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WHAT IS GO DESI! ‘Go Desi’ is a community radio project located at Desi Radio, in Southall, West London. The project is supported by funding from V (the national agency promoting and supporting volunteering amongst young people) and provides an exciting opportunity for young people principally to learn some broadcast skills and develop ideas, and to make programmes for the community on a real live community radio station. WHO IS IT FOR? We are looking for you if: ~ you're aged between 16 and 26 ~ you live, work or study in West London and ~ you're keen to learn new skills and make radio content that will really engage younger members of our radio audience. WHAT WILL I BE DOING? You will need to commit to giving some of your time to the project. We will offer you an initial 30 hrs of training and then give you support to work toward programme making and other activity at Desi radio. Your volunteering commitment can be flexible and may fit around your other commitments. During your time with us you can learn skills that will equip you to make programmes. We will encourage you to make the best of your ideas, interests and passions. You may be working on regular live programmes and could find yourself selecting music, booking guests, researching topics, interviewing, editing, devising features and competitions, presenting or producing shows! We also have other activities that you may want to help with including online, marketing and office skills. We will encourage and support you to make great radio! WHAT DO I DO NEXT? Get in contact soon: although we have intakes running until spring 2011, our intakes are very popular. We will want to talk to you and find out more about you ……. And you need to find out more about Go Desi! So get in touch soon. You can: ~ E-mail us at hello@godesi.co.uk ~ Ring us on 0208 574 9591 leaving us your e-mail (or address) ~ find us on Facebook (search for Go Desi! Radio Courses) We will then send you more information |
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THEY SAID ABOUT THE COURSE...~ I’d recommend the course to everyone - this is a unique opportunity to gain a bag full of experience and skills for future work in this field. Baljit, 18 ~ The course was very good and the environment was extremely friendly. Karandeep, 16 ~ It was very good. I enjoyed it and it was a very good experience for me. Adrian, 21 ~ I really enjoyed the course and am waiting to become top DJ at Desi Radio. This has been my first voluntary work experience and I am very pleased to have had the opportunity. Sony, 25  MORE ABOUT DESI RADIODesi Radio is a community radio service for the Panjabi community we broadcast on 1602am, Sky channel 0169 and on-line at www.desiradio.org.uk We broadcast predominantly in Panjabi - however the ‘Bhangra Roadshow’ programme that ‘Go Desi’ participants will work on is broadcast in English. Desi Radio reaches an audience of some 140,000 people and broadcasts on 1602am, Sky channel 0169 we are on DAB radio across Greater London and also on-line. Desi Radio is a project of The Panjabi Centre which is both a limited company (3387854) and a registered charity (1065534). |
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