# Jambo! Radio [SCIO]

## Details

- **Country:** Scotland
- **Charity number:** SC053499
- **Status:** Active
- **Legal form:** SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
- **Registered:** July 16, 2024
- **Register:** https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC053499


## Contact

- **Address:** 3rd Floor, 46 Gordon Street, Glasgow
- **Postcode:** G1 3PU
- **Website:** www.jamboradio.co.uk



## Activities

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

**Purposes:** &#x27;the advancement of education&#x27;,&#x27;the advancement of citizenship or community development&#x27;,&#x27;the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science&#x27;,&#x27;the promotion of equality and diversity&#x27;

**What the charity does:** Jambo! Radio SCIO delivers community-led media, education, and cultural activities that advance education, promote equality, and strengthen community development in Scotland. Our core activity is the delivery of multilingual radio broadcasting, podcasts, and digital media content that amplify under-represented voices, particularly people of African and Caribbean heritage and other marginalised communities.

**Beneficiaries:** &#x27;No specific group, or for the benefit of the community&#x27;

**Objectives:** (a) the advancement of education. by providing training in audiovisual and broadcast technologies operations using a combination of informal, work-based, vocational, and assessments-based methods, for people of African and Caribbean heritage in Scotland who already face multiple barriers in media education, employment, and access to the creative sector. or have fallen out of the mainstream system.  (b) the advancement of citizenship or community development by promotion of civic responsibility through our multilingual broadcast radio programmes in promoting democracy and equality, and engagement with social and political processes, promote good citizenship.  Advance community development: develop and operate a multilingual community local broadcast media/radio stations and community websites, supporting people and community groups to identify and articulate their needs, promotion of volunteering to support community capacity, resilience and cohesion, and as a pathway to employment or further training.  (c) the promotion of equality and diversity through awareness-raising events and programmes, promoting inclusiveness within society and raising awareness of discrimination against people of ethnic minorities.  (d) the advancement of the arts, heritage, and culture  Advancement of the arts: by training aspiring artists on content through our masterclasses in music creation and production, media content such as drama, storytelling harnesses the creative arts skills of aspiring artists in Scotland.  Advancement of the heritage: through heritage training and legacy projects, including trips to heritage sites and celebrating historic traditions.   Advancement of culture: through our radio programming and content available to the public, the radio station is a defining feature or characteristics of people of African and Caribbean heritage in Scotland, which support the promotion of history, language and literature, arts, music, singing and dance, food and fashion. Core to our activities is the preservation, commemorate, and celebrate these cultural features for public benefit.





## Geography

- **Main operating location:** Glasgow City
- **Geographical spread:** Wider, but within one local authority area






