Radio 1RPH is proud to be part of the 2026 Canberra Day Appeal.From the 30th of January until the 20th of March, Canberrans are invited to give where they live. Radio 1RPH is raising funds to keep our station on air and to bring our radio reading service to the people of Canberra, Wagga Wagga and Junee especially anyone who has any kind of print disability.
Hands Across Canberra will match every dollar donated up to $2,500, so every dollar you donate becomes $2. Donations are tax deductible, so come on and let’s build a better Canberra.
World Braille Day is this Sunday, 4 January. To celebrate Radio 1RPH has two special programs.
At 12.30pm, Maryanne interviews two of the category winners of the Dickinson Memorial Literary Competition for writers who are blind or have low vision. Claire Clifford wrote Light Up the Night, a powerful and personal poem about her vision journey. It was the winning entry in the Adult Poem, Song Lyric or Limerick Category. Luis Thompson wrote The Discovery Adventure, four friends going on a bike ride with storms and treasure maps. Luis’ story won the Junior Student Category and also the People’s Choice Category.
At 1.00pm, Radio 1RPH ‘s President, Robert Altamore, gives us Braille 101, how he has used Braille through his life and the Braille embosser which is the size of a small fridge!
If you still want more, you can join an international virtual conversation organised by the World Blind Union and the International Council for the Education of People with Visual Impairment. This international event will launch a two-year global campaign championing braille as a foundation for literacy, learning, independence, and empowerment. The event happens online at 9.00pm Australian Eastern Daylight Time. Further information and to register at this link: https://mailchi.mp/wbu/email-content-en-18100322?e=bf2d4562fa
The 2025 annual general meeting for Radio 1RPH will be held on Saturday 15th November 2025 at 2pm at the Yowani Golf Club in Lyneham.
It is a requirement that a person be a current financial member to vote, to be a member of the Committee or to nominate a person for committee membership. However, volunteers who are not financial members are encouraged and welcome to attend this important event in our station’s life. If you need any information please email president@radio1rph.org.au.
For the first time ever, community radio across Australia has an incredible chance to demonstrate our life-changing impact—and send a powerful message to the Government, to continue supporting us into the future.
The Canberra Day Appeal has now concluded and Radio 1RPH has smashed through the target of $10,000. While we won’t win the highest dollars donated or biggest community support, we are in the top 10 on both of those leader boards.
International Day of People with Disability (IDPwD) is held on 3 December each year. It is a day to raise community awareness, understanding and acceptance of the 5.5 million people with disability in Australia.
Radio 1RPH is proud to be part of creating an inclusive and diverse community.
Radio 1RPH is celebrating International Day of People with Disability with some special content.
10.30am Interview with Renée Heaton, Chair of the ACT Disability Reference Group.
12.15pm extracts of interviews by Powerd media’s Emma Myers with the Minister for Social Services Amanda Rishworth and one of the IDPwD Ambassadors, Khadija Gbla.
8.15pm Repeat of Disability Reform – IDPwD edition, with several stories about people with disability from the IDPwD website.
Thank you, Canberra! The #HandsUp4CBR Giving Day has come to an end and we raised a total of $7,601.
From our entire team, thank you to everyone who made a donation and especially Talkforce Media whose generous support gave our appeal an initial impetus. To all our donors, your continued support with fundraising and sharing updates about the Canberra Day Appeal made a huge difference!
It has also been a pleasure working with some of the other charities taking part in the appeal to tell their stories, broadcast and podcast from Radio 1RPH.
The Enlighten Festival is on again in 2024. Join Maryanne Gore and Margaret Cresswell on their tour of our national iconic institutions describing the illuminated projections.
The special program will be broadcast at 8.45pm on Friday 1 March and repeated at 3.00pm on Saturday 2 March.
