Welcome to the Gaydio Academy

A not-for-profit LGBTQ+ organisation,
supporting the community through the provision of confidence-building, skills-based education and training.

About The Gaydio Academy

Projects and courses each year

300+ learners

5 Teaching Locations

70 combined years' industry experience

Award winning programmes and courses

Take Part

The Gaydio Academy helps Gaydio reflect the diversity of the audience we represent. It's a core building block in our mission to be the UK's LGBTQ+ station.

All activities at The Gaydio Academy are free. No experience is necessary. We're LGBTQ+ focussed, not LGBTQ+ exclusive.

  • As a learner, you'll get experience in media and content creation while you learn new transferrable skills.

  • After training, you can expect to collaborate with others, creating professional-quality audio packages with support from our team.

  • You'll build your confidence and become more employable in the process - all in a fun environment where you'll make friends.

  • After you finish, there are opportunities to progress to further work experience and volunteering.

Interested? Get In Touch

Current Courses

Previous Courses

Work Club 2023-2024 (Manchester) Work Club 2024, with the Academy, is delivering radio and work skills training, peer support and mentoring to help jobless people from Greater Manchester and the surroundings to find secure employment and/or training.
Intro to Radio - Awards For All (Brighton) Awards For All, with the Academy, delivered radio and work skills training, peer support and mentoring to give participants their first steps in radio, a look at the industry as a whole and then created content online to help promote mental health and the LGBTQ+ community in the city.
Get Started In Radio & Podcasting 2023 (Edinburgh) Get Started in Radio & Podcasting, with The Princes Trust Scotland, delivered radio and work skills training, peer support and mentoring to help people from Edinburgh and surrounding areas to kick start their career in radio.
Get Started In Radio Broadcasting 2022 (Manchester) Get Started in Radio Broadcasting, with The Princes Trust, delivered radio and work skills training, peer support and mentoring to help people from Greater Manchester and the surroundings to kick start their career in radio.
Work Club 2022-2023 (Manchester) Work Club 2023, with the Academy, delivered radio and work skills training, peer support and mentoring to help jobless people from Greater Manchester and the surroundings to find secure employment and/or training.

Projects

Alongside short taught courses that run over a week-or-so, The Gaydio Academy facilitates longer-term projects, with opportunities for involvement throughout the year. You could find yourself interviewing local politicians, putting together a series of podcasts to help tackle loneliness and isolation in our community or creating digital content to make a splash across social media.

Projects

Applicants Testimonials

We love what we do, but it's what our learners, schools and partner organisations say that really matters. Whether you're a keen radio geek or a first-timer, you'll find the experience of someone just like you below...

The course was incredibly helpful in highlighting the areas of the radio industry I’d like to work in, and helping me understand how to improve my skills and abilities so that I’m ready to work within the industry. Each day was well organised and structured, with Lee being amazing at explaining everything. It was a very welcoming and engaging week and has really helped and motivated me to try and join the industry, which felt a little daunting before I found this course. Thank you Lee, all the guest speakers, and everyone behind the scenes that have helped provide this course, it has been a massive help to kickstart my career!

Participant from course

Brighton

Don't wait. Whether you consider yourself too late in your career to start something new. Whether you fear you haven't the right skills to embark on a course such as this, you're likely incorrect. The Gaydio Academy has restored my faith in following my dreams and renewed my ambition for working in broadcasting. I hope this is the start of a new chapter in my career and I can assure you what is delivered by Lee and the team in the Academy is a sure footing to get you going

Participant from course

Manchester

Loved every minute of the course, thank you Lee!

Participant from course

Manchester

It felt great to be at Gaydio and learning how radio stations operate. I experienced sitting behind the microphone which was fun.

Participant from course

Manchester

Testimonials

Client Testimonials

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