In August 2017, I assisted in the launch of ReBalance, a 3 year inititave that looks to address gender imbalance in the industry by offering studio time and festival slots to female identified artists, plus sound engineering internships. This gained coverage on such publications as; https://www.nme.com/news/music/festival-republic-initiative-rebalance-2122344 https://noisey.vice.com/en_uk/article/7xxz3a/rebalance-festival-republic-gender-imbalance-music-industry http://www.musicweek.com/live/read/festival-republic-and-prs-foundation-s-rebalance-announces-free-live-shows/073786 https://www.iq-mag.net/2017/08/festival-republic-prs-foundation-rebalance/#.W_sA4Hr7QWo