Radio Harrow once again opened its doors to the Harrow Council’s Youth Summer Scheme.
The Summer Scheme is run by the Harrow Youth Development Team which allows 11 to 19 year-olds to gain work and life skills over their summer holidays.
This week, 14-year-old Yathushan who was very keen to learn about radio came to our studios.
Yathushan had a keen interest in the arts and loved drama and films – and he wanted to bring a slice of this to the radio.
Working with tutors at the station he developed a magazine show, called Yathushan’s Red Carpet Show (YRCS).
It was a jam-packed show which featured various segments including the YRCS Film Awards where Yathushan shared his Top 5 films of 2015 so far.
As well as this he played a top trumps style game with two young musically opinionated judges Nick and Alan over the phone who eventually concluded that Taylor Swift is the best artist of the moment.
Yathushan also recorded and edited an interview with Shamiya who was taking part in the Silver Arts Award as part of her Summer Scheme. She spoke about how she has spent the week learning about photography and filming.
To round up the show Yathushan interviewed his tutors at the station Keith, Jenna and Steve. They gave him radio tips and shared their own first show experiences.
Yathushan said he learnt that radio is “not just about speaking, it’s all about time management!”
“The show was really fun and it went so fast” he described.
Local singer-songwriter Tom Livingstone performed live on Radio Harrow’s Breakfast Show.
Spotted as a bright new talent at the Harrow Town Summer Festival, Tom serenaded the airwaves as he performed live in the studio for host Gary Walker.
Accompanied by his acoustic guitar Tom played several original songs including ‘Building up the pace’ and ‘Proud’ which he said was inspired by his grandmother.
He also performed cover tracks of several artists from Britney Spears to George Ezra.
They also discussed reality TV shows, his influences, future plans and his current day job.
Listen to the full interview and performances here:
Radio Harrow opened its doors to young people on the Harrow Council’s Summer Scheme.
Jamaar, 15, Eva, 14, and Evans, 14, all spent the week learning how to produce a radio show with volunteer tutors at the station.
Keen to produce a show for the youth of Harrow, they crafted their playlist choosing their own music to fill their two hours of show.
Their live 2-hour programme was entirely produced, engineered and presented by the teenagers.
The Radio Harrow airwaves were treated to a mix of grime, hip-hop and rap, and the young people even showed off some of their dance moves in the studio.
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There was much dispute over what was better – old skool hip-hop (which Eva preferred) or new rap and grime (Jamaar and Evans’ speciality).
This prompted a call-out for people to text in to show their support for their favourite genre. Eva’s old skool music proved the most popular for the listeners.
All three of the teenagers really valued their experience. Jamaar (aka Jamstar Jamaar) said “I loved my segment as I got to play my music – even though I couldn’t play all of it”. Jamaar learnt about audiences and censorship as he realised that “only clean versions of songs could be played on-air”.
Eva found the experience “amazing”. She said she gained confidence and communication skills, “I learnt how to talk everyone and include them into the show”.
Meanwhile Evans enjoyed learning “how to use the equipment and how to structure a live show”. For Evans taking part has changed his opinion on radio “I thought radio was boring, but I really liked this, I never thought radio would be so good”.
Take a look at all their pictures from the day:
St Ann’s Road transformed into a beach holiday destination for the Harrow Town Summer Festival.
Though there wasn’t any sand and sea, there were plenty of deckchairs, candy floss and even some “Punch and Judy” to get people into that seaside mood.
Complete with an impressive stage, compèred by Radio Harrow volunteers, the Festival showcased the finest up-and-coming local talent.
The diverse line-up boasted a variety of performers including Sean Rigney, Alina B, and the fantastic dance troupe Kidology.
Bringing people together through music, dance and food, the event brightened up the town centre.
Take a look at our photos from the day:
Delia Cazzato is a local volunteer with Oxfam in Pinner and was also a member of the Hugs for Harrow campaign…she also bakes.
As a full-time carer, Delia uses her voluntary work and baking to bring positivity into her life.
She is known as Harrow’s happiest Tweeter spreading her positivity to as many people as possible.
Armed with a coffee and walnut cake, Delia told Breakfast show host Gary Walker that baking is something which she highly recommends to increase happiness.
She shared her baking recipe recommendations for the Macmillan Coffee Morning coming up on the 25th September.
As well as this she spoke about the Hugs for Harrow campaign with Action for Happiness which aims to make Harrow a better place, one hug at a time.
Listen to the full interview here:
This week on Radio Harrow’s Breakfast Show, Gary Walker was joined by Carole Heffernan of Macmillan Cancer Support’s regional office and Mary Finn who manages the Macmillan office at Northwick Park.
They discussed the various aspects of support that Macmillan provides, with a special focus on costs of cancer we don’t think about.
As well as emotional and medical support, Macmillan also help people with the additional costs that come with cancer diagnosis. This includes hospital parking costs, transport, as well as impacted funds from not being able to work.
Macmillan provide a service where they give out benefits advice and help with obtaining grants for patients. They gave out over £14,000 in grants in the Harrow area last year.
The interview also spoke about the Macmillan coffee morning and other fundraisers that they have planned.
Listen to the full interview here:
Harrow’s elected Member of Youth Parliament, Zak Wagman joined Radio Harrow’s Breakfast Show to talk about his work with the UK Youth Parliament.
The UK Youth Parliament provides opportunities for 11 to 18 year-olds to use their voice in creative ways to bring about social change.
The Youth Parliament have no party affiliations, they work to make a change by raising awareness of any issues that relate to young people.
Every year, the UK Youth Parliament holds the Make Your Mark Campaign, between August and October, where young people across the country vote on the issues that most affect them.
The chosen issues are then presented in a report to the government and debated in the House of Commons.
Last year, a record-breaking 865,000 young people were balloted, with a total of over 10,500 in Harrow – a 48% turnout that was higher than the council elections earlier in the year.
However, this year, the campaign wants to go further, aiming to try and involve every young person in the borough.
Find out more by listening back to the full interview with Zak Wagman:
The latest Radio Harrow podcast for June 2015 is out now to download from iTunes and listen on Mixcloud.
The Radio Harrow Podcast features all the best bits from the past 30 days including Request Show highlights, interesting interviews, out & about moments and funny stuff too. Find out more about what’s in June’s podcast below.
It’s completely free for you to download, listen and enjoy wherever you may be.
Radio Harrow Podcast – June 2015 by Radio Harrow on Mixcloud
– Press Start – Omar brings you reasons why you should & shouldn’t play video games.
– Hampton Court Flower Show – Claire Knight is Live at the RHS Hampton Court Flower Show.
– The Request show – Mondays team catches up with our own Jon Hart about volunteering at Glastonbury.
– Bob Blackman MP – Gary Walker speaks to Harrow East MP Bob Blackman.
– Radio Harrow on Tour – all the highlights as the Radio Harrow’s Summer Tour visits Heathland School, Pinner Park School and St Luke’s Hospice.
Don’t forget to follow us on Mixcloud or subscribe to our iTunes page to get the latest episodes as soon as they arrive online.
Born and raised in Harrow, Hemal Khanderia, has launched a new fitness company called Hoorah Fitness.
The qualified personal trainer spoke to Gary on the Breakfast Show about the variety of courses he is going to start running.
The personal training scheme will offer specific programmes tailored to individuals from their initial assessment.
To get a taster of Hoorah Fitness, Hemal is hosting a free boot camp session at West Harrow Park on Sat 4th July at 8.30am. You can sign up for this on the Hoorah Fitness website.
The boot camp sessions are suitable for everyone of all ages and fitness levels; they will feature a variety of exercises which will work the whole body.
Hoorah Fitness will hold regular boot camp sessions at various parks in and around Harrow.
Listen to the full interview here:
A man of many talents, Gaz Reynolds joined Gary on the Radio Harrow Breakfast Show to talk about road safety and music.
A strange combination you may think, but Gaz Reynolds is the founder of UK dance label World Domination Records and he is also a driving instructor.
Gaz recently enjoyed great success in Australia as his track ‘Some Forgive’ reached number 1 in the Australian dance charts. Meanwhile, Gaz also runs Gr8Drive Driving School in Harrow.
He spoke about the brand new elements to the UK driving tests being introduced in September which will include the use of Sat Navs, new manoeuvres and in-test questions.
In the full interview he also discusses his views on the music industry, shares his favourite summer records and talks about future plans.
You can listen to the full interview here:
Radio Harrow attended the The Shree Kutch Leva Patel Community (SKLPC) Fun Day organised by Surajpar Gaam in Northolt.
SKLPC UK is a London based charity which has been running for over 40 years to serve the needs of the ‘Kanbi’ Indian Community in the UK.
The Fun Day was an outdoor event which featured lots of activities and games for all the family. Families within the community competed against each other in a series of tricky reflex challenging activities.
Radio Harrow provided the music and announcements at each game.
Nutritionist Sonja Breuer joined Gary Walker on Radio Harrow’s Breakfast Show to talk about the benefits of Yoga.
Sonja Breuer has studied two different types of Yoga – Hatha and Kundalini.
Discussing yoga’s many health benefits, Sonja advised listeners on the best way to get started and take up yoga.
She shared some tips including simple breathing techniques and easy yoga poses for listeners to try.
Take a listen to the interview here:
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