Podcast feedStreetsfest
Streetsfest is a festival bringing together different grassroots homeless organisations in Finsbury Park. It happens at the end of each summer and last year CCRadio’s Bonny Astor and Freddy Chick went along to cover it. It’s taken a while for the piece to be edited! So let us whisk you back to a warm summer’s evening in Finsbury Park…
Package by: Bonny Astor and Freddy Chick
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What Are they saying about the 8th Mrs Brown?
This piece was inspired by the fictional TV character Mrs Brown, which is set in Finglas, in North Dublin. A Finglas resident wonders what the people there think of the 8th amendment to the Irish constitution (which gives equal right to life to the foetus as to the pregnant woman), which is the subject of a referendum on 25th May. Taking a trip down memory lane and reviewing the hardships that putting the foetal hearbeat ahead of women’s health caused in Finglas (and all over Ireland). This audio was originally developed for a Speaking of IMELDA performance in Ireland in 2016.
The referendum to repeal the 8th Amendment to the Irish constitution and clear the way for permitting abortion up to 12 weeks takes place on 25th May. For more information, see the attached links
Package by: Marian Larragy
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Core Culture: Mr Romel Ravello
Today I get to interview Mr. Romel Ravello, a Author, Motivational speaker and pillar to the Black community. He tells us about being a former Black liberation youth leader, growing up in Trinidad and the Carnival culture.
Package by: Rochelle Robinson
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Inside Spectrum homeless day centre
Spectrum is the homeless day centre in Camden Town. It provides support and direction for homeless people in Camden. Most of all, it acts as a safe space for spending some of the day and a chance to clean and do laundry. I spoke to some of the men using to centre and to the staff who help run it.
Names have been changed to protect the identity of some of the speakers in this piece.
Package by: Freddy Chick
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Homelessness: a fair system?
Since one of our colleagues became homeless in Camden, we have been thinking about the issue of homelessness in the borough. In this show Freddy Chick speaks to some of the homeless people in Camden about their experience of the system that is in place to help. We hear from Ian Bangay, head of Camden Safer Streets Team, the street outreach team for Camden Council.
What rules are in place surrounding the system of help and how does it work? Is it fair?
The names of the people interviewed in this piece have been changed.
Package by: Freddy Chick
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