New Future
Peter Hook and Superintendent Mark Kenny present a cheque to Salford City Radio's Chair, Cllr Jim King.
Officers at Salford have teamed up with Manchester music legend Peter Hook (of New Order and Joy Division fame) to help save their local community radio station.
GMP has worked closely with Salford City Radio for a number of years, using the station as a platform to share crime prevention messages with the local community. However, the local radio station, which is largely run by volunteers, was in danger of being shut down this year and they had to launch crowdfunding campaign in order to renew their broadcasting licence.
The partnership team at Salford were keen to help the station, knowing the value that it holds for its listeners. They managed to allocate an impressive £1,000 of funds directly from the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) to help the station reach their fundraising goal of £10,000.
Peter Hook (pictured) also got involved, donating £1,000 towards the station when he heard it faced closure.
On Friday 30 June, a cheque was presented to the radio station by Peter Hook, as well as Supt Mark Kenny on behalf of GMP, for the sum of £2500 - a combination of the monies donated by Salford division, Peter Hook and £500 from the local authority.
Supt Mark Kenny said: “I am pleased that Salford officers have come together with our local authority and other community members to help keep Salford City Radio up and running. Here at Salford we have a long standing relationship with the station and have a regular slot on their airwaves to get crime prevention messages and appeals out to the public.
“The fact the money donated comes from POCA means that we have taken money from criminal’s pockets and put it back into the community, which is a fantastic achievement.
“I’d also like to thank PC Paul Hook and the rest of the partnership team at Salford for helping to make this possible.”
Thanks to this contribution and the support of partners and individuals in the community, Salford City Radio has now announced it has renewed its broadcasting license for the next five years.
New Future
Peter Hook and Superintendent Mark Kenny present a cheque to Salford City Radio's Chair, Cllr Jim King.
Officers at Salford have teamed up with Manchester music legend Peter Hook (of New Order and Joy Division fame) to help save their local community radio station.
GMP has worked closely with Salford City Radio for a number of years, using the station as a platform to share crime prevention messages with the local community. However, the local radio station, which is largely run by volunteers, was in danger of being shut down this year and they had to launch crowdfunding campaign in order to renew their broadcasting licence.
The partnership team at Salford were keen to help the station, knowing the value that it holds for its listeners. They managed to allocate an impressive £1,000 of funds directly from the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) to help the station reach their fundraising goal of £10,000.
Peter Hook (pictured) also got involved, donating £1,000 towards the station when he heard it faced closure.
On Friday 30 June, a cheque was presented to the radio station by Peter Hook, as well as Supt Mark Kenny on behalf of GMP, for the sum of £2500 - a combination of the monies donated by Salford division, Peter Hook and £500 from the local authority.
Supt Mark Kenny said: “I am pleased that Salford officers have come together with our local authority and other community members to help keep Salford City Radio up and running. Here at Salford we have a long standing relationship with the station and have a regular slot on their airwaves to get crime prevention messages and appeals out to the public.
“The fact the money donated comes from POCA means that we have taken money from criminal’s pockets and put it back into the community, which is a fantastic achievement.
“I’d also like to thank PC Paul Hook and the rest of the partnership team at Salford for helping to make this possible.”
Thanks to this contribution and the support of partners and individuals in the community, Salford City Radio has now announced it has renewed its broadcasting license for the next five years.