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Inspiring communities in the nations and regions
Around the UK national and local radio gives people the chance to inspire their communities. The Stephen Nolan Show in Belfast gave a voice to a terminally ill mother. Her local health authority refused to fund a home care programme and was pressing her to give up her newborn child for fostering.While her healthy baby remained in hospital, she contacted the show in desperation. Her story caused a public outcry. Due to the sheer size and emotion of the public response, the health authority changed tack and the baby was returned home.
Elsewhere, the problem of abusive neighbours was highlighted in Merseyside, a council was persuaded to re-think its plans to close down a home for adults with severe learning difficulties in Scotland and a school community was motivated to tackle bullying in Shropshire. In Devon, presenter Gordon Sparks' frank discussion about his testicular cancer resulted in local doctors reporting an increase in patients seeking testicular cancer tests after listening to his story.
Related Links
- My Local BBC - Radio Ulster
- My Local BBC - Radio Foyle
- The Stephen Nolan Show
- BBC News - Ill woman 'cannot bring son home'
- BBC - Where I Live
- My Local BBC - Radio Scotland
- My Local BBC - Radio Nan Gaidheal
- My Local BBC - Radio Wales
- My Local BBC - Radio Cymru
- My Local BBC - English local radio
