{"id":24974,"date":"2021-01-11T14:23:18","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T14:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prsfoundation.com\/?p=24974"},"modified":"2021-01-11T14:29:07","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T14:29:07","slug":"kwame-safo-joins-prs-foundation-as-grants-programmes-manager-for-the-organisations-industry-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prsfoundation.com\/2021\/01\/11\/kwame-safo-joins-prs-foundation-as-grants-programmes-manager-for-the-organisations-industry-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"Kwame Safo joins PRS Foundation as Grants &#038; Programmes Manager for the organisation\u2019s industry funds"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Kwame Safo joins PRS Foundation as Grants &amp; Programmes Manager for the organisation\u2019s industry funds<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Kwame will oversee the management of flagship funds including PPL Momentum Music Fund, International Showcase Fund and Hitmaker<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>PRS Foundation<\/strong>, the UK\u2019s leading charitable funder of new music and talent development, announces today the appointment of <strong>Kwame Safo <\/strong>as<strong> Grants &amp; Programmes Manager (Industry Funds)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In this role, Kwame will oversee the management of a number of PRS Foundation\u2019s flagship funding programmes including the <strong>PPL Momentum Music Fund<\/strong>, <strong>International Showcase Fund<\/strong> and <strong>Hitmaker<\/strong> initiative.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kwame Safo<\/strong> (also known as the <strong>DJ Funk Butcher<\/strong>) has over 15 years\u2019 experience as an active DJ, music producer and label owner (Houseology). Kwame has played a pivotal role in shaping the UK dance music landscape through his records, releases, live shows and his radio shows on Rinse FM, Kiss FM, Deja Vu FM and especially his <strong>Houseology 101 <\/strong>show which has been running since 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Kwame has played an important part on advocating safety and education for young people with his work as Lead Tutor for Capital Xtra\u2019s Musical Potential project in 2012 and as a consultant and Ambassador for the London Night Czar Amy Lam\u00e9\u2019s Sounds Like London initiative and event in 2018. Most recently, in 2020 Kwame took on the position of guest editor for Mixmag under the Blackout Mixmag header and tied together over 19 different features addressing systemic racism and the amplification of Black contributors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kwame Safo, Grants &amp; Programmes Manager (Industry Funds), PRS Foundation<\/strong> said, <em>\u201cI\u2019m really excited to get to work with an incredible organisation and help, but also to further build my understanding of the music landscape at this level. I\u2019m also enthused that I\u2019ve had the support of so many whilst also given room to be true to myself. That\u2019s very important to me, given the times we are in.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Joe Frankland, CEO of PRS Foundation said<\/strong>, <em>\u201cWe\u2019re delighted to welcome Kwame to the PRS Foundation team.\u00a0 His music connections and experience across multiple sectors of the industry will be a fantastic asset to the organisation, the team and the ground-breaking industry funds he will be managing.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kwame Safo joins PRS Foundation as Grants &amp; Programmes Manager for the organisation\u2019s industry funds Kwame will oversee the management of flagship funds including PPL Momentum Music Fund, International Showcase Fund and Hitmaker PRS Foundation, the UK\u2019s leading charitable funder of new music and talent development, announces today the appointment of Kwame Safo as Grants [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":24975,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[574,66,65,223],"tags":[575,576,577],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kwame Safo joins PRS Foundation as Grants &amp; 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