Projects

Stories in Action

From climate justice to LGBTQ+ heritage, our participatory projects use creativity to inspire real-world impact – and build movements one story at a time.

Project Spotlight: Footprints of Love

An LGBTQ+ Living Archive of Newham

Footprints of Love is a groundbreaking community storytelling project capturing the rich, resilient, and too-often-erased LGBTQ+ history of Newham. Rooted in joy, memory, and resistance, this living archive invites queer residents – past and present – to share their stories through film, photography, performance, and sound.

Led by Cameye Arts and made possible through major support from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, this project co-creates a powerful intergenerational portrait of queer life in East London – from dancefloors to doorsteps, protests to private moments.

💬 What We’re Doing:

🎤 Oral histories & filmed testimonies from LGBTQ+ elders and youth
🗺️ Interactive Queer Walking Tours across Newham
🎞️ Documentary film & portraits celebrating overlooked local icons
🌐 A digital archive co-designed with the community
💃🏾 Live events & exhibitions showcasing joy, protest, and pride

✊ Why It Matters:

Because queer history lives in people, not just museums.
Because East London’s LGBTQ+ communities have shaped – and survived – so much.
Because visibility is healing, and storytelling is resistance.

📣 Want to be part of the archive?

We’re collecting stories, images and voices.
📧 people@cameyearts.org

📲 Follow the journey: #FootprintsOfLoveNewham

Project Spotlight: CLIMACTION A Performance for the Planet

A bold, co-created movement bringing climate action alive through arts, storytelling, and community connection.

Mission: Energise urgent, inclusive climate action through creativity and collective voice.

Who’s Involved: Local residents, youth groups, climate activists – everyone has a role to play.

Impact Moments: Workshops, live performances, filmed stories and digital campaigns that shift minds and mobilise action.

For more information: www.climaction.art

Project Spotlight: Footprints of LGBTQIA+ Humans

A vibrant, living archive capturing decades of queer history in Newham – through audio-visual storytelling, personal testimonies, and community-led walking tours.

Why It Matters: Preserves intergenerational queer heritage, challenges erasure, and builds cultural resilience.

What We Did: Recorded oral histories, digitised photo archives, curated walking tours, and produced a multimedia digital library.

This project ran from January to June 2024.

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