Diary Page July to September

1987 Radio Appeal Year

July 1987
1st	League of Friends AGM The chairman of the league of friends and the radio station resigns due to business commitments.
3rd	Ascot express grand draw article.
9th	Bracknell district council bottle bank presentation £150. The manager put on his best suite this evening to collect a cheque for the appeal.
10th	Ascot news grand draw article.
11th	The first staff newsletter was produced to keep all staff informed of the progress of the appeal.
14th	Survey and cable link to EMI unit installed. The continued delay in the EMI unit not being finished prompted some negotiations with the clerk of the works so that an initial cable link could be installed.
19th	Fun run, Tony Horder of Tuesday crew raises £60. Tony Horder of the Tuesday crew ran in a fun run in Reading. Tony got all his workmates at Satchwell's in Slough, to sponsor him.
20th	Interest from bank account £35.51.
25th	Third phase of letters to businesses sent (11). The second phase of letters had not produced one reply, so this third batch was sent.
At the end of the month of July a further 26 letters were sent to pubs, clubs, etc, in the area: completion of the appeal at the end of the year showed a total lack of response to this idea. Month End Appeal Total Total £11'545:01
August 1987
2nd	Patient donation of £1.
7th	Ascot express article for charity buzz. This idea was devised by the manager as a way of raising additional funds for the radio. Two coaches were destined for South Devon.
10th	Donation British Aerospace £200.
11th	Staff Newsletter Reports:- A drop in ticket sales for the grand draw, from previous years.
12th	Bracknell news article printed for charity buzz.
15th	Patient donation of £3.
18th	Charity buzz announced on Radio 210 courtesy of Ron Allen.
22nd	Bus station visitor donation of £5.
23rd	Car-boot in Ascot wood selling records raises £42.90. A cold August morning and the manager is up early to sell records and tapes donated to the station over the last eight months.
26th	Bracknell times feature on the radio Service. Donation of £200 from AUEW at British Aerospace.
The league of friends meeting was told that the EMI unit is behind schedule and is unlikely to be handed over in July. Month end Appeal Total Total £11'811:91.

September 1987
4th	Windsor express article.
10th	Bracknell Times article published.
12th	Return from holiday.
13th	Charity buzz Raises £582.
15th	Ron Allen announces charity night on Radio 210.
18th	Ascot express pre-charity night article- Grand draw night.
22nd	Ron Allen thanks Radio Heatherwood for their generosity.
25th	Ascot express front page for charity night.
30th	Patient donation of £7.
Month end Appeal Total Total £12'407:91.

Diary Of An Appeal

Radio Appeal PosterClick to Enlarge :-

Charting the progress of the appeal and keeping up to date with the events of the year.
The station secretary logs the events in his diary. For more details:-

Appeal Closed

Radio Appeal Revised TotalClick to Enlarge :-

The radio appeal initially did not have a finish date set.
As funds arrived and the year progressed it was decided that the appeal would close at the year end.
For further details:-

It's 1987 Radio Appeal

The South Devon tour was the first of the charity fundraiser's for the station this year.

A number of appeal jingles were produced. A second version was created when the appeal had reached it's first target and was looking to raise a further £8000.

Grand Draw

Grand Draw this year was still as important as the appeal fundraising,two jingles were produced.

Jingle Jukebox 1987

A selection of jingles, from 1987.