{"id":458974,"date":"2026-06-03T14:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T14:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/458974\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T14:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T14:48:10","slug":"bbc-local-radio-turns-focus-to-volunteering-radiotoday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/458974\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Local Radio turns focus to volunteering \u2013 RadioToday"},"content":{"rendered":"

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BBC Local Radio presenters will volunteer across the UK for a new network day focused on community action.<\/p>\n

The first BBC Make a Difference Day takes place on Friday 5 June, during National Volunteers\u2019 Week, with programming across BBC Local Radio stations in England and the national stations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n

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The day will feature stories about volunteers and the work they do in their communities, while also looking at issues such as isolation and local support.<\/p>\n

Presenters will also take part in volunteering activity in their own areas, including painting youth centres, dry-stone walling, cleaning riverbanks and singing in care homes.<\/p>\n

Listeners will be encouraged to find volunteering opportunities through the BBC Make a Difference website.<\/p>\n

BBC Morning Live is also linking with Local Radio for the day, with BBC Radio Merseyside\u2019s Kevin Duala reporting from projects where volunteers are involved.<\/p>\n

Gaby Roslin, presenter of the Make a Difference Show across the BBC Local network, said the day is about \u201ccelebrating everyday acts of kindness\u201d and highlighting volunteers who support their communities.<\/p>\n

She added: \u201cUp and down the UK we get to hear each week of people doing the most amazing life-changing things, but we want to hear more and love to celebrate the positive stories and share them far and wide.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chris Burns, Head of Local Audio Commissioning, said the idea grew from asking what could come next for the Make a Difference campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BBC Local Radio presenters will volunteer across the UK for a new network day focused on community action.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":458975,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,157,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-458974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458974\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/458975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}