Author: Miranda Rae

Miranda Rae is a Producer and Presenter with over 25 years experience of working in radio and music industries including her own weekly show on BBC Radio 5 for which she won a Sony Award and many years on the infamous Galaxy Radio where Miranda played a pivotal role in the UK’s music scene. Miranda assists in overseeing, and helps to curate over 50 programmes a week. The role is multi-faceted and includes training, broadcasting, producing, programming, supporting emerging talent, social media, PR & publicity, event management and stage management, employing many technical skills including editing and using many different software as a user and a programmer.

Living Well Days! Supporting people with Dementia!

Your Care South West are launching Living Well Days

Your Care, a Bristol-based care organisation that’s been supporting people in the community for over 11 years.

On Tuesday 1st July, Your Care South West are launching Living Well Days – weekly, small-group sessions created for people living with early-stage dementia. But these aren’t your usual day centre activities — they’re doing things differently.
They have teamed up with a qualified sports coach to run fun, movement-based sessions including soft archery, inflatable darts, and team games — all tailored to different abilities and supported by specialist dementia-trained staff. It’s about helping people stay active, connected and confident, while also giving families some vital respite. 
🗓 Every Tuesday from 1st July
📍 Hanham Community Centre
⏰ 10am – 2pm
💷 £80 per session | Launch offer: First session just £40 + 3 free places available
🍽 Nutritious lunch, drinks & full activity programme included
👥 Max 12 clients per session to keep it personal
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Bath’s First Ever Refugee Festival!

An exciting, diverse lineup awaits at Bath’s First Refugee Festival!

Sunday 15 June | 🕛 12–7 PM
📍 Fairfield House, Bath
🎶 Live Music & Performance
– Turkish melodies with Özcan Ates 🇹🇷
– Moroccan Gnawa with Mohamed Erreba 🇲🇦
– Ukrainian Choir 🇺🇦
– Rap Performance by Blakram 🎤
💃🏽 Dance & Drumming Workshops
– Sudanese & South Sudanese tribal dance with Abdelmajid Hassan 🇸🇩🇸🇸
– African drumming with Rubba 🌍
🗣️ Voices & Stories
– Refugee speakers from Afghanistan, Palestine & Sudan
🍲 Cultural & Food Stalls
– Palestine 🇵🇸, Ukraine 🇺🇦, Sudan 🇸🇩, Senegal 🇸🇳, Ecuador 🇪🇹, Syria 🇸🇾
🎨 Creative workshops & kids’ fun too!
Don’t miss this celebration of resilience, creativity and community.
🎟️ Book your tickets through Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/…/bath-refugee-festival…
🆓 Free for refugees in Bath
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Bristol Refugee Festvial 2025!

World of Flavours – Bristol Refugee Festival

📅 Sunday, 8th June
🕓 1:30pm-4:30pm
📍 Windmill Hill City Farm, BS34EA

A family-friendly arts workshop to get creative with favourite foods from around the globe! Aimed at 7-11 year old children and parents/carers/friends, come along to talk about your favourite food whilst being involved in a community arts event – all welcome! There’ll be a chance to paint, draw, cut and stick to create mixed media, multilingual collages about your home countries. Put your favourite flavours on the world map!

 

#BRF2025 #CommunityAsASuperpower #RefugeesWelcome #BristolRefugeeFestival2025Programme

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COMPETITION TIME WITH BRISTOL ZOO PROJECT!

❗ COMPETITION TIME ❗

Bristol Zoo Project are giving away 2 free tickets to their Summer Lates, where you can experience live music and performance while seeing how the animals spend their evenings!

The competition ends at midnight on Sunday 15 June. To enter go to the website: www.bristolzoo.org.uk/events/summer-lates

Follow on Instagram: @bristolzooproject

#BristolZoo #Competition #bristolzoosummerlates

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Feed the Homeless Fundraiser Returns! Big Sexy Festy Party in Eastville Park!

Big Sexy Festy Party!

Feed the Homeless Fundraiser returns!
This Free Festival relies on donations!
Big Sexy Festy Party returns for 3rd year at Eastville Park with all profits going to charity!
With huge lineup of DJ’s & activities please support this great event on
Saturday 21st June from 1-11pm!
Book tickets via website:
Celebrating 30 years of community driven festivals the BIG SEXY FESTY PARTY returns to Eastville Park for its third family friendly festival fundraiser for this year’s local grass roots chosen charity- Feed the Homeless Bristol.

Showcasing 20 outstanding festival DJs supporting the event and playing for free expect big rigs and sunshine with headliners Chris Liberator Stay Up Forever, Grace Sands DIY, John Stapleton and Will Em from La Bomba, Tattoo John Alabama Three, Miranda Rae from Ujima Radio and many more from the Bristol and West country festival scenes. Covering the best from House Music All Day Long,Funk Station hosted by Caroline Dann Rythym Funk and Soul, Glastonbury Soul Club, Reggae Nation with Anonymous Dub Sound, DRAS – Dartmoor Reggae Appreciation Societyt and the epic and legendary Big Sexy Festy Party Sound System.

With strong roots in circusthere will be stiltwalkers, arialists, clowns, acrobats and workshops to liven up the field and a festival fireshow finish too . Expect great décor and local art focussing on homelessness issues. We also have a very popular kids area which includes a the Traveller Space Playbus and Marquee with an under fives area and a range of activities to keep the young ones entertained and absorbed.

This festival has well priced food and drinks (you cannot bring your own from outside ) , friendly security and is licensed for 5000. Please spread the word and show your support donating as much as you can in line with the guidance given on our website to support Feed the Homeless Bristol.

Donations are suggested at £5 £10 or £20 to buy and cook hot food for the homeless even over the icy cold winter nights and to stock the Feed The Homeless Foodbank.

Please support this fab little festy – spread the word, dance, smile, show off a little bit here and thereand have a whole stack of fun . This festival was given a gold award for sustainability last year and we are grateful to Bristol City Council for the use of this beautiful green space for our event.

This is a free festival with entry by suggested donations with tickets in advance as follows

Accompanied kids up to 12 years old until 7 pm £3

Adults £5 £10 £20 with all profits to Feed the Homeless

Show your support and follow Feed The Homeless on Instagram: @fthBristol

And check out their website for more information:

https://www.feedthehomeless.org.uk/

Come on Bristol ! Let’s rock the party !

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Ujima Radio are proud to celebrate National Volunteers Week 2025!

Ujima Radio is a volunteer led organisation that relies on over 100 volunteers a week!

 

As a volunteer led organisation we are so grateful to all the 100’s and 1000’s of volunteers, past & present, that have made Ujima Radio what it is today. You are the beating heart of the station! Thank you!!

As we celebrate our 17th year we pay tribute to every single volunteer that gives their time for free wherever in the world that may be.

 

We thank you and honour you!

#volunteersweek2025 #Volunteers #VolunteersWeek

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Project Zulu visit UK from Saturday 17th May – Sunday 8th June 2025!

Ujima Radio are really excited to announce that the incredible Project Zulu will be returning to the UK from Saturday 17th May – Sunday 8th June 2025.

Throughout the three-week tour, the choir will perform at various venues across Bristol and the Southwest. The tour will culminate with a grand Project Zulu Gala Concert featuring Britain’s Got Talent finalist, Innocent Masuku at the Bristol Beacon on Thursday 5th June. Don’t miss this incredible experience!

Ujima Radio are really proud to be an official Patron and sponsor of Project Zulu.

All 20 children from 2 schools from townships in South Africa will be vising Ujima Radio on Friday 30th May and performing live on the radio between 4-5pm (watch this space for more info).
Foundes by Dr. Benjamin Knight, Project Zulu is a UWE Bristol (University of the West of England) social enterprise initiative focused on supporting educational opportunities in South African township schools.

Make sure you book your ticket for the Gala Concert by heading to the Bristol Beacon website. To donate and find out more about the tour and the choir head to the Project Zulu website:

https://www.projectzulu.org/

Book your tickets NOW from Bristol Beacon website for what is guaranteed to be an incredible performance:

/https://bristolbeacon.org/whats-on/project-zulu-gala-concert/

 

 

 


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Ujima Radio Powerplays May 2025!

Congratulations to this month’s successful submissions for the Ujima Radio Powerplays May 2025!

Are you an artist based in the West Country including Wales?  Would you like to have your music selected to play on Ujima Radio?

Every month Ujima Radio selects 10 of the very best tracks released in the West Country & Wales which then get featured twice an hour across our Primetime Shows including The Rise Up Breakfast Show Mon-Friday 8-10am and The Cruising Show Mon-Friday 4-6pm and the Urban Grooves Playouts. Plus you can listen to all the 10 songs on the playlist below.

If you are an artist based in this area you could have your track featured on the Ujima Radio Powerplays.  All you have to do is send your track on MP3, make sure the lyrics are clean and conscious, include a headshot of yourself, your social media tags and if you are successful we will let  you know.

Email: info@ujimaradio.com

Put in the Subject bar “Powerplays”.

Good luck and keep listening to hear when your track gets picked!

Listen in Bristol on 98FM and DAB and worldwide online:

https://ujimaradio.com/

​Support and follow them online with their socials at the bottom of the page.

In no particular order, this month’s Powerplays are listed below:

 

Artists Instagrams:

@zedregal

@dafuchaman

@lorna.da.angel

@generallevy

@_addi.p

@iam13e

@gigitenaseofficial

@djloxofficial

@molombo_music

@tscrewjm

@allflowsofficial

@ciphurphace

@teacha_krsone

@scumdoodlezink

@kontornewmedia

@patch.desalis

@kwazi0117

@freed_uk

@itdiggz

 

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Stephen Lawrence

Stephen’s story is both challenging and inspirational. He was a normal young person who made the most of everyday opportunities. Although his life was short, Stephen provides a positive role model of a life well lived.

Stephen Lawrence was born and grew up in south-east London, where he lived with his parents Neville and Doreen, his brother Stuart and sister Georgina.

Like most young people, he juggled an active social life, school work, family commitments, and part-time employment. But he also had ambitions to use his talent for maths, art, and design to become an architect, and wanted to have a positive impact on his community.

Tragically, his dream of becoming an architect was never realised. On 22 April 1993, at the age of just 18, Stephen was murdered in an unprovoked racist attack. He didn’t know his killers and his killers didn’t know him.

After the initial police investigation, five suspects were arrested but not convicted. A public inquiry into the handling of Stephen’s case was held in 1998, leading to the publication of the Macpherson Report, which has been called ‘one of the most important moments in the modern history of criminal justice in Britain’.

It led to profound cultural changes in attitudes to racism, to the law and to police practice. It also paved the way for a greater understanding of discrimination of all forms and new equalities legislation.

Justice for Stephen is about all of us, every one of us, in society having justice. There are still too many young people who do not have a sense of hope, who just don’t get the chance to live their dreams. I want all our children and young people to feel inspired, be confident and have hope in their own future. We are building hope but there is more to do.

– BARONESS LAWRENCE, SPEAKING AT 20TH ANNIVERSARY MEMORIAL IN 2013

Story from Stephen Lawrence Day Foundation website: https://stephenlawrenceday.org/

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Stephen Lawrence Day takes place on April 22nd every year, on the anniversary of Stephen’s death. A national moment of reflection and a call to action

Stephen Lawrence Day – Tuesday 22nd April 2025!

Each year, we honour Stephen’s life, inspiring individuals, schools, and communities to drive change. Stephen Lawrence Day is more than remembrance, it’s a day to celebrate progress, challenge injustice, and empower young people to imagine their futures.
This year it will be 32 years since his life was taken. Stephen Lawrence Day 2025 is about harnessing the power of knowledge to inspire lasting change.
This year, the focus is on equipping the next generation with the tools, confidence, and understanding they need to shape a fairer, more inclusive society.
Because knowledge doesn’t just inform—it empowers. It uplifts. It transforms.
Be Part of the Change – Whether you’re an educator, an ally, a young person or a supporter, there’s a way for you to make an impact.
On Tuesday 22nd April Ujima Radio will pay tribute to the memory of Stephen Lawrence & his Mum Baroness Doreen Lawrence who has tirelessly campaigned for justice & the work of Stephen Lawrence Day Foundation.
Follow them on instagram: @sldayfdn
Head to their website for loads of useful information and tool kits:
https://stephenlawrenceday.org/
Help keep the memory of Stephen alive & honour all the other victims of racial abuse.

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