While a voluntary workforce is a commendable idea to kick start, it is a fundamentally inappropriate solution for an organization that seeks to embrace millions of people. The time has come to formally appoint a team. Others have put forward excellent ideas for how that could be formed. Equally, you cannot expect anybody involved with spreading the word in an influential and helpful way, such as the press, to do so accurately without the backup of a highly efficient and professionally run operation to at least clarify the facts of a story and provide a photo in time to meet rushed deadlines. Not all stories will be of global, or even national interest.
Local events require press releases and interviews and visuals.
If public finance is to be a non-starter, at least in the short term, and the Membership will not accept a private benefactor, then fees will have to come from the membership. Whilst I am sure this will be met with outrage and deeply felt resistance, one cannot stand aside on principal, only to see the very thing one is seeking to protect fly out the window. Regular online surgeries with the regional director, run on an appointment system, may be possible. The challenge is to then hold people's attention on a long term basis. For that, you need make useful tools available and others will have ideas to add here.