Volunteering

Volunteering at West Kent Radio

West Kent Radio is your local volunteer-led community radio station broadcasting to Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge, Southborough, and surrounding villages and towns.

The station is currently seeking new volunteers in the following areas only:

• Journalists (Local News)
• Journalists (Local Sport)
• Technical Engineering
• Social Media Support
• Marketing Support

Journalists (Local News)
You will be part of our growing local news team, looking to bring stories to life for broadcast on-air.

The team sources and writes local news stories and arranges interviews with those making the headlines. Interviews are made into news packages for broadcast and for the station website.

We are looking to expand the team, to provide local news bulletins on a rota basis.

Experience is useful but not essential and training is available.

Journalists (Local Sport)
Similar to local news, but majoring in sport across the area.

You could be sourcing local sports stories, conducting interviews, and preparing sports packages for broadcast and the station website. The station is also increasingly using video for news reports.

Experience is useful but not essential and training is available.

Technical Engineering
Our technical and IT teams are looking for new volunteers with either a technical/electrical background or experience in IT. This may include helping with the technical side of live outside broadcasts from various locations.

We are unable to train from scratch in these areas.

Social Media Support
Our social media team is looking for additional volunteers to help with all aspects. This may include preparing and posting items on Facebook, X, Instagram, and Tik-Tok, plus the creation of suitable graphics.

Some experience is expected here, although limited training may be available.

Marketing Support
This is an important area for the station, where we need to promote who and what we are to the community.

If you have marketing expertise, we would like to hear from you.

If the idea of volunteering with us appeals to you, you are aged 18 or over and live within 20 miles of our Southborough studio centre, please complete the form below and we will be in touch.

Please note: As a voluntary organisation, we are unable to offer work experience placements.