Life Care Radio

Life Care Radio is a charitable broadcaster for people receiving long-term care in Torbay and South Devon. Its audience includes listeners in their own homes as well as residential homes, nursing facilities and hospices. The service was created with loneliness and isolation in mind, offering light-hearted entertainment for people whose care needs may continue well beyond a hospital stay.

Volunteers collect listeners' requests and stories for inclusion in the shows, making personal interaction part of their work. Friends and relatives can send dedications and follow the same programmes, providing a shared point of contact even when they are not together. The station's emphasis is therefore on people in continuing care rather than on the patients of one named hospital.

Ken Anton's Sunny Side of the Street explores singers, dance bands and big bands from the 1930s, forties and fifties. Cathie Burgess presents Catt's Country, while Will Walsh follows traditional country recordings. Coffee Break accommodates requests and conversation, and the What's On guide follows activities around Torbay. Classic British comedy supplies another form of entertainment, with quieter ballads and easy-listening selections available later in the programme.

Life Care Radio can supply listening units for communal areas in residential, nursing and hospice settings. Its online service and app provide additional access for individuals and families. Donations, sponsorship and volunteer contributions fund the charity, linking the practical provision of listening facilities with the programmes made for its South Devon audience.