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| name = Radio Lollipop
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| image = Radio Lollipop logo.png
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| registration_id = '''''England and Wales:''''' 280817<br/>'''''Scotland:''''' SC039505
| registration_id = '''''England and Wales:''''' 280817<br/>'''''Scotland:''''' SC039505
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| location = 6 New Street Square, London, EC4A 3LX
| location = Charlotte Building, 17 Gresse Street, London, W1T 1QL
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| area_served = Australia<br/>New Zealand<br/>United Kingdom<br/>United States<br/>South Africa
| area_served = Australia<br/>New Zealand<br/>United Kingdom<br/>United States<br/>South Africa
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| method = Radio programming and play interaction at the bedside and in the playrooms
| mission = Entertaining children in [[hospital]]
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| homepage = https://radiolollipop.org
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| non-profit_slogan = For children in hospital
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'''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''' 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.


==History==
==History==
Radio Lollipop was founded in 1978 at [[St. Helier Hospital|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.
Radio Lollipop was founded in 1978 at [[St. Helier Hospital|Queen Mary's Hospital for Children]] in [[Surrey, England]], at first primarily as a cable-wired station for the 460 children in the hospital. The station made its first broadcast on 5 May 1979, when the 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 [[United Kingdom|British]] hospitals.
Following the success of the first station, the [[International Year of the Child]] Committee provided funding in 1980 to develop Radio Lollipops in other [[United Kingdom|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. In most hospitals the programme is wired to speakers in wards, rather than actually broadcast, however a central studio, with on-air Presenters, open to children provides a focal point and base. There is a project under-way to carry feed from other hospitals in different time zones throughout the day, via the internet. Radio Lollipop is run entirely by unpaid volunteers, (usually a mix of city business people, retirees and medical students), and usually operates in the evenings.
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, comedy and competitions. In most hospitals, the programme is wired to speakers in wards, rather than actually broadcast, but a central studio, with on-air presenters, provides a focal point and base, and is open to children. There is a project under-way to carry feed from other hospitals in different time zones throughout the day, via the internet. Radio Lollipop is run entirely by unpaid volunteers, usually a mix of city business people, retirees and medical students, 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/06/25/earlyshow/main2974492.shtml|title=Radio Lollipop Sweetens Hospital Stays|publisher=}}</ref>
In 1985, the first Radio Lollipop outside the UK was started at the [[Princess Margaret Hospital for Children]] in [[Perth]], Western Australia. It was brought to Perth by Steve and Pat Salter, a couple from the United Kingdom. From that beginning, the organisation has expanded to hospitals in the east coast of Australia, New Zealand, and America.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/radio-lollipop-sweetens-hospital-stays/|title=Radio Lollipop Sweetens Hospital Stays|website=[[CBS News]] |publisher=}}</ref>


Radio Lollipop is in one of the largest and most famous specialist children referral hospitals in the world, [[Great Ormond Street Hospital]] for Children, where it provides play services to children in 390 beds on 21 wards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ich.ucl.ac.uk/publications/roundabout/october/lollipop.html|title=Search Results - Great Ormond Street Hospital|website=www.ich.ucl.ac.uk}}</ref> It originally broadcast radio from and held play sessions in a former [[Jubilee line]] tube train that was craned into the hospital and converted to house the Radio Lollipop studio.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timeout.com/london/big-smoke/features/2817/London_Underground-s_old_tube_trains.html|title=London Underground's old tube trains|website=Time Out London}}</ref>
Radio Lollipop is in one of the largest specialist children referral hospitals in the world, [[Great Ormond Street Hospital]] for Children, where it provides play services to children in 390 beds on 21 wards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ich.ucl.ac.uk/publications/roundabout/october/lollipop.html|title=Search Results - Great Ormond Street Hospital|website=www.ich.ucl.ac.uk}}</ref> It originally broadcast radio from, and held play sessions in, a former [[Jubilee line]] tube train that was craned into the hospital and converted to house the Radio Lollipop studio.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timeout.com/london/big-smoke/features/2817/London_Underground-s_old_tube_trains.html|title=London Underground's old tube trains|website=Time Out London}}</ref>


==Locations==
==Locations==
[[File:Radio Lollipop, Pediatrics Ward Block B at Gold Coast University Hospital.jpg|thumb|upright|Radio Lollipop, Pediatrics Ward Block B at Gold Coast University Hospital]]
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[[File:Starship Hospital Bottom.jpg|thumb|upright|Starship hospital's atrium, location of its radio station.]]


===Australia===
===Australia===
*[[Mater Children's Hospital]]
*[[Perth Children's Hospital]], Perth, Western Australia
*[[Queensland Children's Hospital]], [[Brisbane]]
*[[St John of God Murdoch Hospital]], Murdoch, Western Australia
*[[Princess Margaret Hospital for Children|Princess Margaret Hospital]], [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]]
*[[Fiona Stanley Hospital]], Murdoch, Western Australia
*[[Fremantle Hospital]], [[Fremantle, Western Australia|Fremantle]]
*[[St John of God Midland Hospital]], Midland, Western Australia
*[[Joondalup Health Campus]], Joondalup, Western Australia
*[[Fiona Stanley Hospital]], Murdoch
*[[Joondalup Health Campus]], [[Joondalup, Western Australia|Joondalup]]
*[[Armadale Kelmscott District Memorial Hospital]], Armadale, Western Australia
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*[[Rockingham, Western Australia]]
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*[[Logan Hospital]], [[Meadowbrook, Queensland|Meadowbrook]]
*[[Gold Coast University Hospital]], [[Southport, Queensland|Southport]],
*[[Kalgoorlie Regional Hospital]], Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
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*[[Mater Children's Hospital]], Brisbane, Queensland
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*[[Rockingham, Western Australia|Rockingham]], [[Kalgoorlie]]
*[[Monash Children's Hospital]]
*[[Queensland Children's Hospital]], Brisbane, Queensland
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*[[Logan Hospital]], Meadowbrook, Queensland
*[[Gold Coast University Hospital]], Southport, Queensland
*[[Monash Children's Hospital]], Melbourne, Victoria


===New Zealand===
===New Zealand===
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[[File:Starship Hospital Bottom.jpg|thumb|upright|Starship hospital's atrium, location of its radio station]]
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*[[Starship Children's Hospital]]
*[[Auckland Hospital]], [[Auckland]]
*[[Starship Children's Hospital]], [[Auckland]]
*[[Kidz First]]
*[[Kidz First]], [[Middlemore Hospital]], [[Auckland]]
*[[Middlemore Hospital]]
*[[Waitakere Hospital]], [[Auckland]]
*[[Waitakere Hospital]], [[Auckland]]
*[[Manukau Superclinic]], [[Auckland]]
*[[Manukau SuperClinic]], [[Auckland]]
*Christchurch Hospital
*[[Christchurch Hospital]], [[Christchurch]]
*Whangarei Base Hospital
*Whangarei Base Hospital, [[Whangārei]]


===United Kingdom===
===United Kingdom===
*[[Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh|Royal Hospital for Sick Children]], [[Edinburgh]]
*[[Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh|Royal Hospital for Sick Children]], [[Edinburgh]]
*[[Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow|Royal Hospital for Sick Children]], [[Glasgow]]
*[[Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow|Royal Hospital for Children]], [[Glasgow]]
*[[Birmingham Children's Hospital]], [[Birmingham]]
*[[Birmingham Children's Hospital]], [[Birmingham]]
*[[Royal Victoria Infirmary]], [[Newcastle-upon-Tyne]]
*[[Royal Victoria Infirmary]], [[Newcastle-upon-Tyne]]
*[[Bristol Royal Hospital for Children]], [[Bristol]]
*[[Bristol Royal Hospital for Children]], [[Bristol]]
*[[Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust]], [[Southampton]]
*[[University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust]], [[Southampton]]
*[[Royal Manchester Children's Hospital|Manchester Children's Hospital]] NHS Trust, [[Manchester]]
*[[Royal Manchester Children's Hospital|Manchester Children's Hospital]] NHS Trust, [[Manchester]]
*[[Ninewell's Hospital and Medical School]], [[Dundee]]
*[[Ninewells Hospital|Ninewells Hospital and Medical School]], [[Dundee]]
*[[Great Ormond Street Hospital]], [[London]]
*[[Great Ormond Street Hospital]], [[London]]
*[[Evelina Children's Hospital]], [[London]]
*[[Evelina Children's Hospital]], [[London]]

Latest revision as of 19:58, 29 August 2024

Radio Lollipop
Founded1978
Registration no.England and Wales: 280817
Scotland: SC039505
Location
  • Charlotte Building, 17 Gresse Street, London, W1T 1QL
Area served
Australia
New Zealand
United Kingdom
United States
South Africa
MethodRadio programming and play interaction at the bedside and in the playrooms
Websitehttps://radiolollipop.org

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.

History

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Radio Lollipop was founded in 1978 at Queen Mary's Hospital for Children in Surrey, England, at first primarily as a cable-wired station for the 460 children in the hospital. The station made its first broadcast on 5 May 1979, when the first Radio Lollipop went on-air.

Following the success of the first station, the International Year of the Child Committee provided funding in 1980 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, comedy and competitions. In most hospitals, the programme is wired to speakers in wards, rather than actually broadcast, but a central studio, with on-air presenters, provides a focal point and base, and is open to children. There is a project under-way to carry feed from other hospitals in different time zones throughout the day, via the internet. Radio Lollipop is run entirely by unpaid volunteers, usually a mix of city business people, retirees and medical students, and usually operates in the evenings.

In 1985, the first Radio Lollipop outside the UK was started at the Princess Margaret Hospital for Children in Perth, Western Australia. It was brought to Perth by Steve and Pat Salter, a couple from the United Kingdom. From that beginning, the organisation has expanded to hospitals in the east coast of Australia, New Zealand, and America.[1]

Radio Lollipop is in one of the largest specialist children referral hospitals in the world, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, where it provides play services to children in 390 beds on 21 wards.[2] It originally broadcast radio from, and held play sessions in, a former Jubilee line tube train that was craned into the hospital and converted to house the Radio Lollipop studio.[3]

Locations

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Radio Lollipop, Pediatrics Ward Block B at Gold Coast University Hospital

Australia

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New Zealand

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Starship hospital's atrium, location of its radio station

United Kingdom

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United States

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South Africa

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References

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  1. ^ "Radio Lollipop Sweetens Hospital Stays". CBS News.
  2. ^ "Search Results - Great Ormond Street Hospital". www.ich.ucl.ac.uk.
  3. ^ "London Underground's old tube trains". Time Out London.
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