Year: 2025

Radio Bath has hosted its first-ever Charity Awards, celebrating the volunteers, charities and organisations making a difference across the city and surrounding areas.

Held at The Pavilion in Bath, the event brought together more than 200 guests, including representatives from local businesses, community groups and charities, for an afternoon recognising exceptional contributions to local life.
Supported by headline sponsor South West Business Finance and partner 3SG, the ceremony featured 17 award categories highlighting remarkable acts of service, commitment and community spirit. Guests enjoyed lunch from Tu Mangetout before the awards began.
Over 100 nominations were received, which were reviewed by a panel of Radio Bath Patrons. Partner Dan Smith from South West Business Finance spoke about the company’s pride in supporting the event and helping to shine a light on local charitable excellence.
Radio Bath co-founder Loraine Morgan-Brinkhurst MBE said: “This has been a wish of Radio Bath’s for a long time, to celebrate the incredible work that local charities, organisations and volunteers do to support so many. It’s important to shine a light on their hard work.”
Steve Fountain from Radio Bath added his thanks to the event sponsors and the station’s patrons for their ongoing support.
The awards, co-hosted by Radio Bath co-founder Simon McNeill-Ritchie and Toni Green from 3SG, mark a milestone for the station as it approaches its fifth anniversary, further cementing its role at the heart of the local community.

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Juliet Njeri has been named as the BBC’s new Regional Director for Africa, leading the organisation’s editorial and operational strategy across the continent from its Nairobi hub.

The role gives Juliet responsibility for all eleven African language services and BBC News English for Africa, reaching around 120 million people every week across countries including Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, South Africa, DRC and Ethiopia.
Juliet will oversee the BBC’s editorial output, business operations, and compliance functions while working with regional and international teams to expand the corporation’s audience and strengthen its editorial presence in Africa.
Jonathan Munro, Deputy CEO and Global Director of BBC News, said: “Strong leadership is critical to our transformation plan so I’m thrilled to have appointed Juliet Njeri as the Regional Director for Africa. Juliet has a wealth of regional expertise and market insight alongside a distinguished career in journalism.”
Juliet said she was “delighted to be appointed Regional Director for Africa” and looked forward to leading the BBC’s talented teams across the continent. “As well as high quality journalism, Africa has an abundance of rich and diverse storytelling that we want to bring to audiences across the region and around the world,” she said.
Her appointment follows the BBC’s restructure of its global operations earlier this year, which introduced six new regional director roles around the world to better connect the BBC with its international audiences.
The BBC’s African services include Afaan Oromoo, Afrique, Amharic, Gahuza, Hausa, Igbo, Pidgin, Somali, Swahili, Tigrinya and Yoruba, all produced under the BBC World Service.

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