# West Lothian Hospital Broadcasting Service SCIO

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC050302
- **Known as:** Radio Grapevine
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
- **Registered:** July 20, 2020
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC050302


## Contact

- **Address:** St John&#x27;s Hospital at Howden , Howden Road West, Livingston
- **Postcode:** EH54 6PP
- **Website:** http://www.radiograpevine.com



## Activities

**Activities:** &#x27;It carries out activities or services itself&#x27;

**Purposes:** &#x27;the advancement of health&#x27;,&#x27;the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage&#x27;

**What the charity does:** The charity is set up to provide a dedicated broadcasting service with a health and wellbeing focus to patients within St John&#x27;s Hospital in Livingston and those receiving care in the wider community. We do this by broadcasting live and pre-recorded shows from our dedicated studio within St John&#x27;s Hospital and listeners can hear us via beside headsets in the hospital or online through our streaming service. Patients and family members can make requests or dedications on our regular live request shows.

**Objectives:** The organisation&#x27;s purposes are: - the relief of sickness, poor health and old age amongst people living in West Lothian by providing a local broadcasting service for hospitals, residential homes and similar institutions, and for patients receiving community care. - the advancement of health and prevention or relief of sickness for the public benefit through the promotion of the benefits of living a healthy lifestyle, and the importance of maintaining good personal mental and physical health by (mainly, but not exclusively) the means of broadcasting health education messages to the community. - provide audio programmes of interest and relevance to those who are patients, sick, infirm or aged and those who may benefit from health and wellbeing information. - make these audio programmes available to similar establishments and/or organisations, if appropriate.





## Areas of operation

- **Main operating location:** West Lothian
- **Geographical spread:** A specific local point, community or neighbourhood






