The Plymouth Street Factory Performance Project

For over 15 years, Street Factory has used Hip-Hop to transform lives.

The co-founders, Toby and Joanna Gorniak established the organisation on seeing how many young people were affected by the challenges they faced and were struggling with low aspirations.

The elements of Hip-Hop that they incorporate through their work are Respect, Peace, Love, Unity and Fun. They are now established in Plymouth to help people in the community to exceed their potential and fall in love with their purpose.

They connect with local employers and organisations, willing to support Plymouth youths into longer term placements.

The programme is supported by the National Community Fund, and following local community research, they established an initiative to help youths move towards the best versions of themselves.

These groups include:

· UK UNSIGNED: providing event management opportunities across their many genres. In the lead up to the project, they had been active in locally in the categories of Singer Songwriters and Spoken Word. Both of which are strongly connected to Mc’ing performances.

 

· Plymouth Music Collective: where community events can be planned and performers accessed. As they provide rehearsal and recording facilities for local musicians and artists, they are a next stage point for those coming through this project

 

· SoulFooD Community Group: delivering community broadcast centres across Plymouth. The broadcast centres provide further opportunities for youths to share their experiences. Within these centres will be other people who will benefit from hearing about the experiences of those on this project.

 

· YDN Radio Tresegeal: just one of the newly formed broadcast centres. Their programming specialises in local poets and Spoken Word performers being given an outlet to reach even more communities across Plymouth.

 

Contact

Email: streetfactorystudios@hotmail.com

Tel: 07527 887 893