Arts and culture
60 Years of Pepys Estate: What a Palava
18th July - 18th November, 2026
Join us at Pepys Community Hub as we celebrate 60 years of the Pepys Estate. Opening on the 18th of July 2026 with a special event, and running until the 18th of November 2026, as a participatory exhibition including photography, artwork, music and many more contributions from current and former residents. Pepys Community Hub asks what it means to document and remember this place today. Reflecting on the past, present and future, we will examine the changes, struggles, achievements and transformations that have defined the area and its people.
In Your View
Archived: 7th June - 7th July, 2025
Photography exhibition, installed at The Foreshore Gallery by Douglas Bousquet, documenting the Docklands in 1984 before the development of Canary Wharf, the local Bengali community and London’s remaining post-war slums. Alongside this, there are photos from the local area taken by local resident Jan Dunning’s husband, of Deptford, Foreshore, during the Queen’s Jubilee visit.
Our Patch
Our Patch is a community quilt celebrating the social fabric of our area. We all arrive in Deptford with rich stories and personal histories. Our Patch seeks to honour and explore the interwoven threads that connect our personal and collective experiences on the Deptford Foreshore. You are invited to share your story by contributing a patch of fabric, image, and/or an accompanying story to the community quilt.
The Windrush Foundation
Arthur Torrington CBE is a Guyanese-born community advocate and historian who is Director and co-founder of the London-based Windrush Foundation, a charity that since 1996 has been working to highlight the contributions to the UK of African and Caribbean peoples. Also in 1996, Torrington set up the Equiano Society, with the main objective of celebrating the life and work of Olaudah Equiano (c. 1745–1797), as well as the literary and cultural legacy in Britain of Equiano's African contemporaries.
