{"id":10968,"date":"2016-04-13T09:09:37","date_gmt":"2016-04-13T08:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/?p=10968"},"modified":"2016-04-13T09:09:37","modified_gmt":"2016-04-13T08:09:37","slug":"bbc-do-something-great-season-volunteering-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/2016\/04\/bbc-do-something-great-season-volunteering-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Do Something Great Season &#8211; Volunteering Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/mediacentre\/mediapacks\/dosomethinggreat\">BBC have launched their <strong>Do Something Great<\/strong> season<\/a>, which aims to encourage more people to get volunteering, as well as celebrate those who already do.\u00a0There is more about the season below.<\/p>\n<p>The producer of this programme is keen to feature good volunteering stories on the season website and on local BBC stations, which are fun, inspiring and heart-warming and would help people see volunteering differently.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you have any good volunteering stories you would like to share with the BBC, please fill in the attached template and send it to Gaby Hornsby<\/strong>, producer of the season &#8211; <a href=\"mailto:gaby.hornsby@bbc.co.uk\">gaby.hornsby@bbc.co.uk<\/a>. The local map attached shows the spread of regional BBC stations, and they will be looking into a variety of stories to share at these regional areas.<\/p>\n<p>You can also get involved on social media using #DoSomethingGreat<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>More about Do Something Great<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>The season will feature a wide range of inspiring programmes on BBC ONE and BBC TWO. It kicked off with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/articles\/2hy01QDCmhQrLy21CB4GBVj\/springwatch-do-something-great\">Springwatch at Easter<\/a> on the 25 March, and includes<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/guides\/zqcc6fr\"> an online quiz for audiences<\/a> to find out what kind of volunteering best fits their personality and interests.<\/p>\n<p>The main body of programming will be focused around the end of May \/ through June, climaxing around this year\u2019s Volunteers\u2019 Week, where presenters and communities alike will be showing how they are already doing great things across the UK that will help make a difference to everyone\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n<p>You can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p03f5gnv\">find out more about the campaign on the website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-10968\" data-postid=\"10968\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-10968 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The BBC Do Something Great season has launched and they are looking for volunteer stories as part of the season. To share your story, or find out more, read the article for more details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"xn-wppe-expiration":[],"xn-wppe-expiration-action":[],"xn-wppe-expiration-prefix":[],"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[128,9,37,152],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3cThd-2QU","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10968"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10968"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10969,"href":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10968\/revisions\/10969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}