21 YEARS OF ARTS-LED CHANGE ACROSS 30 COUNTRIES
Our work has created new livelihoods, transformed unused spaces into safe cultural hubs, amplified marginalised voices, and mobilised rapid responses during crises.
2025 IN NUMBERS
100M+
25,000+
1,000+
130
£82K+
2.3M
Mobilised for grassroots orgs via #HackMusic
Global TAKKUUK streams
Attended EarthSonic Live, Manchester Museum
At the forefront of arts-led social change
People attended our events
Social media views across 2025 campaigns
Partner organisations across 30 countries
Programme participants
21 yrs
3,000+
Flagship projects
Voices from our work
“#HackMusic gave us access to a level of learning we couldn’t achieve on our own — and opened doors for international collaboration and long-term growth.”
“Knowing my child is at RAD after school gives me peace of mind. I know they are supervised, fed, and learning something positive.”
“Bangladeshis don’t talk about climate change; they live with it. It was important to me that Bangladesh had a voice at COP30.”
“Walking with the microphone in hand is a form of connection. It has taught me to stop, to tune my ears, and to respect the rhythm of the mountain.”
WHAT DOES CHANGE LOOK LIKE?
“Behind every programme, partnership and output are people navigating conflict, climate disruption and social injustice in their daily lives. In 2025, participants across our work articulated clearly what changed for them: a deeper connection to place, lived experience recognised as expertise, growth in confidence and capability, and new ways to engage with climate, conflict and culture that felt meaningful, accessible and grounded.
Change in our work is personal, relational and cumulative - a young person in a Cape Town township with somewhere safe to go after school; a cultural space in Pakistan amplifying marginalised voices through music and performance; Indigenous Arctic artists whose stories of climate change reached millions around the world. This is what change looks like.”
THEORY OF CHANGE
Our Theory of Change sets out how In Place of War's work translates creativity into lasting infrastructure, livelihoods, leadership and impact, from frontline communities to global platforms.