26th annual youth radio broadcast by students aged 5 to 19, with a focus on Anti-Bullying Week and mental health, on 87.7FM and online.
Eastbourne Youth Radio is back for its 26th annual broadcast, running from Wednesday 18th to Friday 20th November at East Sussex College, Cross Levels Way, BN21 2UF. For three days, students aged 5 to 19 take over the airwaves to research, produce, present and perform their own radio shows. It's a proper hands-on thing: they don't just read a script, they build the shows from the ground up, and you can hear them on 87.7FM or online at www.eyr.org.uk.
This year's edition keeps a special focus on Anti-Bullying Week and mental health and wellbeing, with schools from across Eastbourne and the wider East Sussex area taking to the airwaves. It's a good chance to hear what local kids are actually talking about, rather than what adults think they are.
The whole thing is run by the Eastbourne Education Business Partnership (EBP), an Eastbourne charity founded in 1985 that brings education and business together to help local students start their careers. EYR is one of their specialties, and it's a real community effort. The lead sponsor is VACGEN; their representative Sarah Jerkins says the company invests in future talent and wants to inspire interest in science and engineering. A long list of local partners is involved too: Sussex Police, Holding Holding, Switchplane, Lansdowne Hotel, Walfinch Homecare, Up Country Stone Cross, PRG, RadioDGH, Eastbourne Chamber of Commerce, Seahaven FM and St Wilfrid's Hospice. It's a broad cross-section of the town backing it.
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So, from Wednesday 18th to Friday 20th November, you can tune in to 87.7FM or follow along at www.eyr.org.uk to hear Eastbourne's youngest voices on the air.
