Intro to Radio & Podcasting 2024 - Awards For All (Birmingham)

The Gaydio Academy in partnership with Awards For All Birmingham delivered radio and work skills training, peer support and mentoring as part of 'Intro to Radio & Podcasting 2023 & 2024'.

Learners took their first steps in radio, got an overview of the industry as a whole and then moved on to create content to help talk about the LGBTQ+ community in Birmingham.

Course Layout

Introduction to radio and how to become a radio presenter
How to plan content and news presenting
Other roles in radio and the music business
Creating your own station and Podcast preparation on Birmingham content

News Demo

During one session, participants took part in creating a news report from scratch and recorded this live. Taking current news stories, they constructed a journalist layout to present this on-air. Individually, they recorded and then edited this down to the final feature. Please see below one example, created and voiced by Kavan, Maya & Sam:

Podcasting

The end goal of the week was for each participant to produce a podcast in a group that they could take away with them on topics the groups could relate to but also along the lines of the LGBTQ+ community in Birmingham. Below is the podcast created by Calyspo & Bec's:

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Clayton Hotel
The Clayton Hotel Birmingham, a family-friendly hotel located in the heart of Birmingham city, just a 2-minute walk from Moor Street Station and 10 minutes from New Street station.
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Mailbox is one of the UK’s largest mixed-use destinations outside London and an ideal landmark office headquarters. Widely regarded as Birmingham’s premium lifestyle destination, Mailbox presents occupiers with a uniquely vibrant 24/7 environment at the heart of Birmingham City Centre.
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People know best what’s needed in their communities. It’s important to involve your community from the start - in the design, development and delivery of the activities you’re planning. Awards For All want to fund projects that are connected to local people and their communities and use their existing skills and experience.