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BRANDB RAD!O

BRANDB RAD!O

Re-Programming

The Planet

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BRANDB RAD!O

BRANDB RAD!O

Re-Programming

The Planet

Our Mission

BrandB Rad!o will be the world’s first radio station dedicated to putting the eco-movement on the airwaves - powered by positive climate stories from around the world and the best in legacy and contemporary rock n’ roll! We'll educate, entertain and inspire our listeners to further climate action and planet-friendly lifestyle choices.

Crowdfunder

From eco-merch to visits and memorable experiences, badges to website shoutouts and access to BrandB Rad!o’s platform our Rewards are designed to help you be part of our founding story. We want to launch BrandB Rad!o as soon as possible so every single contribution, big or small, brings us closer to making this happen.

We’re aiming to raise £35,000 - this will cover the costs of producing the remaining high-quality content we need, pay for our music and internet licences and acquire the hardware necessary to host live shows and interact with our listeners.

How you can help:

Thank you - your support will help us get BrandB Rad!o on the air and amplify the voices driving real change.

Content

The mainstream media rarely covers the breadth and impact of our green transition, preferring to frame the climate story in terms of doom and gloom. We’re flipping the script and shifting the energy to reveal the innovators, community heroes, projects and businesses already changing the world for the better.

Presenting quality spoken-word and contemporary music, 24/7, globally - keeping you up to date with the unfolding climate story, reflecting and positively affecting the NOW of our Climate & Nature Crisis. Mixing great legacy and contemporary music, we'll create the soundtrack for our green revolution.

The modern audience expects a different ‘certain-something’, a style and content edge which catalyses their longer and deeper listening. We'll be that musically on-it, helpful, uplifting companion to our listeners' days and nights.

Feargal 'Riverman' Sharkey splits The Undertones? Listen on BrandB Rad!o

Jiva's mindfulness moments 'On Kindness'. Listen on BrandB Rad!o

Sustainable

Brandb Rad!o will advance the green-thinking about Environment, Nature, Lifestyle, Food & Drink, Fashion, Travel, Health & Wellbeing, Sports, Arts & Culture and much, much more, and we'll promote eco-wise goods and services to a listenership keenly aware of, or at least awaking to, the power their buying choices have for the future of, well, let's face it, everything!

Hop Aboard

Emanating from any smart device, whether on the go, busy or with your feet up, from guest podcasts and passionate and encouraging interviews to quirky ecotainment, documentaries and guided meditations to classic contemporary music, BrandB Rad!o's talent will create programmes that have a different effect!

Youth

BrandB Rad!o is involving young people at all levels of its production and talent teams. We'll feature their news and views to inspire the rest of our Rising Generation. If you know anyone who has the right skills and passion to contribute, please urge them to contact us!

What Next

We'd love the chance to share more details about BrandB Rad!o and understand how we can amplify your voice, story and adventure, so do please email us to collaborate and also subscribe to our mailing list to keep up to date with all our exciting news!

Drawing our Strengths Together in Challenge to the Status Quo (though we may Rock with 'em!)

Listening - Learning - Justice - Jive .. and You

Our Team

Dave Allen

Dave Allen
Founder & Executive Producer

Dave Allen

Julie Allen

Julie Allen
FCA/Board Director

Julie Allen

Will Cotterell

Will Cottrell
Executive Board
Director

Will Cottrell

Lucy Bolt

Lucy Bolt
Virtual Assistant/
Researcher

Lucy Bolt

Wil Cross

Will Cross
Sound Editor

Will Cross

Maya Clarke

Maya Clarke
Writer/
Researcher

Maya Clarke

Tony Ling

Tony Ling
Senior
Engineer

Tony Ling

Lucy Curtis

Lucy Curtis
Audio Editor

Lucy Curtis

Paul Redfern

Paul Redfern
Editorial
Advisor

Paul Redfern

Matt Wilkinson

Matt Wilkinson
Senior Sound
Director

Matt Wilkinson

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Website
Design

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Founder & Executive Producer
Dave has a professional background in media production, further education, community development and a record of volunteer environmental activism (Coordinator for the Brighton & Hove Friends of the Earth group until recently).

BrandB Rad!o marries his passions of caring for the planet, creating effective messaging (and listening to music!) in order to positively affect the transition our Climate and Nature Crisis demands.

Executive Board Director
Will is Chairman and Co-founder of Brighton Energy Coop (BEC), a community owned renewable energy business in Brighton, UK. Overseeing both new-project development and fund-raising for BEC he has fulsome experience in Marketing & Communications. In 2014 Will was awarded Community Energy Fundraiser of the Year. In 2015 he won the People's Environmental Award's Prize for Energy. Previously Will founded and ran a local magazine for Barcelona, a yoga holiday company in Egypt and was an active and successful anti-fracker in Sussex and beyond. He currently delights in making Art & Esoteric Music-mixes.

BIO GOES HERE!

Editorial Advisor
Paul was the UK Correspondent for the 'Daily Nation', Africa's largest-selling English-language newspaper outside of South Africa for over thirty years; specialising in social, political and environmental news. He was the Senior Press Officer for 'Christian Aid' and up until recently taught Politics at Cardinal Newman, Brighton & Hove's largest secondary-school.

Senior Sound Director
Matt has worked with sound on tours with musical theatre, live events (and associated post-production) since 2001 and is now an established production sound mixer to the film and television industry. Matt's work can be heard regularly on BBC1 and 2, CBBC, Amazon, Netflix, Disney, Sky Sports and for many other broadcasters worldwide. Happily he brings this wealth of experience, professionalism and know-how to sharpen BrandB's audio-quality.

Senior Engineer
'Tekno Tone' is BrandB Rad!o's hardware & engineering boffin. He's been involved for a number of years with pirate radio e.g. Radio 4A (in Brighton) as well as designing and building Juice FM's mobile Outside Broadcast studio. Tekno's work has also taken him abroad, notably when building and maintaining community radio stations for an NGO internews in what later became South Sudan.

FCA/Board Director
Julie has over 30 years’ experience giving financial advice to leading businesses across many sectors. A qualified Chartered Accountant, she was her firm’s youngest and first female partner, holding several senior business advisory positions including Group Development Director of a financial-services Plc. As well as now running her family business, Julie has volunteered with Childline for over 12 years, recently winning a ‘Stepping Up’ award for her commitment and contribution.

Virtual Assistant/Researcher
Lucy has worked her administrative magic for many companies and charities such as The Forestry Commission and 'Exeter Community Initiatives' over the years and loves being able to help small organisations grow. She lives off-grid aboard her narrowboat and enjoys exploring the UK’s waterways, sharing her adventures through social media and writing a regular blog. She can occasionally be found singing at ‘open mic’ events accompanied by her partner on guitar.

Sound Editor
Will is a Bristol-based freelance audio editor [BA (Hons)/Music Production] and a Wine Specialist at Waitrose! Will's passion is music/audio and he's taking his first sure-footed audio-career steps with BrandB Rad!o. In his free time, he enjoys producing music and exploring/climbing UK mountains.

Audio Editor
Lucy is an audio editor based in Norwich. After studying Music Production at the Academy of Contemporary Music, Lucy has developed her skills and experience with BrandB Rad!o. Lucy also enjoys producing music in her spare time and loves a good hike in nature.

Writer/Researcher
Maya is a writer & researcher at BrandB. Her previous work in the environmental sector, particularly as a campaigner for 'OneWorld' motivated her to join us. With a background in politics, international relations and now pursuing a master’s degree in International Relations & Journalism, Maya brings her global perspective to our content. Passionate about travelling, writing and connecting with communities, Maya wants to share stories that inspire awareness and action.

Assistant Producer/Researcher
After graduating with a degree in Media Communications at UWE Bristol, Zoë has continued to develop her skills in Media and Marketing and is taking her first steps as an Assistant Producer at BrandB Rad!o. Zoë's passions are sustainability and ocean conservation and is developing her skillset in these fields, for example by providing freelance support to recent 'Blue Earth Summits'. Zoë loves camping and hiking in nature, travelling and being in the sun or the ocean with a camera to capture and enjoy the beauty of the world around us.

Website Design
Lal has been immersed in the world of software development starting out as a mainframe operator before moving on to software architecture, design, coding and then managing and leading large development teams across the world. Now retired he enjoys the creativity of web site design along with foraging and cycling!

Founder Content-Partners

  • Ashden - edie Award for NGO of the Year 2025
  • Brighton Energy Coop
  • Community Radio Environment Network
  • Dave Goulson/'Silent Earth’
  • 'DJ Our House'
  • Earthself.org
  • Ecologi.com
  • Feargal Sharkey
  • Friends of the Earth UK
  • Impossible Metals
  • Jarvis Smith/'My Green Pod' and Purposeful Business Leader
  • Jim Murray
  • Lewes Climate Hub
  • 'Mixer Will'
  • Our City Our World/BHCC
  • OVESCo
  • Paul Whitehouse
  • Penny Southgate/'One Love One Planet'
  • South East Climate Alliance
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Our Earth Week

'Our Earth Week' starts on Monday 5th November. Radio stations across the UK are taking part, so for one week, we know that there will be so many conversations, features, special shows, heated debates, lots of thought experiments, pondering over questions, revelling in amazing soundscapes and inspiring music. Click here to find out more

'Our Earth Week' is presented by the Community Radio Environment Network and is now live! From Aberdeen to Folkestone and all points in between, tune in to your community radio station for programmes and stories about the great local action being taken 'down your way'!

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