Newcastle's Older Voices radio show wins national award

Older Voices’ is part of the Elders Council of Newcastle, is unique; it is the only radio magazine style programme in the UK to be produced entirely by older people themselves, covering issues of interest to people over 50. There are ten members in the team, all volunteers, which has a median age of 83 (two of them being over 90).

When making the award, the judges commented that the show "is an inspiring demonstration of community radio at its best, delivering shows that are engaging, relevant and full of heart."

Richard Finch, Station Director of Radio Tyneside, which broadcasts Older Voices, said, “We are very proud to have Older Voices in our programme schedule and thank all the Elders Council team who put the show together week after week.”

Older Voices is a weekly hour-long radio magazine programme. It is broadcast by Radio Tyneside at 6pm every Wednesday on 93.6FM, DAB, online at Radiotyneside.co.uk and in Newcastle and Gateshead’s hospitals on Hospedia. Older Voices is also broadcast on Radio Northumberland on Thursdays at 3pm ,on www.radionorthumberland.com. Past programmes can be found on the Later Life Audio and Radio Cooperative mixcloud site: mixcloud.com/LLARC..

The Elders Council of Newcastle is an organisation run by older people for older people, listening to older people’s issues and lobbying strongly on their behalf. See the website for full details: www.elderscouncil.org.uk.