Resonance Fundraiser 2026
Two weeks to help keep Resonance independent.
Resonance is an ad-free, volunteer-driven radio station.
It exists to make space for art, music, ideas and voices you don’t hear anywhere else.
From 14–28 February, we’re asking listeners, broadcasters and friends of the station to help us raise £30,000 in new funding - money that keeps the station running day to day, year to year.
This is about stability, independence, and keeping the conditions in place for ad-free radio that takes risks.
If you value radio that isn’t driven by playlists, algorithms or advertisers - this is the moment to support it.
Why This Fundraiser Exists
Resonance has always worked a little differently.
We broadcast live. We take risks. We make room for things that don’t fit neatly anywhere else. That means experimental music, conversation, specialist knowledge, fringe culture - and a lot of voices outside of the mainstream.
We don’t run ads - so don’t raise income from advertisers.
Grants and project funding help, but listener donations are what hold the whole station together and keep us moving forward: studios, people, transmitters, engineers, training, insurance, rent, web infrastructure - the unglamorous bits that make everything else possible.
Once a year, we ask our community to help secure that foundation.
What Your Support Makes Possible
In the past 12 months, valuable support from our listeners, volunteers and funders means we have:
Broadcast 4,000+ original programmes, including over 1,000 from our new studio
Designed, built and opened a second, doubling the amount of live radio capacity through 2026 and beyond.
Appeared in The Big Issue’s biggest-selling issue, guest edited by artist 10Foot
Doubled our DAB coverage across North London, now covering around 4 million people.
Won Silver – Network of the Year at the Audio UK Audio Production Awards.
Delivered free broadcast and engineering training to 100+ volunteers and trainees
Secured our FM licence until 2035, protecting community radio on the dial for the next decade.
That’s a lot steps forward for our radio station - and a community of supporters trusting Resonance to keep doing things differently.
What 2026 Needs
The year ahead matters. With your help, we want to put ourselves in the strongest possible position to:
Secure core funding beyond 2028
Improve soundproofing and live music set-up in Studio 1.
Make long-overdue accessibility improvements to our building.
Overhaul our ageing website and online listening infrastructure
Finish funding and fully activate our upstairs project space.
None of this is glamorous. All of it matters.
Regular donations create the conditions so ad-free, independent radio can sustain itself.
What Listeners Tell Us
When we asked listeners what Resonance means to them, the same things came up again and again:
Supporting freedom of expression and real voices
Championing adventurous, high-quality art and ideas
Supporting artists, musicians and creative communities
Keeping Resonance ad-free and independent
We also hear things like:
“You never know what’ll happen next.” and
“A vital lifeline for artists.”
How To Support Fundraiser 2026
There are multiple ways to get involved.
Donate
One-off or regular — every contribution supports the station as a whole.
Regular monthly donations are especially valuable, as they help us plan ahead.
Attend Fundraiser Events
Live broadcasts, gigs, talks, club nights and one-offs organised by the Resonance network.
Bid In The Auction
Artwork, records, experiences and oddities donated by artists, listeners and friends of the station.
Support us year-round
T-shirts and Merchandise, Studio Hire and Patreon subscriptions all contribute to keeping Resonance on air.
👉 Check out our store
Get Involved
Can you help us raise funds, put on an event, donate an item to our auction or help us in some other way?
👉 Download our Fundraising Pack
A final word
If Resonance or Resonance Extra has ever surprised you.
If you’ve discovered something you wouldn’t have found anywhere else.
If you value radio that takes risks, makes room for real voices, and stays independent.
Please support our Fundraiser.
Help sustain this totally unique, ad-free & independent, and radical radio station.
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Help keep Resonance on air
Regular donations are the most effective way to support independent, ad-free radio. Monthly giving helps protect freedom of expression while championing adventurous, high-quality art and ideas. Donate or set up a regular gift now.
Resonance FM and Resonance Extra are projects of London Musicians Collective Limited. Registered charity number 290236. Company Number 01557490 (England and Wales) at 7 Risborough Street, London SE1 0HF.
