Power Up Participant Programme

The POWER UP Participant Programme is designed to elevate exciting Black music creators and industry professionals and address barriers for those at crucial career stages.

Creating a long-term network across the UK, each year the Participant Programme will support:

• 20 x Black music creators
  artists, songwriters, composers and producers who are involved in the creative process and may be working in any genre, based anywhere in the UK
• 20 x Black executives and industry professionals
  industry professionals working in any sector of the music industry, anywhere in the UK. This includes employees and entrepreneurs, freelancers and self-employed professionals

So far, 201 participants have received holistic support with a new Year 6 cohort being announced in July 2026. All participants remain engaged in the network.