Moray care homes operator Parklands backs new Care Radio network
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A NEW radio network for carers has been launched with support from north care provider Parklands Care Homes.
Grantown-based Parklands is the first major care home operator to back Care Radio, a new not-for-profit radio station for carers set up in response to the Covid pandemic.
Parklands operates nine care homes throughout Moray and the Highlands, including Glenisla in Keith, Aberlour's Speyside Care Home and Buckie's Parklands, Netherha and Burnbank homes.
Managing director Ron Taylor will sit on the advisory board of Care Radio and Parklands will help support and promote the new station over the next three years.
Designed with NHS workers, care home employees and at-home carers in mind, Care Radio aims to celebrate the role of carers in society and the incredible sacrifices frontline carers – both paid and unpaid – have made during the pandemic.
With a remit to surprise, delight and support those who care, the station will offer a mix of classic hits, interviews, news and listener stories.
The volunteer Care Radio team includes experienced broadcasters, journalists and producers, backed by finance, fundraising and media professionals, with programming input from care providers and carers themselves.
Care Radio content director Gary Robinson is a former managing director of MFR in Inverness. He said: "We are delighted to be working with the team from Parklands Care Homes.
"Their staff, like many others in the care sector, have been on the frontline of the response to the Covid pandemic, working selflessly to support others. Care Radio is designed to support these carers and celebrate the role they continue to make in society.
"We are thrilled to have Ron Taylor from Parklands joining our advisory board. As an award-winning care provider covering a vast swathe of the north of Scotland, Parklands will be an important champion for our new station and Ron Taylor’s input will be invaluable."
Mr Taylor said: "I know from my own personal experience as a young carer that it can be a lonely and often solitary experience and I think that carers around the UK will really warm to Care Radio.
"It’s an exciting new concept and one that Parklands is enthusiastic to support. Care Radio will be a voice that carers can relate to and trust, a source of light relief for them and their families, offering support and comfort when they need it."
Listeners can tune in through the Care Radio app, which is available from Apple and Android stores, or online at www.careradio.org.
