IMPACT STORIES
The Positive Light Foundation exists to fund organisations that help individuals and communities across Melbourne connect with a God who loves them. We ensure content and resources are available to inspire them to live a life of purpose and hope.
ESTHER
Last year, I was going through a really tough spot in my life and it was one of those days that I went, “I'm not doing this anymore”, and I can remember the spot on the highway where I was going to go and turn my wheel so I could turn into an oncoming truck, and just as I went to turn my wheel, your show was wrapping up and it was Lucy, that when [she] said her little goodbyes and ended it with the whole 'be kind to everybody', and then Lucy said, and 'be kind to yourself'. It almost felt like you were looking straight at me, and Lucy said, 'because sometimes we don't know how to be kind to ourselves. But we need to know that if we can be kind to others, we can be kind to ourselves too. And we need to give ourselves a break and some slack. And it's going to be okay'. I just felt in that moment like you looked straight at me and I just went, this isn't it, I can keep on fighting another day, and I ran home and I called the people I needed to call and said I'm not okay, and started getting the help I needed. And I'm sitting here going, those simple words mean that I'm still sitting here today.
TREVOR
I got in a dark place. I thought I had no hope and I thought I'd just do myself in, and I attempted it. And there was a radio beside the bed and I just turned it on and it had your station on there and I listened to it. My hopes started to return and thoughts of suicide… going from my mind. It's a great thing to be able to turn on the radio and listen to something positive and it's saving lives and I know for a fact I wouldn't be here today. Things have totally turned around.
MOIRA
It was there when I was really depressed and I was really having a hard time because there was so much trauma coming up in my life that I had to deal with and I couldn't go to church anymore. I just had to come away and just be with God and I found 89.9TheLight radio at that time and it's like God was just answering my searching for answers. And so, it was like a life support for me, and I know that there's a lot of people out there that are hurting, and so that's why I became a partner, and I just love it. We just need this Light in the world.
- TheLight Careline connected with 15,293 callers in 2024
- A dedicated media based 'Connection Team' personally reaching out to listeners in need.
- Nationally syndicated radio shows include: Towards Understanding & The Daily with Cam Want
- Hosted major events: Relate - Mental Health Together - Marriage Health
- Podcasts available worldwide ('Everyday Joy' is the most listened to Australian daily devotion podcast)
IMPACTING THE COMMUNITY
Over 400,000 listeners tune in each week to PositiveMedia radio stations. This makes PositiveMedia the most listened to community radio station in Australia, with an average 8.7 hours of listening time per week.