In the context of the STEP UP project, Equal Society piloted the activity “radio”, a good practice which was presented to the consortium by the Hungarian partner NYITOTT KÖR EGYESÜLET.

Equal Society has decided to pilot the selected good practice with the participation of 10 persons who either were homeless until recently or are currently homeless people and are residing in shelters for homeless people. The participants were of various ages and can be grouped in two categories: a) those who are participating in the theatrical group of homeless people “Walkabout” which was established by Equal Society in 2017 and b) people who participated for the first time in Equal Society’s activities.

On 04 October 2021 the project team organised the first meeting with the participants. During this meeting, the project team introduced the STEP UP project and the pilot activity to the participants. In the next, one and a half month the project team discussed with the participants on the details of how the pilot activity will be implemented and provided training as to the use of the radio equipment. During the training, the participants in collaboration with the project team decided that the recordings will lead to the production of podcasts that will be available for streaming on various web platforms.

Since the 19th of November 2021, the project team and the participants produced 14 podcasts focusing on the following topics:

• discussion on homelessness;
• education and homelessness;
• daily activity for psychological improvement and strengthening;
• homelessness and unemployment;
• personal stories of homeless people;
• homelessness and relationships;
• relationships within the homeless shelters;
• A day in the street;
• Dramatherapy 

 Videos

 Podcasts