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Our community news team returns with daily bulletins from Monday 10 January 2022.
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featured shows
the P pod
Our flagship weekly show packed with Petersfield personalities and their real-life stories. Presented by Claire Vennis and Joff Lacey.
Rise and Shine
The brighter way to start your day with Petersfield news and information, local voices and entertaining personalities.
Growing Together
Claire Vennis and the multi prize-winning Steve Amos help you grow your garden a little brighter every month.
Talking Books
Published author Suzie Wilde and bookshop owner Tim O’Kelly explore their love of books, the joy of stories and the craft of writing.
Wilde Walks
Inspirational walks in beautiful countryside around Petersfield with Suzie Wilde and her labrador Raine.
Dogs with Jobs
Meet the front line workers of the canine world. These working animals show focus, determination, intelligence, instinct and courage.
The Shine Radio Recipe
Noni Needs meets local people who share treasured and original recipes with you.
Generation Green
Young minds with the environmental issues that matter to them and practical ways we can help protect our planet.
The Local Showcase
Mandy P brings you a selection of original tracks composed and performed by local musicians.
local stories & local voices
Suzie’s Wilde Walk – Slipsliding Away
Suzie wears the wrong boots and suffers the consequences
Vote for the people’s favourite South Downs photo
Voting is now open to choose the most popular piece of photography from the South Downs. Members of the public are being invited to help decide The People’s Choice award for this year’s national park competition.
Talking Books – January 2022
Suzie and Tim choose their favourite books from 2021, endeavour to lighten a dark January and look forward to what will be coming in 2022.
PeCAN and Winton House unwanted Christmas present exchange
PeCAN (Petersfield Climate Action Network) teamed up with Winton House to organise a present exchange for unwanted Christmas gifts last week.
Fish Dish with chilli and tahini inspires from Empshott Green
Comforting, filling, easy and warming. A lunch time treat for you and yours.
Meet new local Petersfield Shine Radio volunteer, Jo
Free, shop, how to say Buriton, and bees. A few of the stories that Jo Gray has discovered as shine’s latest volunteer. But there’s more.
Suzie’s Wilde Walk – Ice, Sun and KOT471
Suzie walks at South Harting on a cold, clear winters day and reminisces about her early visits here.
Nights on Broadway – the Petersfield residents coping without heating, light or power
The community of Petersfield has rallied round to help residents on Broadway Park after they faced another night without electricity. Petersfield Salvation Army and McDonalds provided hot refreshments on the site this morning while efforts continue to persuade the site owner to fix the power.
Growing Together – January 2022
As a new year begins, we bid a fond farewell to the amazing Ann-Marie Powell and welcome a new Growing Together co-presenter – Adhurst Estate Allotment chair Steve Amos joins Claire for gardening chat, ideas and advice.
Christmas tree shredding raising funds for new plantings in Buriton
Buriton tree warden Matt Marriott offered to chip and dispose of local Christmas trees in the pond car park on Saturday morning for a small fee with all funds going towards planting new trees locally.
Money Moment with Martin Bamford
House price rises hit a modern day record, HMRC won’t fine you if you’re a bit late with your tax return this year, there’s a new coin coming out showing The Queen on a horse, more than one million more of us will be pushed into the higher income tax rate by 2026 and why a typical £30k earner will lose £1,600 to price and tax rises this year.
the P pod personalities show – 10 January 2022
This week’s P pod sees Claire and Joff easing gently into 2022 from the comfort of Claire’s home!
What better way to start the year than by supporting a few of our local businesses and we may just have the solution to those unwanted Christmas gifts too.
Then enjoy Noni Needs’ fascinating interview with Andy Robinson at the Weald and Downland Living Museum as he talks about the joys of traditional ploughing in January.
With local news, music and a Wilde Walk too.
Just one bottle can help us reduce plastic waste
Just One Bottle is a new national campaign to encourage us to get into the habit of re-using the bottles and packets we already have at home. The campaign is supported in Petersfield by Refill & Replenish and Juniper. Shine Radio’s Stephen Martin met Victoria Primrose of Juniper to find out more.
Councils call it off
East Hampshire District Council has announced it is to abandon its longstanding partnership with Havant District Council. It says the partnership has delivered significant savings but East Hants has different strategic priorities from Havant and it will be able to work faster alone.
Suzie’s Wilde Walk – Rabbit Holes, Books and Re-Invention
Suzie wishes you a Happy New Year, discusses reading, nature and goes off-piste yet again.
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Your donation supports our volunteers and helps provide Petersfield with the radio service it deserves.
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Buy tickets in the East Hampshire Community Lottery.
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Supporters
We’re proud to be sponsored and supported by local companies and organisations. You can support our project too.
Petersfield Town Council awarded our volunteer team a grant in January 2020 to help us develop our 24 hour radio service. With further fundraising we launched it on 15 August 2020.
News about our project
Local media collaborates to bring Christmas joy to Petersfield doorsteps
The radio singalong takes place on Wednesday night and the Petersfield Post has printed all the words for the carols in this week’s edition of the paper.
Petersfield shines in national radio awards
Petersfield’s Shine Radio has been named as one of the top digital radio services in the UK in the 2021 Community Radio Awards.
Shine Radio is shortlisted for a national award
The radio volunteers here in Petersfield have been named in the Community Radio Awards as one of the top five digital radio teams in the UK.
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