Climate Home

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Young people took centre stage at a new pop-up venue.

Climate Home was a sustainable, inclusive and accessible outdoor performance space, built and run by young people on the site of the underused Richard MacVicar Adventure Playground in Deptford. Led by youth collective SOUNDS LiKE CHAOS in partnership with the Albany and Youth First, young people worked with Practice Architecture to design and build the space.

During the summer holidays, they programmed a Festival of Action and Resistance, 6 weeks of events and activities including creative workshops, performances, adventure play, get togethers, art, music, talks, rest and more, exploring creativity, climate justice and the things that matter to young people now. Highlights included a sustainable fashion show, carnival, theatre double bill and much more.

6 weeks

of events

75

Paid roles for young people

1,951

audiences attended events

37

young artists comissioned

My Lewisham Stories: Aleksa and Kaylah

Hear from two of the young people involved

Aleksa and Kaylah are young associates with youth arts collective Sounds Like Chaos. They helped create Climate Home, a sustainable, inclusive and accessible outdoor performance space, which hosted a Festival of Action and Resistance during the summer of 2022.

Climate Home: Festival of Action and Resistance

Hear more about the events at Climate Home

Hear from SOUNDS LiKE CHAOS and Playing On young creatives on an evening of theatre as part of the Festival of Action and Resistance.

"The fact that we as young people can have ideas and they can actually happen, that gives us a lot of hope for us in the future."

Participant, Climate Home

Climate Home Zine

SOUNDS LiKE CHAOS young associate and zine maker Zoe Thompson created a 'Climate Home Resident's Handbook' zine to capture all the work of the young people who built and visited the venue over the summer.

"This zine documents the vibrance of the space and all of the little parts that made it into the home it was. I want it to be a physical thing that someone can flick through and and feel as if they were having a conversation with the people who made it happen" - Zoe Thompson.

It features photos, quotes, poetry and illustrations from young people and is available to read for free online.

Read the zine