Delia Derbyshire Day

22/05/2026

Hello there, have you checked out our Delia Derbyshire Day podcast? Here’s our 2025 volunteer Charlie asking Mark Ayres about the types of material in the at John Rylands Library
🔊🔊 you can listen to the 5 episodes, only 30 mins each, on your favourite podcast platform. Made possible thanks to support from The National Lottery Heritage Fund

13/05/2026

Did You Know...?

Featuring the voices of our brilliant 2025 volunteer team, sharing factoids about the late great Delia Derbyshire.

Jae says "Delia created electronic music before samplers, computers, synths and mixing desks were widely available."

Like many who were making music at that time, Delia used inventiveness and workarounds. Dick Mills, who worked with Delia says "necessity was the mother of invention."

This series is inspired by a Did You Know series produced by our wonderful social media volunteer from 2020/2021 Ste Whiley - thank you Ste!

What's your favourite Delia fact? Have you got a fun Delia factoid?

05/05/2026

Today would have been Delia Derbyshire's 89th birthday...We find that Delia consistently inspires kids of all ages.
This film was made by Belle Vue Productions, supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, with kids telling the world about Delia Derbyshire. You can find it on our YouTube.

08/04/2026

Recommending: Eleanor McDowall's recent radio programme on the history of the imaginative radio feature. It's called 'Into the Ether' and was broadcast recently as part of BBC Radio 4's Archive on 4 strand. There are extracts from Delia's work and the Inventions for Radio with Barry Bermange.

Unearthing audio treasures from the radiophonic past.

25/03/2026

Welcome to our 'Did You Know' series for 2026
Featuring the voices of our brilliant 2025 volunteer team, sharing factoids about the late great Delia Derbyshire.

Morgan says "Delia used a single piece of metal string to create that driving bassline of the original theme"

Like many who were making music with tape at that time, Delia used a lot of found sounds (everyday objects/sounds) as sound sources.

This series is inspired by a Did You Know series produced by our wonderful social media volunteer from 2020/2021 Ste Whiley - thank you Ste!

What's your favourite Delia fact? Have you got a fun Delia factoid?

12/03/2026

Check out our podcast as part of our 10th anniversary. Co-designed by our amazing team of younger volunteers and our passionate trustees, we chat about Delia Derbyshire Day and the late great electronic music pioneer Delia Derbyshire (1937-2001).

In this ​second episode, our trustee Sashwati Mira Sengupta ​and commissioned artist Suzy Mangion talk about Delia's creativity with 2david Vorhaus who worked with Delia and Brian Hodgson to create that cult album "An Electric Storm" in 1969.

You should be able to listen to the 5 episodes (less than half an hour each!) on your favourite podcast platform or ​v​isit our Media page - https://deliaderbyshireday.com/media/

03/03/2026

🗣️Creative freedom! 🗣️
A striking finding from our recent Electronic Music Education Needs Analysis report: Electronic Music Education = more creative freedom, experimentation, less fear of right and wrong, risk-taking, build musical identity. Report compiled by Brighter Sound; initiative supported by Big Give (and individual donors like you?), Postlethwaite Music Foundation, One Education.

What do you think? Has electronic music opened up opportunities for you to play or develop musically?

12/02/2026

📣Our Electronic Music Education Report is out 📣
10 teachers, 11 MCR schools, 60 kids.
There is a gap.
It is bridgeable.
Read summary & full report: https://deliaderbyshireday.com/education/
This was our Big Give Arts for Impact initiative plus support from One Education & Postlethwaite Music Foundation. Report written by fellow MCR music support organisation Brighter Sound

12/02/2026

Hi there, we are happy to report our 2025 10th anniversary project was a success! Thanks to everyone involved, including National Lottery players who helped us inspire and empower thousands of people. We were awarded support from The National Lottery Heritage Fund
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30/01/2026

Organisational objective 3 (of 3) 🤓✅

As part of our 10th Anniversary, we published our Social Impact Report carried out by Turn Up the Value, designed by Andrea Pazos.

We have collected data, quotes & case studies to charter our first decade as a charity with the aim of social change via heritage and the arts.

Find out more about what we do by reading our full social impact report here: https://deliaderbyshireday.com/about-us/

Gratefully supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund