Two Amps share their experience of collaboration through the Community Ideas Fund, after launching the pilot of their community radio station.

Each year, Creative Dundee’s Amps network comes together for our Forum, an annual event where people in the network present pitches for the Community Ideas Fund – a fund that encourages Amps to collaborate on a new, experimental idea that will result in a positive social impact in Dundee. With the recipient chosen by Amps and approximately 50% of all Amps subscriptions going towards the pot, it’s a fund that exists thanks to our growing community.

In April 2024, curator and producer Becca Clark and sound artist, musician and producer Su Shaw teamed up to present their project: dundee radio club. In this (audio!) blog, Becca and Su share their experience of bringing ddrc – described as ‘a sonic love letter to Dundee’ – to life thanks to the support of the Community Ideas Fund.

The 2025 Community Ideas Fund is open for applications until Mon 31 March! Find out more about the fund and how you can pitch a project or take part.

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Download a transcript of dundee radio club’s audio reflective blog.

Perhaps you were one of over 1,700 listeners in one of 23 different countries who tuned into their 48-hour Listening Festival (featuring over 100 contributions from Dundee and beyond) in February? If so, Becca and Su would love to hear your feedback and thoughts on what you heard, enjoyed, and want more or less of in future broadcasts, and whether you’d like to contribute to what comes next.

Find out more about dundee radio club on their website and Instagram, and read more about their collaboration in a feature with The Skinny.

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The Community Ideas Fund is made possible thanks to our Amps network. Each year, approximately 50% of everyone’s subscription helps fund an exciting new collaboration that benefits Dundee. New supporters are always welcome – join Amps and help make Dundee even better, and keep an eye out for the next round of the fund launching in January 2024!