15 years ago, Body Politic started with an idea: that young people in Oxford should have access to high-quality hip hop dance, creative opportunities, professional development and feel like they have a place to belong. Today, we work with more than 1,500 children and young people every year, delivering more than 6,000 hours of cultural activity across Oxford. We've watched young people take their first class, perform for the first time, find their confidence, become leaders and go on to build careers as artists. We've developed progression routes for emerging hip hop artists, brought professional work to Oxford and helped make space for hip hop within the city's cultural landscape. But the numbers only tell part of the story. Our community tells us that Body Politic is a place to belong. It is a family. A safe and supportive space. Somewhere to express yourself. Somewhere to grow. And that matters, because for many people, Body Politic isn't simply a weekly dance class or an opportunity to perform. It is the community around it. 15 years later, there is still a need for what we do. And we don't want our 15th birthday to mark the end of a chapter. We want it to help us write the next one. Help us make the next 15 years possible.

Help us make the next 15 years possible. Our solution is simple: keep creating the opportunities that our community tells us matter. In our 15th year, we will bring together the young people, artists and communities who make Body Politic what it is. Your support will help us: • create professional performance opportunities for 300+ young people aged 5–25, many performing on a professional stage for the first time; • deliver Future Leaders 3.0, our paid, year-long development programme for emerging South East hip hop artists; • create new opportunities for young artists to curate, lead and produce, including our Hip Hop Weekender; • bring regional and national youth companies and artists to Oxford for exchange, connection and progression; • keep creative opportunities affordable through free, subsidised and pay-what-you-can activity; • connect local communities with professional cultural spaces, creating new entry points into institutions such as the Schwarzman Centre; • continue delivering high-quality hip hop dance activity across Oxford.