Southampton’s Unity 101 Community Radio is celebrating fourteen incredible years of broadcasting and serving the community. Unity 101 is the south’s first and longest running Asian and ethnic community radio station. It has an estimated audience of 60,000 people across the city and broadcasts to thousands more online and on smartphone apps. The station is run by Ram Kalyan ‘Kelly’, who was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Solent University last year for his dedication to community media and providing opportunities for all. This multi-award winning and multi-ethnic radio station truly puts the emphasis on ‘community’ in ‘community radio’. Their work extends from the radio studio, where it broadcasts 24/7, and onto the streets of Southampton. Throughout 2019, Unity 101 put on a number of major events aimed at connecting communities, bringing people together, up skilling local people and improving the city’s environment. Here are just a few: It acted on its commitment towards a cleaner, greener city through its My Journey to Employment project. This six-month project brought heads from Southampton’s major public transport companies and unemployed people together to encourage job seekers to use public transport when travelling to interviews or to their new job. Unity 101 also held its third Derby Run, a community fun run aimed at improving the health with help https://www.ebalancediet.com/tips-on-nutrition-and-building-muscle/ and well being of people living in the Newtown and Nicholstown areas of the city, and to tackle the area’s littering and fly-tipping problems. Hundreds of people from across Southampton attended Unity 101’s first ever Cricket Festival at the Southampton Sports Centre on Sunday 28th July 2019. It was so successful that the Natwest OSCA awarded the station ‘Runner-Up for the Most Inspiring and Diverse Cricket Offer’! In August, Unity 101 filled Guildhall Square with culture and colour for its third Hands of Love event, an annual celebration of the contributions that ethnic communities have made to Southampton and Britain. Meanwhile back at Unity 101’s HQ, ‘Kelly’ always keen to upskill the station’s volunteers, built a fourth training and prerecording studio to enable presenters to practice their skills and pre-record content, like interviews, for their radio programmes. He also work alongside a local videographer to produce four professional training videos so that presenters can improve their radio production skills. Ram Kalyan “Kelly” HonDarts vows to extend the station’s work saying: “Throughout 2020, we will continue to work closely with people and organisations who share our goals of uniting communities. If that is you – please get in touch”. 5th Unity 101 Community Award presented to Professor Bhaskar Kumar Sumani by Professor Peter Lloyd, Dean of School of Art, Design and Fashion, Solent University
Picture: Habibur Rahman Habibur.uk/ hisandherstory.co.uk 5th Unity 101 community Life Time achievement Award presented to Beverley Dowdell by Chief Constable of Hampshire Constabulary Olivia Pinkney
Picture: Habibur Rahman Habibur.uk/ hisandherstory.co.uk A Tribute to Madhuri Dixit by ESCA Dancers organised by Anjali Mavi
Picture: Habibur Rahman Habibur.uk/ hisandherstory.co.uk Ash Rajput Director & Ram Kalyan Kelly HonDArts Project & station Manager Unity 101 Community Radio
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Picture: Habibur Rahman Habibur.uk/ hisandherstory.co.uk Barton Peveril Sixth Form College Award to Jack Connor presented by Katie Pepper, Teacher of IT and Media 
Picture: Habibur Rahman Habibur.uk/ hisandherstory.co.uk Bengali Fashion Show organised by Haimanti Kumar 
Picture: Habibur Rahman Habibur.uk/ hisandherstory.co.uk Cantell School Award to Runoh Alex presented by Liam Edgington, Teacher of Music & Art 
Picture: Habibur Rahman Habibur.uk/ hisandherstory.co.uk Cantell School Award to Runoh Alex, Barton Peveril Sixth Form College Award to Jack Connor, Oasis Academy Mayfield Award to Grace Wolfe, Itchen Sixth Form College Award Harry Tizard
Picture: Habibur Rahman Habibur.uk/ hisandherstory.co.uk Cllr. Satvir Kaur & New Volunteer Baila Chaudhry (Jenny)
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Picture: Habibur Rahman Habibur.uk/ hisandherstory.co.uk Some of the evenings welcome Ushers
Picture: Habibur Rahman Habibur.uk/ hisandherstory.co.uk Fusion Bollywood Dance by Sanjeev & Artimarga
Picture: Habibur Rahman Habibur.uk/ hisandherstory.co.uk Geeta Belgi & Ranjan Patel hosts of Volunteers certificates, College, organisational Award
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Picture: Habibur Rahman Habibur.uk/ hisandherstory.co.uk Itchen Sixth Form College Award presented to Harry Tizard by David Newman, Teacher of English, Film Studies, Journalism and Itchen Radio producer
Picture: Habibur Rahman Habibur.uk/ hisandherstory.co.uk Keynote speaker Lou Taylor from Streetside Media & Black History Month South
Picture: Habibur Rahman Habibur.uk/ hisandherstory.co.uk New Volunteer Certificates presented to Mehreen Malik, Sarika Khurana, Baila Chaudhry (Jenny), Mir Wazir Sahil, Wiktoria Janna Frackowiak & Mateusz Andrzej Jaronski
Picture: Habibur Rahman Habibur.uk/ hisandherstory.co.uk Oasis Academy Mayfield Award to Grace Wolfe presented by Maria Roberts, Curriculum Lead for Drama
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Picture: Habibur Rahman Habibur.uk/ hisandherstory.co.uk Solent University Award presented to Kate Maple by Professor Peter Lloyd Dean of School of Art Design and Fashion
Picture: Habibur Rahman Habibur.uk/ hisandherstory.co.uk  Solent University Fashion on Stage Picture: Habibur Rahman Habibur.uk/ hisandherstory.co.uk South Coast Bhangra Dancers
Picture: Habibur Rahman Habibur.uk/ hisandherstory.co.uk Stage & performers manager Aryana Neo & Neha Verma
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Picture: Habibur Rahman Habibur.uk/ hisandherstory.co.uk Unity 101 Community Radio Volunteers
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