Nursery Radio could solve language deficit say speech therapists

A radio diet of songs, stories, rhymes and word games would encourage essential listening and communication skills amongst young children across the UK....

Response to BBC Trust Consultation on the Asian Network

The Asian Network should be replaced with an inclusive radio network to serve and support young children and their families in all our communities. What...

New poll challenges BBC radio policy.

New research has placed the need for a radio network for children on a par with Radio 4Extra, casting doubt on the BBC’s radio policy. A question...

BBC Trust rebuffs review of children’s radio cuts …

The BBC has refused to re-think radical cuts to its children’s radio services. The Baroness Warnock, chair of the Sound Start Group of educators,...

Peers and broadcasters demand Review of BBC Children’s Radio cuts…

A meeting held by the Sound Start Group at the House of Lords on Monday [09/15/2011] has called for a review of the cuts to BBC Children’s Radio. Speakers...

Syndication should not replace BBC children’s radio.

After painful decades of complaints, re-scheduling, re-branding and reduction, The BBC still condemns children’s radio as problematic and un-wanted....

Response to the BBC Trust Consultation on BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 7.

The background: BBC Executives have long argued that children don’t use radio but only want TV and pop music – an opinion largely based...

* Stammering Information Programme *

The Michael Palin Centre for Stammering Children is running a Stammering Information Programme whose aim is to raise awareness within the education system in England of the impact of stammering on the lives of young people. This 2-year project is Government funded and will be completed in December 2010. The Michael Palin Centre’s team of expert therapists has produced a short DVD entitled “Wait, wait, I’m not finished yet….”, together with comprehensive advice leaflets.

* Let’s Make Radio *

The “Let’s Make Radio” workshop was introduced in 2002 and gives children the valuable opportunity to create their own radio programmes. Its purpose is to encourage children to use their imagination and gently promote their ability to listen attentively and perform with confidence whilst they can also learn some of the essential techniques associated with radio production. The most recent event took place at Brighton’s Jubilee Library and invited children aged five to ten years to produce a special Halloween play ‘Sam and the Giant Pumpkin’, and to read their favourite stories and poems.