Grant Round 2 opens today!

Our second 2022/23 Content, Development & Operations and Specialist Radio Programming grants round is now open. Before you apply find out more about our grants, then ...

Meet our assessor: Brianna Baggow

Brianna Baggow is the Station Manager at 4RFM Community Radio Station in Central Queensland. Born and bred in Moranbah Brianna lives there today married to her high school ...

Meet our assessor: Melanie Page

Melanie is one of our volunteer assessors who has been involved in all areas of community broadcasting, first in her hometown Hobart and then in Melbourne, since 2003. This is ...

Meet our assessor: Wayne Bynder

Wayne is one of our volunteer assessors who has been working in broadcasting for over 40 years. Wayne is a proud Nyoongar man and is currently the station manager of Wangki ...

Meet our assessor: Yasmin Rupesinghe

Yasmin is one of our volunteer assessors who has been working in community radio for over 20 years. This is her story. Tell us a bit about yourself I am a Melbourne-born ...

Meet our grant assessor: Mark Perrott

Mark Perrott has been a volunteer at Kilmore's OKRFM on Taungurung Country in north-central Victoria for the last 18 years. He has also volunteered for number of other community ...

Meet our grant assessor: Heather Anderson

Heather Anderson is based in Brisbane on Meanjin Country and has been working and volunteering at 4ZZZ since 1991. Growing up in England, Heather moved with her Australian ...

Meet our grant assessor: Dr Kim Stewart

Dr Kim Stewart earned her Community Broadcasting wings at 4ZZZ Community Radio Brisbane in 2000. But she was interested in community media long before then, making zines and ...

Meet our grant assessor: Carol North-Samardzic

Carol North-Samardzic has been volunteering with 89.3FM 2GLF in the Liverpool and Fairfield region of New South Wales since 2002. Over two decades she has produced radio ...

Meet our newest grant assessors

A warm welcome to the newest members of our Grant Assessor Team: Lauren Colosimo and Darren Kerby. Lauren is currently the Head of Production at Channel 31 and the Festival ...

Meet our newest grant assessors

A warm welcome to the newest members of our Grant Assessor Team: Gayle Austin, Brad Knight, Ivan Behsmann, Emily Nugent and Brianna Baggow. Our grant assessors sit at the ...

Meet our new Grant Assessors

A warm welcome to the newest members of our Grant Assessor Team: Richard Bridge, Mackenzie Curtis, Keren Leizerovitz and Marjolein Towler. Once they have all completed training ...

Meet our new Grant Assessors

Our team of valued Grant Assessors continues to grow! We're pleased to welcome Nicholas Stevens, Bernie Gorringe, James Preston, Simon Hydzik, Judith Shelley, Wayne Bynder, ...

Meet our Grant Assessors

Volunteers are the heart of the CBF, including our Grant Assessors. Our team of Grant Assessors read and review incoming applications before applications progress to our Grants ...

Assessor feedback for applicants June 2022

Each grant round, our volunteer assessors look closely at your applications providing comments and scores. We’ve listed some of the most common feedback about applications in ...

Celebrating our volunteers this week!

During National Volunteers Week we’re celebrating the generous contributions of the many volunteers who give so much to bring community media to life. More than 22,000 ...

Honing skills in our assessor workshops

We know that being a ‘virtual volunteer’ can be an isolating experience. So each year we run a series of small, interactive online skills workshops for our ...

Meet our new committee members

We're delighted to welcome four community media leaders to our volunteer grants advisory committees. Each brings years of experience, deep knowledge and passion for community ...

Welcome to our newest grant assessors

We warmly welcome the newest members of our Grant Assessor Team: Alison Troup, Christopher Crebbin, Jenni Enosa, Josh Klabbers, Stevie Marie Martin, Veronica Judge, Agnes ...

Strategic planning resources

Planning for the future is important - that's why as part of our Development & Operations grant application process, we ask for a strategic plan. Here's tips to help your ...

Our new Grant Assessors

Our team of Grant Assessors continues to grow! A warm welcome to Judy Kelly, Matthew Tomich, Justine Lloyd, Rachel Tyler Jones, Jenni Rush, Liam Fallon, Kristy-Lee Horswood, ...

Our new Grant Assessors

Our team of valued Grant Assessors continues to grow!  We’re pleased to welcome Chris Sparrow, David Lewis, Kim Borrowdale, Claire Stuchbery, Lieta Sauiluma-Duggan, Jessica ...

Our award-winning projects

Congratulations to all those awarded for their excellence in community broadcasting at the 2018 CBAA Community Radio Awards, First Nations Media Awards and NEMBC Broadcasting ...

Grant Assessor Team

Are you looking to give back to community broadcasting or gain insight into the grants process? Our team of volunteer grant assessors independently review, score and provide ...

Grant round is closed

Our first grant round for 2022/23 is now closed. In the coming weeks, our volunteer Grant Assessors will start reviewing all the applications we’ve received. Their ...

6 top tips for a winning D&O grant application

Our Development & Operations grants support community media organisations to be healthy, resilient and robust. This year, as we all continue to recover from the impacts of ...

2022 board and committee nominations now open

Nominations are now open for 13 positions on our Board and grants advisory committees. This opportunity only happens once every 18 months.  If you’re passionate about ...

CBF statement on First Nations community media funding

In October 2021 the National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA) published a report prepared by Hugh Watson Consulting which outlines key reform areas for the Indigenous ...

Successful grants start with 5 key questions

Preparing a grant application can be very similar to formulating a well-structured story. It all starts with answering a few critical questions before you start writing. Five ...

In conversation with... Ian Stanistreet

Ian Stanistreet was the perennial 1970s inner-city student living on muesli and beer with aspirations to becoming a lawyer when he discovered community radio and PBS FM. He ...

Terms & Conditions

Win $500 for your favourite community media organisation competition Your entry into Win $500 for your favourite community media organisation competition (the Competition) is ...

Bright Futures inspiration

Our Bright Futures project will invest $1.3 million in projects that improve the sustainability of community media organisations in the long-term. Here are some ideas to get your ...

Maddy Macfarlane

Maddy has broadcast on PBS 106.7FM since 2006. Maddy presents the all-Australian music program Homebrew, which turned 10 in 2018. Her passion for community radio also sees Maddy ...

Welcome Maddy Macfarlane

We’re delighted to welcome Maddy Macfarlane, who is filling a casual vacancy on our Content Grants Advisory Committee. Maddy has broadcast on PBS 106.7FM since 2006. Maddy ...

Late Application Policy

We try to set a deadline that is fair for all applicants. Usually this will be in the middle of the week, so that CBF staff and volunteers can begin processing and assessing as ...

Diversity, Access and Equity Policy

Policy The Community Broadcasting Foundation respects and values the principles of diversity, access and equity and the benefits of their application throughout its culture, ...

Code of Conduct

Introduction This is the Code of Conduct for Directors and members of the CBF’s Committees and Grant Assessor Team. It incorporates general advice on the common and corporate ...

Complaints Policy

The CBF’s grant processes are based on peer group assessment of grant applications by volunteers with relevant community broadcasting experience (Grant Assessor Team) and ...

Committee roles and responsibilities

We are very fortunate to have many volunteers who willingly offer their time and expertise on our grants advisory committees. Committee members are appointed by our Board through ...

Development & Operations grant

What does the CBF Development & Operations funding objective mean? The current objective for Development & Operations grants is to support community media ...

Application form

How do I prioritise my projects? Start with a conversation within your organisation. Of all the things you’re requesting funding for, which are vital right now and which are ...

Specialist Radio Programming

What activities are incentivised? The CBF supports diversifying voices in community media to ensure that community radio reflects the whole community. The Department of ...