Radio Amnesty
Hand your old analogue radio into a participating retailer to get a discount on a brand new digital radio and have your old radio donated to charity or recycled.
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- What type of radio can I hand in?
- When?
- Where?
- What do I get in return?
- What will happen to my old radio?
What type of radio can I hand in?
Any portable analogue radio – working or non-working.
When?
Between Saturday 22nd May and Saturday 26th June 2010.
Where?
Participating retailers (in-store only):
(check here for list of participating House of Fraser stores)
Plus leading independent retailers. Check the 
website for your nearest store.
Online discounts also available via amazon.co.uk - who will contribute batteries to the causes in Africa instead of taking your analogue radio.
Please check directly with your chosen retailer to see what models of digital radios will be discounted.
What do I get in return?
Retailers are offering discounts on selected models of digital radios from:
Please note that the discount is at the discretion of the manufacturer and retailer and may vary from store to store. Please check with your retailer before purchasing.
What will happen to my old radio?
Radios will be reconditioned or recycled responsibly. Radios that are reconditioned will be sent to support children’s radio projects set up by the Children’s Radio Foundation in Southern Africa. All recycling will be carried out under the Government’s WEEE Directive.
Children in South Africa face a range of challenges, including widespread poverty, a lack of educational resources, and daunting rates of malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS.
The Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital in Capetown is establishing a radio station. Since January 2009 the Children’s Radio Foundation (CRF) has been working with long term child patients to produce their own radio stories to stimulate, entertain and comfort them in their recovery.
These contribute to the child-produced content on the CRF’s weekly radio show in South Africa, the Radio Workshop. The donated radios will be made available to children in the wards at the hospital and provide much-needed external stimulus and a valuable connection to the world for children and young teens. Once the in-house radio station is established, these radios will enable children in the wards to tune into their own radio station.
