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Giving Tuesday - 26 hours of Community Radio on shmuFM

Station House Media Unit’s shmuFM is kicking off its first ever Giving Tuesday at 9am on 27th November with 26 hours of live community radio broadcasting.

Date added: 20/11/2018

Summer Sessions at shmu 2026

Our free Summer Sessions programme offers a wide range of creative, hands-on experiences designed to inspire young people throughout the school holidays.

Whether your child is interested in film, music, media,radio or podcast production, there’s something for all to explore, create and enjoy.

Date added: 12/05/2026

We are delighted to share shmu’s Annual Report for 2024/25 – a celebration of another remarkable year of connecting people, empowering communities, and creating real and lasting change across Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire

Date added: 19/12/2025

CashBack North East 2024-25 Report

The 2024-25 report for our CashBack NorthEast programme has been published.

CashBack for Communities is the Scottish Government’s programme which repurposes money seized from proceeds of crime into projects for young people who face disadvantage.

Date added: 05/11/2025

Aberdeen Student Show contributes to shmu

We were delighted to be invited to the recent disbursement ceremony for the Aberdeen Student Show!

The Student Show raised a phenomenal, record breaking amount of money with their recent show 'Seagully Blonde' - a whopping £167,439.04 for 50 local charities.

Date added: 05/08/2025

Wellbeing Wednesdays at shmu HQ

Join us for a cuppa, a chat and a range of wellbeing activities on Wednesdays at shmu

Our Wellbeing Hub takes place every Wednesday from 2pm - 4pm at shmu HQ, Station Road, Woodside

We also hold a Wellbeing Walk on the last Wednesday of the month from 1pm - 2pm (check our socials for location)

Date added: 05/08/2025

Have a look at our Annual Report 2023-24

We are hugely excited to share shmu’s Annual Report for 2023/24, a celebration of another remarkable year of connecting people, empowering communities, and creating real and lasting change across Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire.

Date added: 20/12/2024

Tim Brown

An exciting digital broadcasting future for the city

We are applying for a small-scale Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) licence through Ofcom to run an initiative that will provide an exciting opportunity for the future of radio in the city.

The new Small Scale DAB platform will carry up to twenty different stations in digital quality and will provide an affordable long-term digital future for many existing broadcasters, as well as offering a platform to support local broadcasters to flourish.

Date added: 19/04/2022

Youth Media vs Chemistry!

Our Youth Media Team were recently visited by Dr Alan McCue from the University of Aberdeen in partnership with the Curiosity Fund during British Science Week! The group got to watch multiple chemistry demonstrations, film them and speak about it on their radio show.

Check out the video, then read on to find out what some of the group thought of it all...

Date added: 05/04/2022