After graduating from university, Philippa decided to stay in UK’s seconding city – Birmingham to work alongside, musicians, artists and various arts organisations in the West Midlands. Over the years she has been a part of programming teams in organisations such as Town Hall Symphony Hall (B:Music) and Shakespeare’s Birthplace Trust. Her main passion and role whilst working at such organisations has always been cultural democracy, making sure that all feel welcome, heard and seen from entrance to stage. Philippa recently returned to her home county of South Yorkshire after spending eight months in the Democratic Republic of Congo where she was working with the youth organisation The Congo Tree. Whilst she was there, she had the pleasure of working alongside and collaborating with the artists of the city of Goma, as singer-songwriter Philippa Zawe.