Hospital Radio Colchester (Charity Registration No. 1053331)
Trustees' Annual Report for the year ended 31st December 2003
March 2004
Forward
This report has been compiled in accordance with the provisions of Section 23 of the Charities Act 1992 and the Statement of Recommended Practice (Accounting by Charities) October 2000.
This report has been prepared on behalf of the Management Committee (The Trustees) by the Hon Secretary and Treasurer. The report has been agreed by the Management Committee (The Trustees) for submission to, and adoption by, the Annual General Meeting of members on Tuesday 30th March 2004.
Legal & Administrative Information
1. The name and address of the Charity is Hospital Radio Colchester, Hospital Radio Studios, Wilson Marriage Centre, Barrack Street, Colchester, Essex. C01 2LR.
2. The governing instrument of the Charity is its Constitution, as amended at the AGM on 29th May 1998. The Management Committee are the Managing Trustees.
3. The names of the Managing Trustees who served during 2003 are as follows.
Mrs Christine Bennett (Chair)
Mr Mark Roberts (Vice Chair)
Mr Kevin Biggs (Treasurer) - From 3rd April
Mr Andy Patrick (Secretary)
Mr David Morgan (Treasurer / Fund Raising Officer)
Mr Ray Jennings (Chief Engineer)
Mr William Street (OPC / Chief Hospital Visitor)
Mr Andrew Thompson (Publicity Officer)
Mr Trevor Richards (Membership Secretary) - From 3rd April
Mr Martyn Rainbird (OPC) - From 3rd April
New trustees are elected annually by the general membership for a term of 1 year.
The Charity operates 2 bank accounts. Current account at Barclays Bank, High Street, Colchester and a CAFCASH charity account with the Charity Aids Foundation, West Malling, Kent.
The Independent examiner of the Charities accounts for the 2003 financial year is Mr Peter Patrick.
Narrative Information
4. Objects
In accordance with the Objects of the Charity specified in the Constitution, Hospital Radio Colchester provides a local radio service for patients in the Colchester General and Essex County Hospitals.
5. Policy
Hospital Radio Colchester has continued its policy of operating and managing the radio service and the facilities at the Studios, within its financial resources.
6. Organisation
Hospital Radio Colchester is organised as follows.
i) The AGM elects 4 Officers (Chairman, Vice Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer) and 6 other members to fulfil specific roles (Overall Programme Coordinator, Chief Engineer, Membership Secretary, Chief Hospital Visitor, Publicity Officer and Fund Raising Chairman). The Officers and the other members make up the Management Committee, which administers the management of the service.
ii) Programme Controllers are appointed by the Management Committee to organise teams of presenters on weekly broadcast teams.
iii) The Management Committee appoints Sub-Committees/Working Parties, as appropriate.
7. Membership
Hospital Radio Colchester is staffed entirely by volunteers who present programmes, visit the hospitals and take part in fund raising activities.
Review of Activities - 2003
8. General Review
The trustees are pleased to report as follows.
a. Programmes / Membership:
During 2003 the number of hours of locally produced programmes broadcast each week remained at approx. 30 hours per week. Some additional special one-off programmes were added to the schedule during the year but in general our output remained consistent. Towards the end of the year we began test transmissions of the new 24-hour service.
Membership of the service during 2003 reduced to an average of approx. 50 members involved with programming, fundraising and hospital visiting. This was due to several established members leaving the service during the year. Whilst the number of potential volunteers has remained consistent the number of these volunteers who went on to join the service was very small. That said we did recruit some new members during the year, most of them taking on roles to boost the request
teams. We also welcomed back some members from the past.
2003 saw some movements of volunteers between teams and new Team Leaders being appointed for the Monday, Thursday and Sunday AM teams.
b. Fundraising:
Following the changes for Golden Jubilee year, Hospital Radio Colchester's annual Fun Day reverted back to its more traditional format for 2003. The event on 26th May attracted more than 5000 people to Colchester's Lower Castle Park and included live music, arena events, charity stalls and children's fun fair.
The event remains our biggest single fundraising event and raised a record £4800 for HRC. In addition even more money was raised for local charities through our policy of providing free pitches to other local charities.
Other successful fund raising activities during the year included Catering for the Firework Display in Castle Park on 5th November, raising over £960, and the HRC Roadshow unit, which raised more than £1500.
c. 40th Birthday:
During 2003 Hospital Radio Colchester celebrated it's 40th anniversary of providing special programmes to Colchester Hospitals. The highlight of the year was a formal reception in the Mayor's parlour at the Colchester Town Hall, in which more than 60 past and current members celebrated and reminisced on how the service started and has developed since 1963. HRC's founder Chairman Keith Southern made a special visit from his home in New Zealand to attend the event and also took part in some programmes during his weeklong visit. As part of our 40th anniversary celebrations we were able to secure substantial sponsorship for 3 of the weeknight request programmes. The Colchester CO-OP, Hatfield's of Colchester and the King Coel Kittens all became sponsors and added £1500 to HRC funds.
New HRC pens and commemorative mugs were also obtained to celebrate the occasion.
d. Patient Power:
2003 saw one of the biggest developments at the Colchester General Hospital that would have a direct and major effect on HRC. As part of the Governments "Patient Power" initiative every bed at the general hospital would be fitted with an individual bedside entertainment unit which provides telephone, TV and radio. The physical installation started in September 2003 and is scheduled to be completed by April 2004. As a result of HRC being part of the project team since the very beginning we were able to ensure that our service was available from day one of the system being turned on. HRC went live
on channel 6 of the system in November 2003. The system was officially launched in March 2004. HRC output also remains on the old air tube system in wards that do not yet have Patientline installed and at the Essex County Hospital.
As part of the implementation plan HRC identified the need to have a "freephone" service on the Patientline system to allow patients to call the studio free of charge. Due to HRC not being on-site at the General Hospital and some other technical difficulties we were not able to turn the freephone service on immediately. We have worked with both the hospital trust and Patientline to resolve the issues and the "freephone" service is expected to go live during March 2003. Now that Patientline has staff based on-site at the General Hospital we have worked to develop a close relationship and hold
regular formal and informal meetings with the Manager and members of the team.
Patientline staff have also been very co-operative with providing training for our regular ward visitors on how to use the system.
e. Listener Power:
To coincide with the introduction of Patientline the Management Committee has been working on it's own plans to embrace the new technology and to use it to help increase the number of listeners and our profile within the hospitals. During 2003 many aspects of the plan have been looked at with some changes made to how we operate and recommendations for the future.
Some of the changes that have been introduced included, wearing of HRC polo shirts whilst visiting the hospital, renaming of Controllers to Team Leaders, implementation of formal station policy, formal audits of programmes and the introduction of a PC based automation system.
The new automation system (DRS) has been implemented with training for all teams and includes a database of music and pre-recorded programmes. The system is the basis of the new 24-hour service, which is being formally launched early in 2004. Throughout the year we have endeavoured to inform members of the progress of our plans by means of general and specific
team meetings.
Other areas that have been looked at with actions ongoing include the provision of a new radio link between our studios and the hospital sites, freephone for patients, extended patient request shows, more interactive programming and the structure of Management Committee.
f. Hospital Trust / CGH Accommodation:
Relationships with the Management at the Essex Rivers Healthcare Trust continued to prosper during 2003 with regular monthly review meetings being held with Elizabeth Stalley, Head of Facilities at the Trust. Elizabeth and her staff have been championing our cause within the Trust, which has resulted in HRC having a very high profile and being invited onto several working groups within the Trust
Essex Rivers NHS Trust continued with their PFI project to centralise all acute services onto one site (Colchester General). This included obtaining outline planning permission from Colchester Borough Council for a large extension and rebuilding project at the CGH site. The Trust also held an open day at which potential bidders for the contract could obtain further details. During 2004 the process will continue with a preferred bidder being selected towards the end of this year. Building
work is expected to start during 2005 with a staged implementation starting in 2007.
HRC's formal request for accommodation at the CGH site has been formally accepted and our requirements for an area of at least 60sqM have been included in the design documents. HRC's likely accommodation will be near to the new main entrance to the hospital with a large glass window looking into the main studio. We will continue to work as part of the Trust's ongoing
user group to evaluate and determine the final designs.
The Management Committee believe that being located on the main hospital site will bring significant benefits to the service and are committed to making it happen as soon as possible. The amount set aside towards relocation costs has been increased to £10000.
g. Public Relations:
External Public Relations activities increased again during 2003. Of particular note were guest interviews on BBC Essex, including coverage of our 40th birthday and a live interview from the Mercury Theatre. Several items appeared in the local press throughout the year as well as the substantial PR as a result of the increasing number of Roadshows. In the hospitals we achieved better circulation of the "Smile" patient magazines, with the magazine now viewed as a true patient magazine by the Hospital Trust and new posters advertising HRC produced for the wards and public areas. During 2004 publicity in the
hospitals will increase further through adverts on the Patientline screens at the bedsides and by vending machines.
HRC's web site (www.hrcolchester.co.uk) underwent an update and continues to be a popular way for people to get in touch and to request for a record to be played for a friend or relative whilst in hospital. We have received requests from as far away as America and Australia.
9. Financial Review
The audited statement of accounts and the auditor's formal report for the year ending 31st December 2003 is attached at the end of this report. Salient features of the accounts are as follows.
9.1 General Appraisal
Cash balances held by Hospital Radio Colchester increased to £25,882.11 at the end of 2003. This was due to a surplus of £5,631.68 on Income over Expenditure for the year. The purchase of a new PC and associated software contributed to an increase in equipment assets, however equipment
depreciation costs for 2003 amounted to £2,594.22, which saw the considered value of our equipment assets fall by £613.48 to £7,782.69. The overall effect of the cash surplus and the decrease in equipment assets is an increase of £5,018.20 in our net worth. Net Assets of Hospital Radio Colchester (monetary and equipment) is £33,664.78.
9.2 Income
Donations during 2003 were £5,120.32, up significantly on the £3,297.10 from 2002,
with contributions from two key sources accounting for the majority of the donations. £2,100 was received from the Smile Magazine and £1,500 was received from programme sponsorship, £500 each from King Coel Kittens, Colchester CO-OP and Hatfields of Colchester. Fundraising. Net Income from internal fundraising activities during 2003 raised a total of £7,248.60 compared to £5,674.95 the previous year. Our main event, the HRC Fun Day in June, raised £4,676.04. Bonfire night catering on November 5th
raised £836.52. Income from Roadshows was £1,736.04, £200 of which was from 2002 events.
Bank Interest in 2003 of £443.85 was similar to the figure of £435.75 from the previous year and reflects the continued low level of bank interest rates generally.
Sundry Income and Membership Fees brought the total income for 2003 to £15,247.86 compared to £11,600.20 in 2002.
9.3 Expenditure
Total expenditure for 2003 was £9,616.18, a decrease of £3,091.40. This included BT line rental of £1681.42, accommodation costs of £1,510.55 and total fundraising expenses of £1,753.69. Studio maintenance costs for 2003 reduced to £166.71 from £311.69 in 2002. A total of £2,060.58 was spent on studio and general studio items and equipment. The majority of this amount £1,980.74 was
added to our equipment assets. Public Relations costs for 2003 amounted to £1,481.91. This item included the promotion and holding of events to commemorate the 40th Anniversary. £799.88 was spent on commemorative mugs and pens, £351.08 on items for the 40th Anniversary party. A further £391.95 was spent on the purchase of new T-shirts for members. Other expenditure included £243.94 for insurance, £100.13 on new CD's, £284.94 for the studio phone and £126.48 on administration.
10. Prospects for 2004
The Trustees feel that after another successful year Hospital Radio Colchester remains in a very strong financial position for the year 2004 and beyond. However we believe we still have some challenges ahead in ensuring we provide a beneficial service for patients. Now that the Patientline terminals will be installed at every bed at the Colchester General Hospital our primary focus for the year 2004 will be on ensuring that we provide a unique service to our listeners that they want to listen to and take part in. To help achieve this there will be extra emphasis on producing more patient-interactive programmes and extending the patient request shows to include new wards that have previously not been able to receive our programmes. HRC's presence and awareness at the hospitals will be increased further and we will continue to use technology to allow us to make the best use of our volunteers and will remain focused on the core objects of Hospital Radio Colchester. HRC's 24-hour schedule will be implemented in full with a wide range of both entertainment and factual programming produced in-house and from external sources. We will continually monitor the results of both patient surveys and listening statistics from Patientline to ensure we are providing a "complete" service to our listeners. It is anticipated that another recruitment drive will take place during 2004. We will continue to work closely with the hospital authorities to ensure that Hospital Radio Colchester is recognised as an integral part of the hospitals services.
11. Approval by Management Committee
This report was submitted to and approved by the Management Committee (the Trustees) on Friday 26th March 2004 for submission to the Annual General Meeting of Hospital Radio Colchester on Tuesday 30th March 2004. Signed on behalf of the Management Committee:
C. Bennett (Chairman)
M. Roberts (Vice Chairman / Station Manager)
Trustees' Annual Report for the year ended 31st December 2003
March 2004
Forward
This report has been compiled in accordance with the provisions of Section 23 of the Charities Act 1992 and the Statement of Recommended Practice (Accounting by Charities) October 2000.
This report has been prepared on behalf of the Management Committee (The Trustees) by the Hon Secretary and Treasurer. The report has been agreed by the Management Committee (The Trustees) for submission to, and adoption by, the Annual General Meeting of members on Tuesday 30th March 2004.
Legal & Administrative Information
1. The name and address of the Charity is Hospital Radio Colchester, Hospital Radio Studios, Wilson Marriage Centre, Barrack Street, Colchester, Essex. C01 2LR.
2. The governing instrument of the Charity is its Constitution, as amended at the AGM on 29th May 1998. The Management Committee are the Managing Trustees.
3. The names of the Managing Trustees who served during 2003 are as follows.
Mrs Christine Bennett (Chair)
Mr Mark Roberts (Vice Chair)
Mr Kevin Biggs (Treasurer) - From 3rd April
Mr Andy Patrick (Secretary)
Mr David Morgan (Treasurer / Fund Raising Officer)
Mr Ray Jennings (Chief Engineer)
Mr William Street (OPC / Chief Hospital Visitor)
Mr Andrew Thompson (Publicity Officer)
Mr Trevor Richards (Membership Secretary) - From 3rd April
Mr Martyn Rainbird (OPC) - From 3rd April
New trustees are elected annually by the general membership for a term of 1 year.
The Charity operates 2 bank accounts. Current account at Barclays Bank, High Street, Colchester and a CAFCASH charity account with the Charity Aids Foundation, West Malling, Kent.
The Independent examiner of the Charities accounts for the 2003 financial year is Mr Peter Patrick.
Narrative Information
4. Objects
In accordance with the Objects of the Charity specified in the Constitution, Hospital Radio Colchester provides a local radio service for patients in the Colchester General and Essex County Hospitals.
5. Policy
Hospital Radio Colchester has continued its policy of operating and managing the radio service and the facilities at the Studios, within its financial resources.
6. Organisation
Hospital Radio Colchester is organised as follows.
i) The AGM elects 4 Officers (Chairman, Vice Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer) and 6 other members to fulfil specific roles (Overall Programme Coordinator, Chief Engineer, Membership Secretary, Chief Hospital Visitor, Publicity Officer and Fund Raising Chairman). The Officers and the other members make up the Management Committee, which administers the management of the service.
ii) Programme Controllers are appointed by the Management Committee to organise teams of presenters on weekly broadcast teams.
iii) The Management Committee appoints Sub-Committees/Working Parties, as appropriate.
7. Membership
Hospital Radio Colchester is staffed entirely by volunteers who present programmes, visit the hospitals and take part in fund raising activities.
Review of Activities - 2003
8. General Review
The trustees are pleased to report as follows.
a. Programmes / Membership:
During 2003 the number of hours of locally produced programmes broadcast each week remained at approx. 30 hours per week. Some additional special one-off programmes were added to the schedule during the year but in general our output remained consistent. Towards the end of the year we began test transmissions of the new 24-hour service.
Membership of the service during 2003 reduced to an average of approx. 50 members involved with programming, fundraising and hospital visiting. This was due to several established members leaving the service during the year. Whilst the number of potential volunteers has remained consistent the number of these volunteers who went on to join the service was very small. That said we did recruit some new members during the year, most of them taking on roles to boost the request
teams. We also welcomed back some members from the past.
2003 saw some movements of volunteers between teams and new Team Leaders being appointed for the Monday, Thursday and Sunday AM teams.
b. Fundraising:
Following the changes for Golden Jubilee year, Hospital Radio Colchester's annual Fun Day reverted back to its more traditional format for 2003. The event on 26th May attracted more than 5000 people to Colchester's Lower Castle Park and included live music, arena events, charity stalls and children's fun fair.
The event remains our biggest single fundraising event and raised a record £4800 for HRC. In addition even more money was raised for local charities through our policy of providing free pitches to other local charities.
Other successful fund raising activities during the year included Catering for the Firework Display in Castle Park on 5th November, raising over £960, and the HRC Roadshow unit, which raised more than £1500.
c. 40th Birthday:
During 2003 Hospital Radio Colchester celebrated it's 40th anniversary of providing special programmes to Colchester Hospitals. The highlight of the year was a formal reception in the Mayor's parlour at the Colchester Town Hall, in which more than 60 past and current members celebrated and reminisced on how the service started and has developed since 1963. HRC's founder Chairman Keith Southern made a special visit from his home in New Zealand to attend the event and also took part in some programmes during his weeklong visit. As part of our 40th anniversary celebrations we were able to secure substantial sponsorship for 3 of the weeknight request programmes. The Colchester CO-OP, Hatfield's of Colchester and the King Coel Kittens all became sponsors and added £1500 to HRC funds.
New HRC pens and commemorative mugs were also obtained to celebrate the occasion.
d. Patient Power:
2003 saw one of the biggest developments at the Colchester General Hospital that would have a direct and major effect on HRC. As part of the Governments "Patient Power" initiative every bed at the general hospital would be fitted with an individual bedside entertainment unit which provides telephone, TV and radio. The physical installation started in September 2003 and is scheduled to be completed by April 2004. As a result of HRC being part of the project team since the very beginning we were able to ensure that our service was available from day one of the system being turned on. HRC went live
on channel 6 of the system in November 2003. The system was officially launched in March 2004. HRC output also remains on the old air tube system in wards that do not yet have Patientline installed and at the Essex County Hospital.
As part of the implementation plan HRC identified the need to have a "freephone" service on the Patientline system to allow patients to call the studio free of charge. Due to HRC not being on-site at the General Hospital and some other technical difficulties we were not able to turn the freephone service on immediately. We have worked with both the hospital trust and Patientline to resolve the issues and the "freephone" service is expected to go live during March 2003. Now that Patientline has staff based on-site at the General Hospital we have worked to develop a close relationship and hold
regular formal and informal meetings with the Manager and members of the team.
Patientline staff have also been very co-operative with providing training for our regular ward visitors on how to use the system.
e. Listener Power:
To coincide with the introduction of Patientline the Management Committee has been working on it's own plans to embrace the new technology and to use it to help increase the number of listeners and our profile within the hospitals. During 2003 many aspects of the plan have been looked at with some changes made to how we operate and recommendations for the future.
Some of the changes that have been introduced included, wearing of HRC polo shirts whilst visiting the hospital, renaming of Controllers to Team Leaders, implementation of formal station policy, formal audits of programmes and the introduction of a PC based automation system.
The new automation system (DRS) has been implemented with training for all teams and includes a database of music and pre-recorded programmes. The system is the basis of the new 24-hour service, which is being formally launched early in 2004. Throughout the year we have endeavoured to inform members of the progress of our plans by means of general and specific
team meetings.
Other areas that have been looked at with actions ongoing include the provision of a new radio link between our studios and the hospital sites, freephone for patients, extended patient request shows, more interactive programming and the structure of Management Committee.
f. Hospital Trust / CGH Accommodation:
Relationships with the Management at the Essex Rivers Healthcare Trust continued to prosper during 2003 with regular monthly review meetings being held with Elizabeth Stalley, Head of Facilities at the Trust. Elizabeth and her staff have been championing our cause within the Trust, which has resulted in HRC having a very high profile and being invited onto several working groups within the Trust
Essex Rivers NHS Trust continued with their PFI project to centralise all acute services onto one site (Colchester General). This included obtaining outline planning permission from Colchester Borough Council for a large extension and rebuilding project at the CGH site. The Trust also held an open day at which potential bidders for the contract could obtain further details. During 2004 the process will continue with a preferred bidder being selected towards the end of this year. Building
work is expected to start during 2005 with a staged implementation starting in 2007.
HRC's formal request for accommodation at the CGH site has been formally accepted and our requirements for an area of at least 60sqM have been included in the design documents. HRC's likely accommodation will be near to the new main entrance to the hospital with a large glass window looking into the main studio. We will continue to work as part of the Trust's ongoing
user group to evaluate and determine the final designs.
The Management Committee believe that being located on the main hospital site will bring significant benefits to the service and are committed to making it happen as soon as possible. The amount set aside towards relocation costs has been increased to £10000.
g. Public Relations:
External Public Relations activities increased again during 2003. Of particular note were guest interviews on BBC Essex, including coverage of our 40th birthday and a live interview from the Mercury Theatre. Several items appeared in the local press throughout the year as well as the substantial PR as a result of the increasing number of Roadshows. In the hospitals we achieved better circulation of the "Smile" patient magazines, with the magazine now viewed as a true patient magazine by the Hospital Trust and new posters advertising HRC produced for the wards and public areas. During 2004 publicity in the
hospitals will increase further through adverts on the Patientline screens at the bedsides and by vending machines.
HRC's web site (www.hrcolchester.co.uk) underwent an update and continues to be a popular way for people to get in touch and to request for a record to be played for a friend or relative whilst in hospital. We have received requests from as far away as America and Australia.
9. Financial Review
The audited statement of accounts and the auditor's formal report for the year ending 31st December 2003 is attached at the end of this report. Salient features of the accounts are as follows.
9.1 General Appraisal
Cash balances held by Hospital Radio Colchester increased to £25,882.11 at the end of 2003. This was due to a surplus of £5,631.68 on Income over Expenditure for the year. The purchase of a new PC and associated software contributed to an increase in equipment assets, however equipment
depreciation costs for 2003 amounted to £2,594.22, which saw the considered value of our equipment assets fall by £613.48 to £7,782.69. The overall effect of the cash surplus and the decrease in equipment assets is an increase of £5,018.20 in our net worth. Net Assets of Hospital Radio Colchester (monetary and equipment) is £33,664.78.
9.2 Income
Donations during 2003 were £5,120.32, up significantly on the £3,297.10 from 2002,
with contributions from two key sources accounting for the majority of the donations. £2,100 was received from the Smile Magazine and £1,500 was received from programme sponsorship, £500 each from King Coel Kittens, Colchester CO-OP and Hatfields of Colchester. Fundraising. Net Income from internal fundraising activities during 2003 raised a total of £7,248.60 compared to £5,674.95 the previous year. Our main event, the HRC Fun Day in June, raised £4,676.04. Bonfire night catering on November 5th
raised £836.52. Income from Roadshows was £1,736.04, £200 of which was from 2002 events.
Bank Interest in 2003 of £443.85 was similar to the figure of £435.75 from the previous year and reflects the continued low level of bank interest rates generally.
Sundry Income and Membership Fees brought the total income for 2003 to £15,247.86 compared to £11,600.20 in 2002.
9.3 Expenditure
Total expenditure for 2003 was £9,616.18, a decrease of £3,091.40. This included BT line rental of £1681.42, accommodation costs of £1,510.55 and total fundraising expenses of £1,753.69. Studio maintenance costs for 2003 reduced to £166.71 from £311.69 in 2002. A total of £2,060.58 was spent on studio and general studio items and equipment. The majority of this amount £1,980.74 was
added to our equipment assets. Public Relations costs for 2003 amounted to £1,481.91. This item included the promotion and holding of events to commemorate the 40th Anniversary. £799.88 was spent on commemorative mugs and pens, £351.08 on items for the 40th Anniversary party. A further £391.95 was spent on the purchase of new T-shirts for members. Other expenditure included £243.94 for insurance, £100.13 on new CD's, £284.94 for the studio phone and £126.48 on administration.
10. Prospects for 2004
The Trustees feel that after another successful year Hospital Radio Colchester remains in a very strong financial position for the year 2004 and beyond. However we believe we still have some challenges ahead in ensuring we provide a beneficial service for patients. Now that the Patientline terminals will be installed at every bed at the Colchester General Hospital our primary focus for the year 2004 will be on ensuring that we provide a unique service to our listeners that they want to listen to and take part in. To help achieve this there will be extra emphasis on producing more patient-interactive programmes and extending the patient request shows to include new wards that have previously not been able to receive our programmes. HRC's presence and awareness at the hospitals will be increased further and we will continue to use technology to allow us to make the best use of our volunteers and will remain focused on the core objects of Hospital Radio Colchester. HRC's 24-hour schedule will be implemented in full with a wide range of both entertainment and factual programming produced in-house and from external sources. We will continually monitor the results of both patient surveys and listening statistics from Patientline to ensure we are providing a "complete" service to our listeners. It is anticipated that another recruitment drive will take place during 2004. We will continue to work closely with the hospital authorities to ensure that Hospital Radio Colchester is recognised as an integral part of the hospitals services.
11. Approval by Management Committee
This report was submitted to and approved by the Management Committee (the Trustees) on Friday 26th March 2004 for submission to the Annual General Meeting of Hospital Radio Colchester on Tuesday 30th March 2004. Signed on behalf of the Management Committee:
C. Bennett (Chairman)
M. Roberts (Vice Chairman / Station Manager)
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