{"id":619068,"date":"2026-06-03T15:06:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T15:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/619068\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T15:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T15:06:11","slug":"bbc-local-radio-turns-focus-to-volunteering-radiotoday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/619068\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Local Radio turns focus to volunteering \u2013 RadioToday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/todayl.ink\/aiirjune\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"RTUKPackageDeal1webp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/RTUKPackageDeal1webp.webp\" alt=\"\"   width=\"800\" height=\"160\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>BBC Local Radio presenters will volunteer across the UK for a new network day focused on community action.<\/p>\n<p>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<p><a href=\"https:\/\/todayl.ink\/WiseBuddah\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/RadioToday-Small-Image-150x150-1.png\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>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<p>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<p>Listeners will be encouraged to find volunteering opportunities through the BBC Make a Difference website.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>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<p>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<p>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.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":619069,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,128,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-619068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=619068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/619069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=619068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=619068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=619068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}