Winter/Spring training courses

If you have friends or family who’d like to get involved in Preston FM, then point them in the direction of our new round of training courses.

There are three sets of courses running through February, March and April. Full details are on the Preston FM website.

• Fundraising Team
  Tue 26th Jan, 6:30pm
• Music Team
  Thu 18th Feb, 6pm
• Steering Group
  Tue 23rd Feb, 6:30pm

The training room will be unavailable for general use at the following times over the next two weeks.

• Sat 30th Jan – ALL DAY
• Mon 1st Feb – 6-8pm

Here’s the staff rota for the next two weeks – please try to approach the on-duty member of staff with any studio problems, so that the rest of us can get on with other tasks:

• Tues 26th Jan: Kez
• Wed 27th Jan: Neil
• Thu 28th Jan: Liz
• Fri 29th Jan: Kez
• Mon 1st Feb: Kez
• Tues 2nd Feb: Neil
• Wed 3rd Feb: Kez
• Thu 4th Feb: Neil
• Fri 5th Feb: Richard

We’re proud to be broadcasting a new drama – Divided We Fall – throughout February on Preston FM.

The series will look at the issues of violent extremism and how young people can get sucked into it. Following the radicalisation of a young Muslim Asian boy and a white ex-soldier, the drama explores what makes people vulnerable to extremist views and what alternatives there might be.

There are twenty episodes in total, being broadcast at ten-to-ten in the evening, Monday to Friday, throughout February – with a special omnibus edition before the Arts Scene repeat on Sunday mornings. All episodes will also be available as podcasts via the Preston FM website.

The Drama has been commissioned by Shahbash, a not-for-profit-organisation working in the Muslim communities across Lancashire, with funding support from the Home Office. It’s produced by Mannmade Productions.

Every 6 months we make time to sit with each of our current broadcasting volunteers to have a catch up, talk about how things are going with their show and discuss any changes or queries they may have about the upcoming new schedule in April.

We have been attempting to contact everyone by phone and e-mail over the last couple of weeks to arrange a time and date to catch up with you, but there are still a number of people who we’ve not been able to reach so far. If you haven’t yet booked a time for your catch up session, please get in touch with Neil at the station asap.

The catch up session will only last an hour in total. It is important that we have a catch up session with each broadcasting volunteer in order to create the broadcast schedule for the next phase. If you don’t arrange a catch up session with us, it could result in you losing your show in the next phase.

If you haven’t completed your folder for accreditation, now is the time to get it all done & dusted.

The plan is to have the folders ready for submission by the end of the first week in February, so we have arranged a number of sessions this week with Darren, who will be available to help with any parts of your folder you may be unsure with. These drop in sessions take place on:

Tuesday 26th January – 5.30pm-8.30pm
Wednesday 27th January – 12pm-4pm
Saturday 30th January – 10am-2pm

You do not have to come in for these full sessions but that is when he will be available to help. When you come in could you bring in any preparation work you may have at home as the more evidence we can provide, the better.

8th March 2010 is International Women’s Day. Preston FM will be joining other community stations around the globe to broadcast a full day of programming dedicated to International Women’s Day and the issues that surround women. (In a very similar style to what we did for World AIDS Day in December)

We’re really interested to hear from you if you’d like to be involved in creating programmes or features for the day. Support and assistance will be available from other volunteers are staff – you just need to bring your interest and enthusiasm.

If you’d like to get involved, please contact Liz (liz@prescap.co.uk)

Community Radio Business Development Manager
£22,000 + commission + car + 5% pension contribution

Full time – 12 month initial contract, with potential for extension to
minimum 3 years subject to funding

With 25 years’ experience in delivering innovative and effective
community based arts and media projects, Preston Community Arts Project (Prescap) operates a highly successful full-time Community Radio project in Preston (Preston FM) and works closely with four other Lancashire-based organisations delivering similar projects.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a new Business Development Manager to form new relationships and deliver new business on behalf of all five full-time community radio projects in Lancashire.

Developing new leads for on-air income generation, as well as off-air services, you will seek and secure new opportunities from within the commercial, statutory and voluntary sectors across the county.

Closing date for applications: 12pm, Monday 8th February
Interviews: Week of 15th February

Applicants must be currently unemployed and live in (or be prepared to move to) Lancashire.

Application pack available at www.preston.fm – if you do not have internet access, please call 01772 880791 for an application pack.

In collaboration with and funded by Lancashire County Council’s economic development department, Lancashire County Developments Limited.

Post part-funded by the Ofcom Community Radio Fund

Wythenshawe FM, Manchester
Part Time, 2 days per week
£18,270 pro rata

Radio Regen is seeking a part-time Community Radio Journalism Coordinator to run a project to develop speech radio output by volunteers at Wythenshawe FM – a community radio station based in a deprived area of South Manchester. This is a unique opportunity to participate in the UK’s emerging community radio sector.

For more detail, visit the Wythenshawe FM website

Closing date: Monday 8th January