Radio Cracker Ballymena

Radio Cracker Shop

We have our shop at Unit 58 Tower Center on Wellington Street (the old Shoezone store)

Opening hours are 9.30am to 2pm Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Donations always welcome!

We have loads of goodies in our shop.

We would like to thank the Tower Centre for extending our lease.

2026 Funding Projects

These are the projects that Radio Crackers is raising funds to support in 2026:

Fields of Life

Funding to construct toilet blocks, washrooms & changing facilities at 2 schools in the remote Nebbi district, Uganda

Gillaj Star CBO

We turn on the tap to get clean water, but the people in Kisumu, Kenya, can't!

We would like to put the right by funding a water purification project

Kids 4 School

Funding to provide mobility aids and wheelchairs to under-privileged children living with disabilites in rural Tanzania

Care for Cambodia

They are requesting funding to construct a permanent classroom to improve the facilities for the children in Banteay Meanchey Province, Cambodia

E3 Initiative

Clean water is a basic necessity! They are providing funds to buy 12 water tanks which will provide clean water for many in Ingwavuma, South Africa

Teach Beyond

They would like to provide funding for a 2 toilet ablution block at a Teach Beyond project in Zambia

The Francina Foundation

Funding to drill a borehole and provide free, fresh water to the people living in remote villages in Tamilnadu State, India

Restore Ministry

Funding to carry out essential cleaning & deepening of 50 year old water wells to gain access to clean drinking water

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Previous Fundraisers

Radio Cracker - Ballymena's Got Talent

Radio Cracker are hosting an evening of some of the best entertainment Ballymena has to offer on Wednesday 14th October 2026 at Leighinmohr House Hotel

Radio Cracker Big Breakfast raised a fantastic total of £2152!!!

Thanks to everyone who came and supported our joint fundraiser with The Francina Foundation.

Thanks to the following businesses:
Crosskeys Meats for supplying the bacon and sausages
Henderson Group for supplying the sodas, potato bread, loaves and tomatoes
Ballygarvey Eggs for supplying the eggs

Also to High Kirk Church for the use of the hall and kitchen

And finally, thanks to all the volunteers of both The Francina Foundation and Radio Cracker who made it all happen and provided everyone with a tasty fry!

Radio Cracker History

We've been broadcasting in Ballymena every Christmas since 1992, and we have raised over £1,800,000 thanks to our volunteers and you, our listeners and supporters.

WHO WE ARE

Radio Cracker Ballymena is a fundraising charity radio station with a Christian ethos that broadcasts every year for four weeks up to Christmas Eve. We run other fundraising events throughout the year and also have a shop, currently on Wellington Street, which generates a large part of our total each year. (We're very grateful to the owners of the Tower Centre for supplying a unit)

WHO DOES IT HELP?

Over the years Radio Cracker has funded 200+ projects across many parts of the world, eg it has brought clean water to many communities, funded 1000's of eye operations as well as funded many other medical, educational, agricultural and community projects in some of the world's poorest communities.

We're very grateful that God has blessed us over the last 30+ years and also grateful to all the businesses, individuals & volunteers who support us each year.

WHAT WE DO

Radio Cracker is run 100% by volunteers. Throughout the year we organise several fundraising events. We also have volunteers who run the shop and a team who prepare the station, present shows, answer phones, control the tech desk & many other jobs!

All our volunteers work hard each year to ensure Radio Cracker can financially help those in need across the world through the projects we support.

Would you like to be a part of it?

It takes lots of people to keep it all going! A great variety of jobs to do!
Would you like to get involved?
If so, email admin@radiocracker.org.uk
We would love to hear from YOU!

We are looking forward to another great year of fundraising and appreciate your support in 2026

Radio Cracker is Ballymena's only charity radio station

Our annual Christmas 1 month radio broadcast started in 1992, ran by volunteers raising money for charitable Worldwide projects to benefit people and communities who do not enjoy the same standard of life as we do.

Radio Cracker Ballymena now incorporates a shop, creation of hand crafted items and charity events to our fundraising. All ran by volunteers, All money going to charitable projects.

Our longevity relies on the support of our volunteers and the generosity of businesses and people in the Ballymean area and beyond. We have raised over £1,800,00 since 1992.