Radio Sunderland for Hospitals

21/03/2026

An ITV Tyne Tees News news crew visited our studio and a ward in the Sunderland Royal Hospital as hospital radio in the UK celebrated 100 years of service.
Here at Sunderland our organisation was first formed as the Commentators Association in 1953.
York Hospital Radio also featured as the first UK hospital station.
Watch the video…

Watch the latest from ITV News - Ronnie Bates from Sunderland has spent the last six weeks in hospital and, marking 100 years of the hospital radio, says it has helped keep him going.

17/02/2026

Marie Curie Community Fundraiser Karen Hill and local volunteer John Jennings popped into our studio to talk about volunteering and the many opportunities available.
They explained that volunteers with Marie Curie are a passionate group of people determined to help create a better end of life for all.
@ Karen Marie Curie @ Marie Curie North East

09/11/2025

Michael & Jean recruiting new volunteers on Guy Fawkes day. Thank you everyone who dropped by and to Sunderland City Hall for accommodating us.
There will be another chance to talk to members of our team when we travel to Sainsbury’s at Silksworth on Friday 21st & Saturday 22nd November. We would love to see you there.

03/11/2025

We are recruiting!
Radio Sunderland for Hospitals is looking to find volunteers who have a few hours a week to spare, to join our small team of enthusiastic members.

Volunteers are aged over 16, but there is no upper age limit!
Tasks include:
Visiting the wards to collect requests from the patients at the Sunderland Royal Hospital.
Taking part in the fundraising activities of the station.
Being involved with live programmes, including football commentaries.

No experience is needed as we provide hands-on training.

We are at the Sunderland City Hall on Wednesday 5th November from 10am until 4pm.
We would love for you to pop in and meet some of our volunteers.
Or, visit our website for more information. https://radiosunderland.co.uk/join_us.html

13/09/2025

A Big Thank You to Integrity Technology of Boldon, for their incredibly generous donation of two fully refurbished, as-new PCs!

Thank you, https://www.facebook.com/integrityne, for your commitment to making a positive impact in our community. We truly couldn’t do it without the help of incredible partners like you!

Jean and Bill receiving the PC’s from Jon (on the left).

18/04/2025

We would like to thank Dieter and Janet Henderson of MH Printers in Southwick of their assistance in designing and the printing of our new bookmarks.
Our volunteer ward visitors hand these to hospital patients when in the Sunderland Royal Hospital request collecting.

31/03/2025

Patient Shaun at the Royal Hospital, who at the time was being visited by his daughter, was delighted to receive the very first of our brand new specially designed bookmarks!
These bookmarks are more than just page markers!
They're packed with useful information, including a reminder on how to listen to our much-loved record request programme and a direct link to our website.
They are available from our volunteer ward visitors.
We hope they bring a little extra joy to everyone's reading.

We would like to give our thanks the Barbour Foundation for kindly funding the cost of these.

30/11/2024

Recruiting volunteers at Silksworth Sainbury’s during November with our new pop-up recruiting banner on display.
Thank you to everyone who showed an interest and we look forward to meeting you again soon.
A special mention to the customers who threw their change into our collection buckets.
A fantastic £324 was collected plus another £10 donated via our PayPal Account.
Last but not least we like to give our thanks to the wonderful store staff for making us so welcome.