Radio Hillingdon Events

Who we are

We are a registered Charity no. 1204015 run entirely by volunteers. We serve the patients of The Hillingdon Hospital, care home residents and the residents of the London Borough of Hillingdon, which in case you were wondering is close to Heathrow Airport, London, England.

We are based at Hillingdon Hospital and our aim is to help relieve sickness, poor health and old age amongst people living in Hillingdon and the surrounding areas. We do this by providing a radio service for hospitals, residential care homes and patients receiving community care. We broadcast music requests and dedications, national and local news and play the best selection of music for all ages, 24 hours a day.

Our service is available inside the hospital FREE of charge, using the Bedside Entertainment System on Radio Channel 45, on television screens around the hospital plus online, via our mobile app, your smart speaker and DAB+ in West London.

Check out THIS page for more ways to listen to us.

Radio Hillingdon is not funded by the NHS and all of our day to day running costs are met with funds raised by our volunteers. If you would like to help us please make sure you visit our Fund-raising page or use our web shop further down this page.

Thank you for visiting us and we hope you enjoy exploring our website.

Stephen Hickman, Chairman - Radio Hillingdon

2026 NEWS - We are now on DAB+ in West London.

After many months of testing, Radio Hillingdon is pleased to announce we are now broadcasting on DAB.

If you have a DAB+ radio receiver in your car or at home, all you need to do is rescan for new stations, then scroll through to Radio Hillingdon.

You can receive us in West London, that's out to Chalfont St Peter, Harefield and Stanmore to the North. Stoke Poges and Old Windsor to the West. Hampstead, Camden Town, Marylebone, Hammersmith and Putney out to the East plus Chertsey, Walton on Thames and Surbiton to the South. See page 4 in the Ofcom West London DAB document. If you are in the green area you will be able to receive us.

You can also receive us via our Mobile Phone App, online and via your smart speaker. See Listen Live Options for more details.

2025 NEWS - Thanks to The Mayor of Hillingdon 2024-25.

In 2024 Radio Hillingdon was selected as one of two charities, that the Ex Mayor of Hillingdon Cllr Coleen Sullivan, during her year in office, had been raising funds for. The other was Royal Brompton & Harefield Arts Charity.

On the 27th July 2025 Cllr Coleen Sullivan presented Radio Hillingdon with a cheque for £16,869.43p as our share of the charity money raised during her Mayoral term.

We worked closely with the Councillor during her term in office to try and help raise as much money as possible for both charities.

We are extremely grateful to her and her team for choosing us.

Fundraising keeps us going

As a registered charity and a voluntary organisation, fund-raising becomes an integral part of the life of Radio Hillingdon. A common misconception is that Radio Hillingdon is funded by the N.H.S. , this is not the case.

We are funded almost entirely by the support and fund-raising efforts of our volunteers, without which we simply could not continue to provide the excellent service we offer to the patients of Hillingdon Hospital.

Our volunteers are always looking for new, interesting and innovative ways in which to raise much needed funds. Our volunteers give up their time to plan, arrange and run various events throughout the year.

These are some of the ways in which we raise our funds; we attend car-boot sales and bazaars, we organise Quiz Nights and Race Nights and we have been fortunate to be allowed to have collections in local supermarkets and shopping centres.

We hold sponsored events, such as our 100 hour Broadcast Marathon, where several of our members are sponsored to broadcast non-stop for 25 hours each.

One service which we provide has been very successful over the years, we have a Road-Show, which we take to local schools and village fetes to provide them with a P.A. & music, we have a comprehensive range of music, radio mic facilities, a cassette deck, a mini disk player, c.d. player, plus extra speakers if required, which can be hired for a reasonable fee.

This is a great opportunity for us as it highlights our profile within the local community. We have also established an On Air Sponsorship opportunity for local companies; we have a range of packages to suit the clients budget and their requirements. Because of our charitable status we are unable to air advertisements.

Ways to Donate to us

If you would like to donate money to help us fund Radio Hillingdon, please use the link below.

You can also buy your online products and gifts using our Webshop link below and Radio Hillingdon gets a referral donation. You pay no more than if you had gone to the websites direct and we earn commission on everything you buy! The Radio Hillingdon Webshop is powered by Easyfundraising and has over 3000 retailers, so why not shop and help fundraise at the same time.