People Dem Collective

People Dem Collective People Dem Collective is a community group based in Margate. We facilitate systemic change, promote healing and continue the work of our ancestors.

๐Ÿต Ginger Tea This SaturdayJoin us for a special community health session with People Dem Collective x Maroon Adventures....
07/05/2026

๐Ÿต Ginger Tea This Saturday

Join us for a special community health session with People Dem Collective x Maroon Adventures.

๐Ÿ—“ 9th May
๐Ÿ•ฅ Doors 10:30am | Starts 11am
๐Ÿ“ 8โ€“12 Harold Road, Margate, CT9 2HT

A welcoming space for Black and Brown communities to connect, share experiences around health & wellbeing, enjoy games, food and conversation and help shape better public health services for our communities.

Dr Ade will also be available for quick consultations and blood pressure checks.

Come through, bring a friend, or just drop in ๐Ÿ’›

Link in bio

Weโ€™re stepping into something new.Tonight is our first music-curated event  as part of an ongoing seriesโ€ฆWe really could...
30/04/2026

Weโ€™re stepping into something new.

Tonight is our first music-curated event as part of an ongoing seriesโ€ฆ

We really couldnโ€™t have chosen a more beautiful artist and human to begin this with โœจ Someone who embodies so much of what this series is about.

A practice in what it means to invite artists into Margate with care, intention, and relationship at the centre.

Not just performance.
But connection.
Culture.
Healing.
Joy.

Last week, Ni Maxine also joined on , and now sheโ€™s in conversation with People Dem Collectives at HQ reflecting on what it means to hold space, to gather, and to build something rooted in community.

This work sits within a wider commitment to care, culture, and community in practiceโ€ฆ

Thinking about how culture is held, not extracted.

How space is created with, not just for.

How artists and communities can meet in ways that feel reciprocal, grounded, and alive.

This is just the beginning of us testing, learning, and shaping what this can become.

Still some tickets available - link in bio.

Come be part of it ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿพ

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โš™๏ธ Join us in holding this workWeโ€™re looking for anOperations & Community Spaces Managerto join People Dem Collective.Th...
01/04/2026

โš™๏ธ Join us in holding this work

Weโ€™re looking for an
Operations & Community Spaces Manager
to join People Dem Collective.

This role holds the day-to-day life of our co-working, studio and event spaces, supporting the systems, people and relationships that make the work possible.

Weโ€™re building while operating. Weโ€™re looking for someone organised, steady and thoughtful, who understands what it means to hold shared space well.

We are less interested in formal titles, and more interested in how you work.

โœจ Role details
๐Ÿ“ Margate (on-site)
๐Ÿ•ฐ Full-time
๐Ÿ’ฐ ยฃ32,000

๐Ÿ“ How to apply

We are inviting expressions of interest as the first stage.

No CV required.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Full job description + expression of interest form in link in bio

๐Ÿ“… Deadline: Sunday 12 April
๐Ÿ“ฉ Interviews: midโ€“late April

We encourage applications from people whose experiences are often underrepresented in these roles.

A new chapter for People Dem Collective.This time last year we were in a very different position.Having taken part in th...
09/03/2026

A new chapter for People Dem Collective.

This time last year we were in a very different position.

Having taken part in the Margate Town Deal process and believing in the possibility of community-led regeneration, we suddenly found ourselves outside of that process and without the temporary home that had been holding much of our work.

Moments like that are part of the reality of building community infrastructure. Theyโ€™re messy, disorientating, and often unseen.

But they matter. And they need to be documented.

As we begin growing our team and imagining what a long-term home for the People Dem could hold, we believe itโ€™s important to capture this journey, what it reveals about regeneration, participation, and the realities of access to community assets.

So in collaboration with , weโ€™re commissioning a researcher or writer to develop a case study exploring People Dem Collectiveโ€™s experience participating in the Margate Town Deal.

This work will help inform future advocacy, funding conversations, and collective learning about what it really takes for communities to build and hold cultural infrastructure.

Full brief via link in bio
Expressions of Interest close 23 March

Always for the People Dem.

Last week was such a beautiful way to begin the year โœจA week of intimate gatherings, rituals, sound, movement and shared...
14/01/2026

Last week was such a beautiful way to begin the year โœจ

A week of intimate gatherings, rituals, sound, movement and shared intention, invitations gently offered across the week and held with so much care.

Thank you to for holding space for many different kinds of gatherings, to for supporting our technical needs throughout, and to all the artists, healers and creatives who brought Movement From the Margins - Collective Altar to life.

Deep gratitude to everyone who attended, who offered objects to the altar, left chalk messages, and shaped the work through presence and participation.

Grateful to for another meaningful collaboration. It feels good to start the year this way and to move forward together.

x at ย ย 

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With support from ,

Tonight is the closing event for Collective Altar with CODA.Over the past week, Collective Altar  has unfolded as a resi...
09/01/2026

Tonight is the closing event for Collective Altar with CODA.

Over the past week, Collective Altar has unfolded as a residency of gatherings, performances, and collective rituals, some now passed, some held in memory, and one final moment to come together tonight.

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๐˜ˆ๐˜“๐˜›๐˜ˆ๐˜™ โ€“ Fri 2/1 โ€“ Fri 9/1

A collective altar of objects and channeled chalk writing

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ โ€“ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ณ

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๐˜Š๐˜–๐˜‹๐˜ˆ โ€“ Fri 9/1

The closing event of the residency โ€” live art and music performances by
RIEKO, SERAFINE1369, Haroon Mirza, and Flora Yin Wong

๐˜™๐˜Œ๐˜š๐˜–๐˜•๐˜ˆ๐˜•๐˜Š๐˜Œ โ€“ Thu 8/1

Deep listening for grounding and attunement with Ruby Savage

๐˜š๐˜œ๐˜‰๐˜›๐˜Œ๐˜Ÿ๐˜› โ€“ Tue 6/1

A sonic conversation between Paul Camo and James Jordan Johnson

๐˜š๐˜Š๐˜™๐˜ ๐˜๐˜•๐˜Ž โ€“ Sun 4/1

Beachside fire scrying with Hubert Green with sound bath by Cherelle Sappleton

๐˜Š๐˜Œ๐˜™๐˜Œ๐˜”๐˜–๐˜•๐˜  โ€“ Fri 2/1

A curated dinner for artists and healers by Eat Ethio

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Details via link in bio

๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ณ is a week-long residency at Quench Gallery, as part of Movements from the Margins, People Dem Collective and Diasporas Nowโ€™s nomadic programming across live art, music, and collective healing.

Featuring:













With support from

๐Ÿ“ Location: Cliftonville Avenue, Margate, CT9 2AH

We begin with an offering.๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธThis Saturday marks the opening of our week-long programme of activations, beginning with CE...
02/01/2026

We begin with an offering.๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ

This Saturday marks the opening of our week-long programme of activations, beginning with CEREMONY an intimate gathering where weโ€™ve invited a small group of local healers and creatives, held as an offering to them.

Saturday 3 January

An opening for Collective Altar shared through ritual, nourishment, and presence.
Hosted by Eat Ethio.

For us, this moment marks a shift into the new year:
moving with intention,
creating spaces with care,
and opening slowly, together.

A grounding before the wider unfolding.

SCRYINGSunday 4 January | OffsiteA beachside fire ritual and sound bath held at the threshold of sea, flame and listenin...
28/12/2025

SCRYING
Sunday 4 January | Offsite

A beachside fire ritual and sound bath held at the threshold of sea, flame and listening.

SCRYING is a closed-circle gathering for Black and Brown diaspora only.

Rooted in ancestral practices of seeing, sensing and deep attunement, this ritual invites participants to sit with the elements, listen beyond language, and receive what is ready to be revealed.

The gathering will be guided by , with a grounding sound bath by , creating a container for reflection, release and quiet knowing.

๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ Ritual Protocol
This is not a public event.
This is not a performance.
This is a held and intentional space.

๐Ÿ“ Meeting point
15:30 at People Dem Collective
8โ€“12 Harold Rd, Cliftonville, Margate CT9 2HT
(We will walk to the beach together)

Part of Movements from the Margins: Collective Altar - a week-long residency exploring nourishment, belonging and collective transformation across the diaspora.

Link in bio ๐Ÿ”—

SUBTEXT - Paul Camo & James Jordan Johnson๐Ÿ“ Quench Gallery๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 6 January | 7:30โ€“9pmA sonic conversation between  and  Part...
23/12/2025

SUBTEXT - Paul Camo & James Jordan Johnson

๐Ÿ“ Quench Gallery
๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 6 January | 7:30โ€“9pm

A sonic conversation between and

Part of Movements from the Margins: Collective Altar
People Dem Collective x Diasporas Now

In SUBTEXT, Paul Camo and James Jordan Johnson collaborate through live sound performance, using sampling, live instrumentation and found text to form new, sometimes legible and sometimes illegible, relationships between genres and themes. The session unfolds across four CDJs, moving between structure, disruption and shared listening.

This activation sits within Movements from the Margins: Collective Altar, a week-long residency exploring ritual, sound, diasporic lineage and transformative shared experience. Drawing on Margateโ€™s coastline, chalk, salt, water and fire, the programme gathers Global Majority artists and practitioners working through listening, story and sonic transmission.

๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Free event - places are limited. Book via link in bio.

This event is open to all. While the residency is rooted in Global Majority experiences and practices, all are welcome. No prior experience required.

RESONANCE with Ruby Savage๐Ÿ“ Quench Gallery๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 8 January | 7โ€“9pmAn embodied listening experience within the Collective Alt...
22/12/2025

RESONANCE with Ruby Savage
๐Ÿ“ Quench Gallery
๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 8 January | 7โ€“9pm

An embodied listening experience within the Collective Altar residency, exploring vibration, attunement and deep-time connection.

Part of Movements from the Margins: Collective Altar
People Dem Collective x Diasporas Now

In RESONANCE, leads a deep listening journey exploring how vibration moves through the body, how sound recalibrates the nervous system, and how collective attunement roots us in presence.

Part sound ritual, part meditative grounding, part communal recalibration, this session invites participants to arrive softly, tune inward, and open themselves to subtle frequencies that guide transformation.

This activation sits at the heart of the residencyโ€™s sonic thread, preparing the ground for the closing performances later in the week.

๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Free event - places are limited. Book via link in bio.

This event is open to all. While the residency is rooted in Global Majority experiences, all are welcome. No prior experience required.

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Margate

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