For the second year running, MIC media has been shortlisted for ‘Best Podcast’ at this year’s MPA Inspiration Awards 2024. The nomination, alongside GM Moving, is for our Right To The Street podcast.

The awards Manchester Publicity Association (MPA), recognises the amazing talent across Manchester with the awards inspiring future talent, innovation, and creativity.

GM Moving and MIC media are nominated for an MPA award in the Best Podcast category for the Right to the Streets edition of the GM Moving Podcast. It was released in two series in correlation with the Right to the Streets movement between May 2023 and February 2024. 

Listen to the Right To The Streets podcast ⬇️

Listen to the full series by clicking on the Spotify player above or Listen here.

About the series and Right To The Streets campaign.

Right to the Streets is a movement to make streets, parks, and public spaces safe, joyful, and welcoming places where everyone is invited to be active and move about freely.

The first Right to the Street series focused on starting the conversation around safer streets, and the second shared GM Moving’s learnings as the campaign grew across North Trafford.

Executive producer from MIC media, Vic Elizabeth Turnbull, adds:

“The Right to the Streets series of The GM Moving Podcast was quite the undertaking for MIC, with over 125 voices featuring in the final versions after 36 recording sessions and hours of raw audio.

“I’m so proud of the final product which educates, demystifies the problem, and – most importantly – highlights solutions which people are already implementing.

“It really does show the incredible power of audio as a medium to take people on a journey and how podcasts can be a real force for positive change.”

Strategic Director, and GM Moving podcast host, Eve Holt, says:

“We’re thrilled to be nominated for two awards, it was a huge effort from the partnership team as we took a whole-system approach to tackling violence against women and girls in public spaces.

“We’re continuing to see the ripples from the movement we started over 12 months ago which is fantastic because there’s so many learnings which can be shared.

“I had so much fun with Vic putting the podcast together and we have two amazing series full of content which we hope will continue to inspire change for many years to come.”

Read more about Eve and Vic’s reflections on Right to the Streets in their blog here.

GM Moving are up for another award too, the Martyn Hett Inspiring Manchester Award for the overall Right To The Streets movement. This award is named after Martyn, one of the 21 people who tragically lost their lives in the 2017 Manchester bombing. The Award recognises any activity that reflects our great city and its people and purpose – anything that reflects the city and its true spirit.

The MPA Inspiration Awards are judged by a panel of leaders from both industry bodies and national and regional businesses with the winners to be announced on Wednesday 16 October in Manchester.

Can MIC media scoop the Best Podcast MPA award for two consecutive years at this year’s MPA Inspiration Awards?

Fingers crossed for us and GM Moving!