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We are changing how we talk about work, shifting from a mission, vision and values statement to an adapting and active set of positions. We want our t...

Radical Gifting is a collaboration between People United, artists, people experiencing social isolation and the organisations and individuals who supp...

Radical Gifting is a collaboration between People United, artists, people experiencing social isolation and the organisations and individuals who supp...

‘Holding On’ is a new public artwork commissioned by producers Grmalem Gonetse Kasa, Ibrahim Ahmadzai and Mata Argaw as part of The Studio develop...

On May 21st 2024, The Studio launched their first public artwork in Folkestone's Payers Park: 'Travel Deep', commissioned by producers Grmalem Gonetse...

The ongoing violence and hateful anti-immigration action across the UK, and now in Kent, is abhorrent.

We work in partnership with co...

We are seeking a collaborative artist for new commission: ‘Holding On’. Applications Deadline: Midnight Sunday 30th June 2024.

In May 2024, our second phase of Radical Gifting began with the three amazing artists below.

Janice McGuinness reflects on her time as CEO as she steps back.

We worked with three socially engaged artists for our first phase of Radical Gifting, read more about them below.

People United’s first Care Lab was hosted online on 23rd November 2022 as part of our Futures of Care programme. Cultural thinker and member of Peop...

As we neared the end of We Keep Each Other Fed, we commissioned Margate Films to make a film about our collaboration with Henry and Our Kitchen in Mar...

People United is delighted to announce that Arts Council England have once again invited us to be part of their National Portfolio.

As part of our larger collaborative multi-arts programme of work Futures of Care, Queer Zines of Care on the Kent Coast invited perspectives from quee...

Andrea Spisto joins the People United team as a Creative Programmes Producer while Clare Callan is on maternity leave.

As the UK is gripped by the cost-of-living crisis, writer, illustrator and creator Henry James Garrett explores the notion of community and interdepen...

Mandy Quy-Verlander has recently joined the People United staff team, taking up the role of Associate Producer.

Marking two years since the UK’s initial COVID-19 lockdown, People United has published Navigating With Kindness - an anthology compiling the origin...

People United are pleased to announce the appointment of two new members to our Board of Trustees.

A People United project in collaboration with artist Hannah Whittaker and students from Turner Free School.

In response to workshops where young people in East Kent considered “what could you invent to better care for yourself and others?” Futures of Car...

In 2021 People United collaborated with youth leaders at Kent Refugee Action Network (KRAN) and Pie Factory Music, 16 – 20 year-old refugees at KRAN...

People United are pleased to announce the appointment of two new members to our Board of Trustees. Working to help us meet our bold new mission, our n...

The Shop of Kindness by Rob Young is one of six micro-commissions from People United’s Kind Places & Spaces project that took place during the COVID...

Kindfulness Space by Neelam & Adrian Saredia-Brayley is one of six micro-commissions from People United’s Kind Places & Spaces project that took pla...

A design for machine that would dispense tokens with acts of kindness on by artist Jemma Channing.

The Stage Is Yours is a seating structure design that plays with the flow of people through busy urban spaces.

Blue skies, jetpacks and hope is a series billboard posters that offer stories of kindness, creativity and connection.

Social Space is a toolkit for ‘do it yourself’ temporary street markings that promote conversation between people and increase engagement with pub...

Read all about People United's new panel of Advisors.