Community Broadcasting Foundation

04/12/2025

People with disabilities are vital contributors to community broadcasting across Australia.

As our next round of grants opens up in early 2026, now is a great time to explore local partnerships to remove barriers for people with disabilities.

As always, our Grants Support Team are here to chat about application ideas and share advice on how you can boost the participation of people with disabilities in your station.

A community radio station in Alice Springs is becoming a breeding ground for new, diverse voices by giving people with disability a platform to broadcast.

03/12/2025

2BOB RADIO supporting International Day of People with Disability - Australia

International Day of People with Disability - Australia 2BOB Volunteer / Presenter Mat Earley
interviews a Valley Industries Ltd Co-ordinator before the Music & Dance Concert today at the Manning Entertainment Centre

02/12/2025

Celebrate this week with the new season 4 of ReFramed - a podcast and vodcast series exploring the representation of people with disability in TV & Film. Latest episode features award- winning writer and disability advocate and activist, Carly Findlay OAM, and inclusion advocate and entrepreneur Jacob Darkin. Stream it on CTV Plus - link below.

02/12/2025

Live on the airwaves today - catch the three national ambassadors for International Day of People with Disability chatting to Radio 1RPH from 1.30pm on a special ep of The Independent Assessment. Streaming available on the Community Radio Plus app!

3 December is International Day of People with Disability. Tune in at 1.30pm on Wednesday for a special 90 minute program featuring the latest episode of The Independent Assessment, where we discuss how the dialogue around diversity and equity has been derailed. Plus interviews with local community leaders Taryn Lee and Ravi Krishnamurthy and three of the national I-day ambassadors.

Tune in on 1125 AM in Canberra, 89.5 FM in Wagga Wagga and 99.5 FM in Junee, stream on the internet at radio1rph.org.au, or on the Community Radio Plus App.

Image description: Taryn Lee is a young person with disability. They are smiling and wearing a pink and black checked jumper with the sleeves pulled down over their hands.

02/12/2025

Tune in today for 3CR Community Radio's special 12-hour broadcast 'RIGHT RELATIONS & INNOVATIONS' for International Day of People with Disability. From 7am - 7pm!

02/12/2025

Happy International Day of People with Disability 💙 This year's theme is: fostering disability-inclusive societies for advancing social progress - inviting us to reflect on how we can amplify the voices, creativity and leadership of people with disability, and build more accessible inclusive spaces across our communities.

Photo: Only Human on 4ZZZ Zed Digital 4ZZZ

02/12/2025

We're seeing some amazing community broadcasting history captured this year - including Heather Anderson's 'People Powered Radio - Fifty Years of Community Radio Station 4ZZZ'.

Congratulations on the launch of the book and of course to the whole 4ZZZ community for their fifty years!

01/12/2025

Catch MainFM tomorrow broadcasting from Castlemaine's community celebration of International Day of People with Disability. This year's event will feature guest speakers from MainFM's Able Radio, and roving reporters giving live updates throughout the day!

If you're down in Castlemaine on Dja Dja Wurrung Country, Mount Alexander Shire Council is inviting the community to come along to this free event:

📍 Wed 3 Dec 10.30am - 12.30pm
@ Victory Park, Castlemaine
Free event - Barbecue included

01/12/2025

A collaborative session at our Sector Investment workshop last Friday, where our Board and Committee members came together to focus on strengthening the future of our sector grant programs. Thank you to our members for volunteering their time, leadership and thoughtful contributions.

01/12/2025

Get ready for International Day of People with Disability this Wednesday with 3CR Community Radio's RIGHT RELATIONS & INNOVATIONS - Disability Day broadcast🎙️ A special 12-hour broadcast from 7am-7.30pm this Wednesday 3 December. Link below for more info.
Artwork: 'Akin Shift' - by Renay Barker-Mulholland

01/12/2025

As part of International Day of People with Disability this Wednesday - Vision Australia Radio presenter Peter Greco chats to the Australian Disability Network about the new Build Belonging initiative to create more accessible and inclusive workplaces. Listen back on shared link below.

As part of International Day of People with Disability (IDPwD), Brooke Carter and Emma Hamilton from the Australian Disability Network talk with Peter Greco about their Build Belonging Campaign. This is being launched under the scaffolding of the concept of Pragmatic Universal Design. Identified through Neuroinclusive Research, Pragmatic Universal Design is an actionable approach for Australian organisations to create more accessible and inclusive workplaces.

https://omny.fm/shows/interview-highlights/interview-highlight-brooke-carter-and-emma-hamilton-australian-disability-network

01/12/2025

FBi Radio collaborating with 9 local artists on their very own CONVERSE shoes!

It's so lovely to see the broader arts and cultural sectors get behind community broadcasting. Nice work!