Support Art, People, & Place

Our Impact

Last year, we:

Reached an audience of over 180,000 people

Facilitated 10 artist collaborations

Held 3 new major exhibitions

Collaborated with 448 local people to co-develop our commissions, projects and programmes

Provided weekly mentorship and skills development to 46 young people through Youth Platform

Tailored 100% of all participation opportunities to communities experiencing or risking marginalisation

Our Goal

Over the last fifteen years, we have become integral to Peckham’s unique cultural ecology, consistently delivering high-quality, ambitious community-led art initiatives which impact both locally and internationally.

Peckham Platform is guided by key principles and goals:

Showcase artists and support them to co-lead community-collaborative projects.

Provide visibility to artists of global majority heritage, working-class backgrounds, intersectional identities, and those at the start of their careers.

Strengthen community cohesion, supporting future workforce diversity, and enhancing Peckham as a place to live, work, and visit.

Upskill, empower, and encourage different perspectives; build problem solving skills, confidence and resilience; grow aspirations; and support progression into creative industries, especially for younger participants.

Welcome local communities to help shape and deliver our artistic vision and engage local residents to inspire positive social change in our area.

Create sustainable cultural production with a venue, operation and programme that models best practice environmental approaches.

Our Home

In 2026, our new home, designed by Knox Bhavan, on Peckham Square will open, unlocking significant new benefits for audiences, participants, and local communities. This new chapter will continue all the work that we have developed up to now, as well as the legacies of generations that have activated the Square and the Rye. We look forward to expanding and developing the important creative work we do with children, young people, families, elders, and all communities in Peckham.

The new space will help us to:

Provide free access to art, to new audiences and the local communities.

Double our programme and enhance opportunities through increased space, resources, commissioning, and mentorship.

Deliver at least three artist commissions a year focused on our priority communities: those of global majority heritage, working-class people, and those with intersecting protected characteristics around age, disability, self-identification, and sexual orientation.

Support the development of future workforce with 350 annual participation opportunities embedding skills development with mentorships and training opportunities.

Create at least eleven new permanent jobs, twenty volunteering opportunities, and 40,000 people visiting the space every year.

Diversify income generation by establishing earned income streams, fundraising, and productive partnerships.

Get involved

Get involved with Peckham Platform and help us make a difference in our community by making art and creation accessible to all.

If you would like to support our new building or one of our programmes please contact karin@peckhamplatfrom.com for more information.