Schools Outreach Programme
Since 2002 independance has been developing relationships with Primary and Secondary schools in Lambeth. Projects have encompassed film initiatives with RFH, OSHL learning programmes, a "Boys Dancing" programme, a female "Empowerment" initiative, and a series of Hip Hop lecture demonstrations, workshops and residencies. Over the four-year period, independance has employed 152 individual performers in education-based initiatives. 45 schools and over 3000 young people have participated in these activities. In 2004/5 we began working with Lambeth Education Business Partnership and this partnership has continued in 2005/6 and 2006/07. Currently we are working on a female only project, celebrating and promoting the empowerment of young women within hip-hop.
From 2006 independance will expand its programme to include projects with schools in Southwark, Wandsworth and Croydon as well as Lambeth, the focus will be on the development of the female empowerment project, however we will also respond (depending on management capacity) to requests and development initiatives as they arise.