Calder's Confessions

The Children’s Heart Surgery unit at Southampton is under threat despite being ranked the second best in the country as health chiefs look to cut the UK’s 11 centres down to six or seven. Southampton was featured in just one of four options which will be put out for a four-month public consultation starting on February 28, before the Joint Committee of Primary Care Trusts makes its final decision by the end of the year. If Southampton closed, it would mean families would be forced to get life-saving treatment in London or Bristol, at units which experts say fell below the “exemplary” standards that Southampton has been scored so highly on.   This is Nancy she is 2 and very soon faces a 3rd open heart surgery to prolong her life. Nancy was born with Hypo-plastic Left heart – the left side of her heart did not grow and she essentially lives with half a heart.  It is thanks to the wonderful surgeons and team at Southampton General hospital that she is the wonderful little girl she is today. We would travel the world if it meant the best treatment but this assessment has shown we already get the best treatment and are having to fight to keep it.  Please sign this petition being collated by the Southern Daily Echo to show your support. Thank you Petition download: http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/resources/files/14328  

Welcome to the debut of my new show on Vectis Radio. It`s about honesty and reality - people sharing their stories and experiences. Have a listen and get in touch! Thanks to Karin who co-presented this one with me! We`re back next Sunday, April 24th at 9pm on Vectis Radio. web: http://www.caldersconfessions.com email: confessions@me.com twitter: @konfessions

Sunday nights, 9-12 on Vectis Radio - tune in, join in, have your say! It`s about your life, your stories, your experience. Listen at: http://www.vectisradio.com/listen/ Telephone: 01983 527 444 Voicemail: 01983 89 89 87 Twitter: @konfessions Email: confessions@me.com Web: http://www.caldersconfessions.com

Nanna Steed graced us with her presence yet again for very funny afternoon!

This singing telegram company seemed very keen to help me with the ongoing saga of how to repay my fictitious mother in law for the years of misery she has given me....

There is a beauty parlour in the USA with exactly the right skills to help me "fix" my not so pretty wife....have a listen, the lady on the other end of the line played along like a star!

Ian Luff from Wightbyte Computers came in to Vectis Radio to tell us a little about The Island Business Network and how it has not only helped him, but also how it helps comsumers make the right choice when searching for trustworthy and reliable companies here on The Isle of Wight. We talked about how The IBN functions as well as how Wightbyte offers a first class service to end users. IBN: http://www.islandbusinessnetwork.co.uk Wightbyte Computers: http://www.wightbyte.co.uk

Mike Crowe came in to co-host The Afternoon Show and impart some of his worldly knowledge to us at Vectis Radio. He’s an interesting guy and despite this being a three hour show, we still didn’t do him justice! A repeat visit is required methinks!

This show was aired on Vectis Radio on April 11th 2011. The news has been snipped out but the rest of the lunacy is in there ;)

Philip Oxley OBE, Co-organiser of The Isle of Arts Festival came in to Vectis Radio to talk to Ian Mac about the diversity of acts performing at the Festival which runs from April 15th – 17th April 2011 in Ventnor on The Isle of Wight. Further Details: http://www.artsisle.org Box Office: 01983 862 596

Calder’s Confessions is a brand new show for Vectis Radio. Each Sunday between 9pm and 12am were going to talk about peoples lives and their problems. Nobody gets through life completely unscathed and many of us fall at various hurdles along the way! Calder’s Confessions is your opportunity to put out a call for help in complete confidence OR give others the benefit of your advice and experience. Nobody said life was easy but it can always be made easier. Give show a listen on Sunday April 17th, http://www.vectisradio.com I think you’ll be amazed at just how open people can be and how addictive listening to them can become. If you haven’t already, please LIKE our face book page at: http://www.caldersconfessions.com

Whoops! This poor chap caught me on air - he was trying to sell something but failed!

The organisers of Ventnor Fringe came in to Vectis Radio to explain what their event is all about. This is yet another story of Islanders taking the initiative and creating a worthwhile event which promises to inject life and vitality into our community. Ventnor Fringe - 17th to 20th August 2011 Further details are available here: Web: http://www.vfringe.co.uk/ Twitter: @vfringe

Just a little experiment, if you missed the live show on Vectis Radio, you can either listen here online - or download via iTunes and listen at your leisure. Nana Steed joins me on Thursdays and things get a little out of hand at times as we seem to provoke each other :) This is todays show (7/4/11) minus the news at the top of each hour! Leave a comment here if you want more podcasts of the daytime show and we will sort that out! Enjoy!

Mike Crowe, Membership Secretary of “The Friends of Shanklin Theatre” came in to tell us the incredible story of how a band of Islanders have rescued Shanklin Theatre and once again turned it into what must surely be one of The Isle of Wight’s premier entertainment venues. If, like many of this Island’s residents including myself, you thought that we had lost this theatre, have a listen, you’ll be amazed at what has become of the place and how it has been achieved. It’s a story of inspiration as well as the equivalent of a top London theatre right in our back yard! Website: http://www.shanklintheatre.com Box Office: 01983 868000