Sponsorship Opportunities

Based in South London, independance is a Charity that engages disadvantaged young women through a year round programme of Hip Hop Training. The focus for the programme is a unique, empowering and inspirational initiative, the b.supreme festival for women in Hip Hop.

The b.supreme festival is an annual event developed in partnership with The Southbank Centre that brings to the UK International artists from all over the globe in a 3 day event.

Over 5,000 have attended the 2006 and 2007 festivals and thousands tuned to the “live from the venue” broadcast on 1Xtra. 162 Artists have performed, 89 from the UK alongside 73 International Artists.

Over the two-year period 597 young women from Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool and London have been involved in the extensive training initiative, which has totalled a massive 979 full days of training.

This art form is fun and challenging, which is why it has been successful in attracting young people to the training programme.

We know that this initiative can be used as a positive tool for individual development and empowerment, imparting confidence and skills that enhance life opportunities.

independance is seeking sponsors and donations so this unique programme of activity can continue.

For more information contact Director Judi Mccartney judi@independance.co.uk

b.supreme festival for women in Hip Hop

Presented at The Southbank Centre, one of London's most prestigious central London venues, and the largest Arts Centre in Europe, b.supreme is the only UK festival and all female celebration representing women in Hip Hop.

Now in it third successful year this empowering event brings together female breakers, dancers, music artists, film makers, DJ's and Hip Hop pioneers from all over the world in an event that presents performance and battles side by side.

Urban Arts and street culture are more influential now than ever before as young people present their ideas in a form and language that they understand and can relate to. Hip Hop has become the voice of young people, breaking down racial, ethnic, gender, class, language and regional barriers and has emerged as the great cultural bridge of our times.

Through the b.supreme festival for Women in Hip Hop independance has been able to consolidate ideas into a focused vision, enabling us to articulate on a Regional, National and International level the unique nature of the independance resource

The b.supreme programme is developed through two strands:-

  • A twelve month education programme which offers regular weekly classes for young women in South London from the ages of 10 - 25 yrs, master-class activities at beginner, intermediate and advanced levels, secondary schools and summer school programmes as well as specialist training for the Nationally acclaimed Youth Dance Company, The Stylinquents.

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  • The b.supreme Festival for Women in Hip Hop, a week long, high profile, International Festival with battles, performances and training in Dance, Spoken Word, DJ'ing, MC'ing, Beatboxing and Graffiti Art.
Audiences, Participants and Artist's

Thousands of people have been involved in the b.supreme programme of work, from the 2,300 who watched the site specific youth programme beside the river in 2006, to those who attended the sold out performance programme in the theatres in 2006 and 2007, or the thousands who tuned in live to Radio 1Xtra, (broadcasting their Sunday countdown show live from the foyer of the Queen Elizabeth Hall interviewing the artists and playing music in between).

162 Artists have performed in the last two festivals, 89 from the UK alongside 73 international artists. Over the two-year period 597 young women from Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool and London have been involved in the extensive training initiative, which has totalled a massive 979 full days of workshop activity.