Primary 4/5 at St. Andrew’s Primary School, Gorebridge have turned their hands to stage production as part of their Enterprise project. The 24 highly enthusiastic pupils have been involved in the organisation of a range of events throughout the year to raise money for their chosen charity, Radio Lollipop.

The grand finale to their enterprise is a talent show superbly titled ‘Stars on the Rise.’ The show has taken the class months of preparation and is sure to be a memorable night. The acts participating in a bid to win the show include dancers, singers, a pianist and comedians.

The school will be turned into a top theatre for the night, filled with glamour as two of Radio Lollipop’s volunteers enter by the red carpet to pose as the infamous Sharon Osbourne and Simon Cowell. They will have the difficult task of choosing the overall winner.

The audience guests will be ushered to their seats where they will be able to relax and be entertained by the Primary 4/5’s as they perform a medley of some much loved ‘Rat Pack’ songs, before watching the 11 acts demonstrating their talents. These will of course be introduced by two glamorous compares.

It is anticipated that as well as families and fellow pupils, joining the audience will be representatives from Midlothian Council and with luck, some celebrities.

The pupils have already raised a fantastic £396 and it is hoped proceeds from the show will take them over the £600 mark.

This is a must see event and takes place on Thursday 5th May 2005 at 7pm in St. Andrew’s Primary School hall.

For further details please contact
Laura Anderson by email at laura.anderson@radiolollipop.org

Radio Lollipop Newcastle has just received the wonderful news that we have been awarded a grant by local charity “Just For Kids”, the official charity of Metro and Magic 1152. The grant of £1750 will help to cover the expenses of running the sustaining radio service for children at Newcastle RVI for another year. The service provides a 24-hour radio service for sick children at the hospital at times when there are no presenters available to perform live shows.

The “Just for Kids” charity provides grants to charities based in the Metro and Magic 1152 radio coverage area and is well-recognised within the region. It is even supported by high profile celebrities like Ant and Dec. We are very grateful that the charity has considered us worthy of a grant and it will free up any other money we are able to raise this year to be spent directly on prizes and games for the children.

The cheque will be presented to Radio Lollipop Newcastle within the next month. It follows another donation from Student Community Action Newcastle (SCAN) after they organised a tombola and lollipop sales to raise money for the Newcastle branch.

If you would like to organise a fundraising event for any of the branches of the charity, feel free to contact us through the website. Any help is very much appreciated!

Traffic was brought to a halt, easter eggs were collected, money was raised and leather-clad bikers dressed up in tutus!

What was the event? The Motorcycle Action Group Scotland’s Annual Easter Egg Run.

Growing in size every year, this year saw over 4000 bikers descend on Yorkhill Hospital to deliver easter eggs for the children, and money raised throughout the year.

This year, Radio Lollipop was asked to provide a (small!) roadshow to entertain the costume-wearing bikers by playing some music, providing updates on money raised, and – as is required at ANY Radio Lollipop roadshow – to get the audience to dance to the YMCA and the slosh! If you’ve never seen a tutu-wearing biker doing the YMCA and the Time Warp – it’s not something we recommend!

As always, the day was a roaring success, with every child getting at least one easter egg, and £15,000 was raised!

On Thursday 24 March, the Easter Bunny made a special trip to the Children’s Hospital in Bristol to help Radio Lollipop volunteers give out Easter Eggs to all the children on the wards.

Radio Lollipop hoped that this event would bring some Easter cheer to the children, despite them being in hospital. The appearance of the Easter Bunny, whose costume and volunteers had been kindly donated by Asda in Whitchurch, made the annual tour of the wards even more special.

The eggs were generously provided by The Mall Galleries in Broadmead and by Asda’s customers. The Eggs were handed out on Thursday evening by the volunteers to all children staying in the hospital, as well as their visiting brothers and sisters. A great evening was had by the children and the volunteers, and we hope that the Easter Bunny will be visiting us again next year!