Man on the Radio

Friend of Rockingham Radio, Paul Gibson, brings another great selection of Northern Soul and Motown songs from his favourite artists.Chatting with new presenter, Stevie Ross, Paul looks back over the decades, shares his passion for vinyl originals and his memories from the clubs he used to visit and share that love of music with like minded people.

A brief look at the second part of a feature on the Wentworth Follies with Shaun Bennett of Rockingham Media and local historian and documentary producer, Joshua Daniels.

A brief look at the first part of a feature on the Wentworth Follies with Shaun Bennett of Rockingham Media and local historian and documentary producer, Joshua Daniels.

Community Connect C.I.C is a high quality and innovative day service providing a person-centred approach working towards community inclusion for adults and young people with a mild to moderate learning disability.In this interview Shaun speaks with a number of service users and one of the volunteers who helped with fundraising and creating the beach project in the sensory garden. 

Rockingham Media director, Shaun Bennett, is interviewed by fellow presenter and director, Robert Sadler, as part of his "In My Life" series where Robert interviews people from all walks of life and with many interesting and amusing back stories.This interview is an insight into Shaun's life and career, his experiences and his passion for volunteering and delivering good will within his community. From his time as a Special Constable, through instructing with the Army Cadet Force and, presently, establishing and running a community radio station project.Shaun talks about early career aspirations, his work on some famous film sets and his ambitions for Rockingham Radio as they continue to develop, having launched in the toughest of times and provided a welcome distraction by enabling local people to establish their own radio shows, bringing relief from lockdown, self empowerment and building up confidence.Even Shaun's choice of music in the interview expands on his character, his personal values and aims and ambitions for the future.

Reviewing the progress of the fundraising campaign with Nick Cragg, current chair and one of the PHASE Worldwide founding members, as it nears the end of a special three month UK Aid opportunity.Under this opportunity they have the chance to have every penny and every pound raised between 25 March and 25 June matched by the UK Government. Time is drawing to an end with just 3 weeks to go and £30,000 still needed to trigger that pound-for-pound matched funding.Nick talks of the projects progress, of the fundraising that is still going on and how many people, of Nepalese origin, are benefiting from being employed by this British-based NGO organisation.

A spoken word poem looking at the pandemic from many different perspectives.As we face increasing measures and restrictions it’s likely that, for many, this latest variant will bring additional challenges, both physically and mentally, to many people.Originally written and released earlier this year as I sought to rationalise in my own mind what impact it was having after more than a year from the original lockdown.  Seeing so many conflicting views and opinions on what we had gone through I had to process it in my own way but that led me to think more about how others were reacting, coping or suffering and also I put those thoughts down and this is the end result. Inspired by Nathan Parker, I set out and recorded it as a spoken word piece. Not perfect, but then what is?

An interview with co-founder and Chair of PHASE Worldwide, Nick Cragg.Nick explains how PHASE is impacting the people of Nepal and particularly helping women to give their children a strong start in life in the remote Himalayan villages.  He talks of an opportunity to maximise UK Aid support from the British Government where donations are matched (£1 donated = £1 matched by Govt as well as 25% gift aid for individual donations) which is a massive boost for both PHASE and for the people of Nepal.Future episodes will look back at how PHASE Worldwide was created in a kitchen in Rotherham, South Yorkshire and how it has grown over the years, engaging with volunteers and employing essential workers in Nepal to help deliver their mission to empower and develop these remote community members.