Podcast Heroes

In April 2025, we  launched a series of free fun, Podcast Workshops for children and young people aged 10 -20 to become ‘Community Well-being Champions’. We offered children a safe, warm, welcoming creative space, and give them the digital tools and youth social action training they need to create an online campaign that will empower them to educate, challenge and transform wider perceptions of children’s mental health & wellbeing.

Children attending our Summer Holiday Arts Club 2024 were inspired by a Podcast Workshop that was delivered by a talented local sound engineer Jo Tyler. Children who took part asked if they could learn more about Podcasting as they loved recording and sharing their personal stories about matters that meant the most to them. In response to their request, we applied to and have been awarded funding from SNG #iwill Fund to launch a series of Podcasting Workshops on 19th April 2025 at our Creative Kids Centre in Boscombe. A total of 22, two-hour workshops took place on twice weekly and in the School Holidays and were delivered in partnership with Soniche Productions who will run the workshops and supervise post-production of content for broadcast.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our brand new sound booth !!

 

 

 

 

 

Podcasting has experienced exponential growth in the past ten years, particularly since the pandemic – where audio productions, storytelling and podcasts were intrinsic media for expression and wellbeing. The BBC, and Fun Kids Radio produce output aimed at kids but the need for kids to express themselves and create content is equally valid and the voices of children suffering from mental health issues is grossly underrepresented. Podcasting enables children and young people to have a voice and share their stories but can also give them the protection of anonymity when discussing sensitive issues regarding mental health and well-being.

Our Podcast Heroes have created self produced podcast episodes and interviews together and they are all available here : 

They interviewed artists, vets, teachers, librarians, local business owners and creative individuals.

What did our Podcast Heroes do?

  • They wrote their own questions
  • Researched topics and chose them
  • Recorded their audios
  • Edited the episodes
  • Added idents and jingles
  • Self-led workshops to young children

Finally, we have begun to publish all their hard work. This is to reach a wider audience of young people, get them engaged in podcasting and their local community, create new opportunities, spark interest and spark important conversations.

We are a registered Charity 1127371, so donations towards overheads are most welcomed. Donations can be given at the art centre in cash or made online

 

LISTEN HERE to Episode 1 ‘Rose Red Records’ recorded by Jasmine, produced by Molly.