you had gone to the websites direct and we earn commission on everything you buy! The Radio Hillingdon Webshop is powered by Easyfundraising and has over 3000 retailers, so why not shop and help fundraise at the same time.