The charity success of Radio 357. Journalists raised a record sum to help children

In the pre-Christmas period, the team organized collections for the Saint Nicholas Foundation, and as part of the campaigns, incl. Kuba Strzyczkowski conducted three auctions on the air. During one of them, caps signed by F1 champions were auctioned for a total amount of PLN 395,000, and the lucky benefactor paid nearly PLN 50,000 for a coffee meeting with Marek Niedźwiecki.

Record-breaking PLN 1.3 million from the listeners of Radio 357

Radio 357 already regularly cooperates with the Saint Nicholas Foundation. In order to support the charges of the foundation, apart from auctions conducted by Kuba Strzyczkowski, a fundraiser was also conducted with the use of SMS messages and payments to the foundation’s account. What is more, this year, auctions were also held on Allegro Charytatywni for the first time – the items were put up by journalists and listeners. Among other things, personalized programs or a report about the winner of the auction were auctioned. The highest price was reached for a coffee meeting, sold for almost PLN 50,000.

Izabela Stawicka from the Saint Nicholas Foundation emphasizes:

In Poland, many children struggle with a mental health crisis. Anxiety, stress, mood drops and addictions are just some of the alarming signals associated with it. Schools lack proper psychological care and financial barriers are very often insurmountable. In turn, up to 6 million children in Syria need immediate psychological help – they live in constant fear, war, violence, poverty, and sometimes in loneliness.

The auctions of Kuba Strzyczkowski were held on December 10, 17 and 23. The listeners were auctioning off the items donated by famous personalities from the world of music, art and sports. In the final auction, a record of the previous shares was broken – a set of caps with the signatures of Formula 1 drivers was auctioned for a total amount of PLN 395 thousand. Kuba Strzyczkowski comments:

When I heard that we have 55,000 for the caps, I thought it was a great result. It turned out that I underestimated the generosity of our listeners. It seemed to me that generosity and willingness to help have limits. But I was wrong. I believe that by such actions and the ability to share, we best show that Radio 357 as a project is much more than broadcasting a radio signal.

In total, the auctions conducted by Kuba Strzyczkowski brought PLN 885,818,000, the journalist’s auctions on Allegro PLN 123,924, and the listeners PLN 21,026. The SMSs managed to collect PLN 141,555, and the voluntary donations amounted to PLN 183,338. In total, therefore, it amounts to PLN 1,355,661.

Radio 357 Summary of the charity action

Radio 357. The station of the former journalists of Trójka

Radio 357 is a station established by former journalists of the Polish Radio Three. The team currently consists of over 100 authors, journalists and people organizing the work of the radio. The programs are prepared, among others, by Marek Niedźwiecki, Piotr Kaczkowski, Kuba Strzyczkowski, Marcin Łukawski, Krystian Hanke, Michał Olszański, Ernest Zozuń, Patrycjusz Wyżga, Katarzyna Borowiecka, Marta Malinowska, Marcin Cichoński, Katarzyna Pruchnicka, Tomasz Gorazdowski, Tomasz Rożek, Paulina Wilk, Justyna Dżbik-Kluge, Tomasz Michniewicz, Aleksandra Budka, Gabriela Darmetko, Mateusz Fusiarz, Piotr Stelmach, Marta Kula, Michał Gąsiorowski, Agnieszka Wypańska, Roma Leszczyńska, Izabela Woźniak, Paweł Sołtys, Daniel Wyszogrodzki, Tomasz Jeleński, Katarzyna Kłosińska, Filip Jaślar, Łukasz Error, Krzysztof Szubzda , Halina Wachowicz, Bartosz Gil, Baasch, Łukasz Dunaj, Justyna Godz, Agnieszka Szwajgier, Marcin Klimkowski and Michał Żakowski.

Radio 357 also introduced morning and afternoon news services. They are prepared by a team of 10 journalists and reporters as well as 9 foreign correspondents. The work of the newsroom is coordinated by Justyna Mączka.

At the beginning of April, the team of Radio 357 launched Your 357. It is a podcast platform that allows access to almost 3,000 episodes of programs and podcasts. Currently, it is over 4,000 hours of audio content. About 20 new suggestions are added daily. Among them there are also special podcasts – not broadcast. Podcasts can be listened to via the Radio357.pl website and via the Radio 357 application available for Android and iOS.

In December 2021, Radio 357 received the prestigious Grand Press Digital award for “innovative approach in the use of modern technologies in journalistic work”. The editors of the Press magazine selected nominees together with 21 specialists in digital media, representatives of broadcasters, research companies, start-ups and interactive agencies.

Radio 357 is funded by listeners. Currently, over 39,000 Patrons donate over PLN 758,000 a month through the Patronite website.

Radio 357 can be listened to for free via the application (Android and iOS), website, internet station aggregators (including OpenFM, WP Pilot, Patronite Audio, TuneIn, Replaio, MyTuner, MediaU, PlayNow). The station also increases its range through growing availability in cable TV.