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The Southport and District Amateur Radio Club is happy to visit schools, colleges and youth groups throughout Merseyside, West Lancashire and Sefton in Southport, Formby, Ormskirk, Tarleton, Skelmersdale, Bootle, Burscough, Maghull, Crosby and Liverpool.
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School & Youth Group Visits
Don (M1BUL) shows students how to tune a radio
Communication is an everday activity that we are all involved in, be it face-to-face or using some form of electronic device.
Radio communication are used by the vast majority of us, without even realising it some of the time; radio, television and satellite receivers, handheld computers, mobile phones and wireless networking all use some form of radio communication to work.
School visits
We can visit your school or college and provide your students with a fun-packed day, full of interesting activities that will introduce your students to radio communications, explain how they work and how to use them. Most of the activities are hands-on and suitable for Key Stage 2 (KS2) and Key Stage 3 (KS3) students. We can also tailor our visit to fit in with particular areas of the curriculum that your students are currently studying, or run a National Science & Engineering Week (NSEW) event for you.
If you would like to book us to visit your school or college, contact us now for further information.
Scout troop, Guide unit and youth group visits
Over the years we have supported local Scout troops and run six week courses that have enabled members to gain their Communicator Badge, we've also taken several a step further to gain their Amateur Radio Foundation Licence.
We can run similar activities for Guide units and other youth groups who would like their members to gain extra skills.
If we can help your Scout troop, Guide unit, or youth group in any way please contact us now for further information.
Special events
A Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) station
In addition to making educational visits we can also attend your special events and run live radio communication demonstrations, enabling your students and Scout Troop, Guide Unit, or youth group members and visitors to get real hands-on experience in communicating using radios and computers.
We can run special event stations for the Scout Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) and Guide Thinking Day on the Air (TDOA).
For further details, please contact us now .
Insurance, health and safety and child protection
The Southport & District Amateur Radio Club is fully insured for accidents relating to the running of Amateur Radio based activities. You can view a copy of our insurance certificate, insurance policy and FAQs.
We take the health and safety of our members and visitors to our events very seriously and have produced a Health and safety Policy and Risk Assessment which is available for downloading.
As a special interest club we do get involved in training children about radio communications and demonstrating the hobby of Amateur Radio to them. Their safety and security is utmost in our thoughts during the planning and execution of such events. We have members of the club who hold Enhanced Criminal Record Certificates (Enhanced Disclosures) and we adopt a strict policy over the publication of photographs on our web site containing children. We will soon have a Child Protection Policy in place which you will be able to download from this web site.