PERFORMING ARTS’ FOUNDER WINS GOLD AT BEST BUSINESS WOMEN AWARDS.
Swindon-based entrepreneur Fi Da Silva-Adams is a Gold Winner! Where and for what I hear you cry?! She recieved the award at the prestigious Best Business Women Awards 2025. That’s the UK’s largest celebration of female business talent.
Fi, is the founder and CEO of Swindon and Wiltshire’s leading performing arts company for children and young people: Revolution Performing Arts (RPA). She received the award of Best Business Woman Working with Children & Families.
The gold and silver winning announcements took place at the Gala Awards Night at the Daventry Court Hotel, Daventry, on Friday October 11. After an anticipatory lead-up, the announcement came that Fi was the ‘gold’ award winner within her competitive category.
Fi Da Silva-Adams with her husband Paul, son Zavier and daughter Angel.
Fi has been named as the UK’s Best Businesswoman Working With Children & Families.
Launched in 2007
After launching RPA in 2007 as a small drama group for toddlers and preschoolers, Fi soon expanded the programme to offer creative performing arts experiences to children of all ages. RPA was the first organisation to introduce performing arts after-school clubs in the Swindon area.
Today, RPA delivers over 1,200 sessions every year. 400 children attend weekly classes and almost 5,000 young people take part in its Holiday Activity and Food (HAF) Programme across Swindon and Wiltshire. The organisation also stages two public shows per annum. These shows offer inclusive, pressure-free performance opportunities for children from all walks of life.
‘I’m so honoured and privileged to win this national award in such esteemed company. And especially in front of my beautiful family,’ said Fi. “They’ve ridden the waves with me for the past 18 years and for them to celebrate with me is a feeling I can’t put into words.’
Alongside RPA, Fi also leads Rapport Community Interest Company (CIC). That’s a not-for-profit sister organisation aimed at 11–18-year-olds. Rapport explores all forms of performing arts, including drama, singing and dance. All delivered in a way that’s age-appropriate, inclusive and empowering. The focus is on confidence, self-expression, and celebrating individuality.
Judges comments
The judges’ comments upon Fi’s win were:
Fiona has built more than a performing arts company; she has built a community. One where backgrounds, challenges or past traumas don’t define people. One that treasures individuality
From children who lacked confidence or are silenced, to those who simply longed for a chance to shine. Her compassion matches her leadership.
For more information about Revolution Performing Arts visit https://revolutionpa.co.uk.
