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BBC
raises Voices in Telford
An
ambitious new BBC project is about to give a radio voice to the
local community of Woodside in Telford.
From
17 March, BBC Radio Shropshire will spend three months broadcasting
from Woodside as part of Voices - a national BBC venture that sees
BBC staff working closely with local people giving them an opportunity
to tell their own stories.
Voices
in Telford focuses on Woodside, an urban neighbourhood currently
undergoing regeneration. Combining on and off air activity the project
will help raise the profile of the area and celebrate its strong
community spirit.
BBC
Radio Shropshire launch the project at Park Lane Youth Centre on
Monday 17 March. The launch includes a live broadcast into Chris
Ashley's programme (11.00am to noon) featuring people from Woodside
and music by the Abraham Darby School Band.
The
broadcast will be followed by a lunch prepared by Woodside Family
Groups.
A weekly
Voices programme begins in April on BBC Radio Shropshire, followed
by a week of intensive broadcasting on the station in May, and culminating
in a celebratory outside broadcast in Woodside on Saturday 21 June.
Michael
Cleere, BBC Radio Shropshire Voices Producer, says: "It's an
exciting project that we hope will really capture the spirit of
Woodside through the lives and experiences of the local people.
"We'll
hear from people who if it weren't for Voices may never be heard
on radio, and we're aiming to make some practical and positive changes
with the help of people in the area."
To
find out more about the project, visit - www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire.
BBC
Radio Shropshire broadcasts on 96, 95, 90 & 104.1FM.
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