The volunteers involved with the Torry’s Vision community magazine and the support team at shmu are passionate about continuing their magazine during this time. Torry’s Vision is put together by volunteers in partnership with shmu and its purpose is to share important local information, celebrate the community and encourage positive social change around the issues the community is passionate about.
After five incredible years of the Media Access Project (MAP) in HMP Grampian, it's time to say goodbye to this trailblazing project, celebrate its success and impact, and look to the future.
it’s been great to be back on air with shmu! I’ve been off air for a few months due to health reasons but since lockdown I’ve been able to record my shows from the comfort of my own home. Choosing the music, recording the links and editing. No two shows are ever produced the same way.
In light of the latest advice from the government and the NHS regarding coronavirus, we have made the difficult decision to close our building temporarily.This means that for the foreseeable future we will be working remotely and broadcasting community information in a different format.
We’re trying to understand how the sector is currently operating (and realise that is now changing on a daily, even hourly, basis), where there are gaps and how they are bridged, and how we can target those gaps.
As part of our ‘Staying Connected’ project, our team have been working on a prison radio request campaign to get messages of support and music requests into the prison through our daily radio show – Grampian Lowdown.
I have been running a radio broadcast for several years - I present the Aberdeen Baltic Show. This year I started learning the radio again through doing an SQA but due to the coronavirus it was all stopped and we are having to work from home.
