Today, Project Phakama UK is an independent charitable organisation. Its board is chaired by Jenny Harris, its patrons are William Forsythe and Benjamin Zephaniah, and it has partners in Argentina, Botswana, Brazil, Germany, Ireland, India, Lesotho, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Poland, Portugal, Spain and the USA.

Project Phakama’s young people and facilitators work together in the UK and around the World to create trailblazing, risk-taking theatrical events in any location with any young person.

Mission statement:

Phakama is a youth arts organisation driven by the desire to make high-quality arts.

Phakama believes that individuals’ stories have the power to move, challenge and inform.

Phakama creates shared spaces for young artists to express, grow and perform.