{"id":47829,"date":"2026-06-01T09:33:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T08:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?p=47829"},"modified":"2026-05-13T10:27:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T09:27:18","slug":"rsgb-youth-champion-schools-sophie-bourne-m9lbw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/volunteers-week\/2026\/06\/01\/rsgb-youth-champion-schools-sophie-bourne-m9lbw\/","title":{"rendered":"RSGB Youth Champion (Schools) Sophie Bourne, M9LBW"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sophie<\/p>\n

Why did you choose to volunteer with the RSGB? <\/strong>To encourage young people to get involved and to meet people through volunteering.<\/p>\n

How long have you been an RSGB volunteer? <\/strong>I\u2019ve been a volunteer since October 2025, when I attended the RSGB Convention<\/strong><\/a> and was part of the youth stand. Since then, I\u2019ve taken part in a Tonight@8 webinar<\/strong><\/a>, attended the membership strategy workshop and then recently took on the role of Youth<\/strong> Champion for Schools<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

What would you say to people who are thinking of volunteering?<\/strong> I would say that volunteering is really rewarding and a great way to get more involved in amateur radio. You don\u2019t have to have a lot of experience; when I started, I had been licensed for less than a year. I\u2019ve gained a lot from volunteering including meeting new people, exploring new areas of amateur radio and giving back to the community. Even giving up a small amount of time can make a big difference.<\/p>\n

Which aspect of amateur radio would you still like to try?<\/strong> I\u2019d like to explore satellite communication more. I had a taste of it when I took part in the ISS contact at the YOTA Camp in Paris<\/strong><\/a> last year and really enjoyed it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Why did you choose to volunteer with the RSGB? To encourage young people to get involved and to meet people through volunteering. How long have you been an RSGB volunteer? I\u2019ve been a volunteer since October 2025, when I attended the RSGB Convention and was part of the youth stand. Since then, I\u2019ve taken part […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20395,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[409],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-volunteers-week"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47829"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47873,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47829\/revisions\/47873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}