Day 301 of 365 Photo Challenge. Radio Lollipop Glasgow. 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 was founded in 1978 at Queen Mary's Hospital for Children in Surrey, England, at first primarily as a cable wired radio station for the 460 children in the hospital. The station made its first broadcast on 5 May 1979, when the very first Radio Lollipop went on-air. Following the success of this first station in 1980 the International Year of the Child Committee provided funding 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, and comedy and competitions. Radio Lollipop is run entirely by unpaid volunteers, and usually operates in the evenings. In 1985 the first Radio Lollipop outside the UK was started in Perth, Western Australia, at the Princess Margaret Hospital for Children. From these beginnings the organisation has expanded to hospitals in the east coast of Australia, New Zealand and America. Radio Lollipop (Glasgow), the working name for Radio Lollipop, was established in 1992 and broadcasts to Royal Hospital for Sick Children. Volunteers are always needed; you should contact the station directly if you are interested. #365photochallenge #photooftheday #radiolollipop @radiolollipop #hospitalradio #radiolollipopglasgow @radiolollipopglasgow #ironman #volunteering (at Radio Lollipop Glasgow) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4LdAuVB7CA/?igshid=1w5du8f7dz4cr
