SHMU Celebrates Volunteers’ Week

To celebrate Volunteers’ Week Station House Media Unit (shmu) have been filming some of our lovely volunteers talking about their experiences at shmu.

We asked them what they thought was the best thing about shmu, what they would change about shmu and what impact shmu has had on their life. It was really moving for staff to hear volunteers talk about their experiences with us and we’re so pleased we can make such a difference to local people.

We will also be handing out certificates to our volunteers throughout the celebration and making sure we are well stocked with cake and other lovely snacks. Look out for all these updates on our social media channels.

Shmu is a community media organisation supporting residents in the seven regeneration areas of Aberdeen in radio and video production, traditional and on-line publications, music production and digital inclusion. The organisation also supports other disadvantaged communities, both geographic and communities of interest, with an employability and training arm, and a recently developed a programme for offenders, both pre and post release. Without our fantastic volunteers we simply would not be able to do what we do so we’d like to say a massive thank you to them for all their hard work!

shmuTV offers training and support for all stages of the film-making process, from script to screen, and produces commissioned work for local projects.

shmuFM broadcasts a variety of issue-based, music and community radio programming on 99.8FM. Volunteers from the regeneration areas are offered full training & support in order to produce and present their own radio show.

shmuDESIGN supports our communities to produce their own magazines to reflect the issues and concerns of their area, and also to celebrate and share good news stories.

shmuTRAIN is our employability arm and supports 14-19yr olds who are in, or likely to fall into, the MCMC category in the city into a positive destination (education, employment or training). shmuWORKS, offers services to those over the age of 19 and also supports current volunteers of all ages to identify any training and skills development needs.

If you would like to find out more about our volunteering opportunities, then please call 01224 515013 or email info@shmu.org.uk. You can also look up Station House Media Unit on Facebook and shmuORG on Twitter. Happy Volunteers’ Week!