Legacy 90.1 Community Radio

Fundraising for Legacy 90.1FM is easy and fun.

Over the years, Legacy 90.1 has been involved in community projects that explored a range of issues with a negative impact on local communities. The station gets involved in community events and projects that campaign for change in areas such as:

• Health - cancer, blood drives and sickle cell awareness
• Black Lives Matter
• Windrush scandal
• Youth issues - employment, knife crime, safety
• Food bank and school uniform drives

Legacy 90.1 is a growing station, raising its profile and giving African Caribbean voices an opening within mainstream media. It is a station that is expanding and has a bright future.

We ran a Go Fund Me campaign, Love Legacy - Recovery Campaign which raised £4127 in 2021. The wonderful people who donated to this campaign helped us survive Covid and start rebuilding our community work.

Our first project after the pandemic was Let's Talk, a series that discussed the impact that the pandemic had on the African and Caribbean community in Manchester. Since then we have hosted community shows on the cost of living and blood donation. You can find out more about these projects by clicking here.

Community radio is vital in giving information, advice, entertainment, and comfort to people in worrying times. Older people, are still less likely to have social media, thereby, relying on the radio more than others.

Therefore, it is important for us to act as a platform to add African and Caribbean voices to wider debates. We also have a role in supporting movements such as Black Lives Matter, so they don’t lose momentum.

To start fundraising for Legacy 90.1FM just click here to see a list of ideas to get you started.

If you would like to donate monthly or as a one-off donation, please use the SUPPORT US button on our website. The button appears on every page.

Your donations help us to get involved in community projects in partnership with schools and community groups in the areas surrounding the station. Some of the projects we have been involved in include:

• Opening the station to receive food donations from the community on behalf of foodbanks
• Helping parents to buy school uniforms when their circumstances make this difficult
• Supporting and campaigning on topical issues that affect our community
• Working with a range of professionals to give people information and advice on health, education, benefits, getting a job and much more.