Make a Difference

Every day the BBC radio station where you live brings communities together to make a difference close to home.

Make a Difference Awards

Our awards celebrate the stories that we hear day-after-day, of people going above and beyond to really make a difference where you live.

Make a Difference Award ceremonies are taking place across England in September 2022.

Each local BBC radio station will be celebrating with their communities, sharing stories and revealing the winner of eight categories.

Find out about our finalists and winners by tuning into your local BBC radio station and follow the latest on the awards on social media using the hashtag #MakeaDifferenceAwards.

Find out more

Celebrating people who are going above and beyond to make a difference where you live. Click here for full award rules and our privacy notice.

All about the money

Advice, tips and links to help with finance and money management.

Find out how the BBC radio station where you live is making a difference

Nations

Click here to find contact details to get in touch directly with stations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Podcasts and Series

Explore and listen to comedy, faith, politics and real-life stories from BBC radio teams local to you.
Keeping Faith

Sharing services, speakers and reflections from various faiths across England.
BBC Headroom

Headroom is the BBC’s toolkit for your mental health. Mindful tips. Mood mixes. Motivation.
BBC Introducing

Bringing together all of the BBC's supporters of unsigned music. Upload your music to your local BBC radio station.
Upload

Sharing your audio, video, text and images on air and across local BBC radio digital platforms.
Teaching support

A collection of free curriculum-mapped content from BBC Teach.
Learn and revise

BBC Bitesize shares lessons with videos, activities and more.
Tiny Happy People

Explore simple activities, play ideas and find out more about your child's early development.
Workouts on BBC Sport

Stay fit with videos from BBC Sport.
Get creative

BBC Arts brings together arts, culture and resources to help you be creative at home.
Memory Radio

Designed to use music to help people reconnect with their most powerful memories.

Happy Hit

Welcome to a new series of our podcast and a snack-sized treat to warm up your week.
Unusual Times podcast

Exploring 'the new normal' and how Covid-19 has affected us all. Listen on BBC Sounds.
Homelessness Unwrapped

Singer/songwriter Katie Melua explores issues surrounding homelessness.
Unsung Hero Finalists

Meet the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Unsung Heroes from across the UK.
Heroes meet...

Saying a big thank you to key workers who’ve got us through the last couple of years.
Doorstep carols

More details on how communities came together to sing at Christmas.
Happy Heads

Find out more and watch a special performance of ‘By Your Side’ by Calvin Harris ft. Tom Grennan.
Pledge to change

Sharing the things that you will change to help where we live and our planet.
Kit out the Nation

Charities and companies helping to get sport kit and equipment to young people.
Big Beach Clean

Helping to clean up the East Coast of northern England.
Give a laptop

Charities and companies that are helping children with their learning.
Pledge to talk

Tackling loneliness and social isolation by connecting with someone who you haven’t spoken to in a while.
Million pounds of work

Looking at ways to help support people back to work in towns and cities across England.
The Big Bubble Singalong

McFly are joined by people singing and dancing along to their song 'Happiness' for BBC Children in Need.
Remember Together

Hundreds sent in photos of the names of those who have served our country, to help us make a giant poppy.
Summer of Music

Pictures, audio and video from UK festivals happening during the summer.
Poetry

Local BBC radio stations commissioned poets to create a poem inspired by people who are making a difference.
Great British Bunting

Thousands of you made and displayed your own bunting to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day.
Captain Tom's Birthday Salute

Thousands of you have been taking photos of yourselves and your families saluting Captain Tom Moore.
Owain's Big House Band

Hundreds of you sent us clips playing the BBC News theme music, after being inspired by Owain Wyn Evans.