{"id":2528,"date":"2026-05-10T16:26:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T06:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/?p=2528"},"modified":"2026-05-10T16:26:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T06:26:59","slug":"celebrate-national-volunteer-week-2026-with-your-volunteers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/05\/10\/celebrate-national-volunteer-week-2026-with-your-volunteers\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate National Volunteer Week 2026 with your volunteers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>From Monday 18 May to Sunday 24 May 2026, communities across Australia will come together to celebrate&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.volunteeringaustralia.org\/get-involved\/nationalvolunteerweek\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National Volunteer Week 2026<\/a>, Australia\u2019s largest annual celebration of volunteering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year\u2019s theme,&nbsp;<strong>Your Year to Volunteer<\/strong>, honours the contributions of volunteers and encourages people across Australia to make 2026 a year of meaningful involvement, in ways that work for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For community broadcasters, volunteers are at the heart of everything we do, on air, behind the scenes and in local communities. Community broadcasting continues to thrive because of the dedication, skills and passion of volunteers across the sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stations are encouraged to use the official National Volunteer Week resources from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.volunteeringaustralia.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Volunteering Australia<\/a>&nbsp;to celebrate and thank their volunteers throughout the week. Resources include social media graphics, posters, logos and promotional materials to help stations recognise the contribution of volunteers in their communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>National Volunteer Week 2026 resources:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.volunteeringaustralia.org\/get-involved\/nationalvolunteerweek\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.volunteeringaustralia.org\/get-involved\/nationalvolunteerweek\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nominate your station volunteer for the 2026 CBAA Most Valuable Volunteer competition<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stations are also encouraged to take part in the 2026 CBAA Most Valuable Volunteer competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The successful entrant will receive a scholarship to attend the CBAA Conference 2026, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>conference registration<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>accommodation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a $400 travel allowance available through reimbursement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nomination form:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tfaforms.com\/5222471\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.tfaforms.com\/5222471<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Promote National Volunteer Week on air<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Help spread the word by playing the National Volunteer Week 2026 Community Service Announcement on your station. It is a great way to recognise volunteers in your local community and encourage listeners to get involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Download the National Volunteer Week 2026 Community Service Announcement:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cbaa.app.box.com\/s\/gnrviwlg3g326am94848c0ayerfwxo9j\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/cbaa.app.box.com\/s\/gnrviwlg3g326am94848c0ayerfwxo9j<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Together, we can celebrate the volunteers who keep community broadcasting strong, connected and thriving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Monday 18 May to Sunday 24 May 2026, communities across Australia will come together to celebrate&nbsp;National Volunteer Week 2026, Australia\u2019s largest annual celebration of volunteering. This year\u2019s theme,&nbsp;Your Year to Volunteer, honours the contributions of volunteers and encourages people across Australia to make 2026 a year of meaningful involvement, in ways that work for &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/05\/10\/celebrate-national-volunteer-week-2026-with-your-volunteers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Celebrate National Volunteer Week 2026 with your volunteers&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2528"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2529,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2528\/revisions\/2529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}