
MMAD Intimate Podcast
Region - Hunter, Central Coast, Mid North Coast, Northern Rivers, Central West, New England
MMAD, a NSW Central Coast-based charity, provides creative support to help young people overcome challenges such as homelessness, destructive patterns of behaviour, exclusion from school, family breakdown, drug and alcohol dependency, unemployment and reoffending. MMAD’s goal is to break negative cycles and empower young people to go on and make their own difference within the community.
The Rhyme and Reason Podcast received $48,560 from the Foundation to enable MMAD to reach young people who are unable to access the MMAD programs due to location or other constraints. The 12-month pilot program will take the core content of MMAD's successful on-the-ground programs and release a podcast each month, which will be available to community radio, organisations such as juvenile justice and community youth groups, and the general public via social media and download.
Additionally, the MMAD Intimate Podcast will enable the launch of a Central Coast-based youth training program that will teach valuable employment skills to participants in areas such as sound production, radio and journalism.
NB: this grant will bring the total amount donated by the Foundation to MMAD to $189,260 (since 2011).