Pie Factory Music

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Pie is a creative youth charity in East Kent that gives under-25s a place to create, grow and just be, through youth work, music and arts projects, pastoral care and counselling.

23/06/2026

What would winning a national award mean to you? We asked our winners Jacob, Luke and Leo what being crowned the SMK National Young Campaigner of the Year means to them, and the impact on saving Ramsgate Youth Centre for generations to come.

22/06/2026

Live rehearsal footage from two of our Emerging Artists ahead of their first show THIS WEDNESDAY at Where Else?, plus a few words from the artists themselves 🎶

We can’t wait to see what they’ve been cooking up! Doors open at 7pm, with music starting from 7.30pm.

Bring your friends and help us give these talented young artists the audience they deserve 💛

Today, we celebrate 4 years of Open Arms. This project started as a way to welcome young asylum seekers and refugees age...
19/06/2026

Today, we celebrate 4 years of Open Arms. This project started as a way to welcome young asylum seekers and refugees aged 13 - 21 years coming to Thanet, to show them that people care and that they can feel at home, here at Pie. We are proud of the community that has grown here each week over this time - cooking, dancing, laughing and learning together. As our Open Arms project lead Moa says "It's worth remembering while 'refuge' is a temporary status, 'community member' is not. In times like these, we need every reminder that every young person deserves to feel at home.

Show Open Arms your support by buying one of their cookbook, which celebrates the healing power of food. Each dish in this book tells a story of memory and belonging, and through the recipes, stories, and photos, it captures the community that has formed around Open Arms.

Buy now for £15 at https://shop.piefactorymusic.com/products/open-arms-cookbook - every £ goes to support this programme.

18/06/2026

A week since they won the SMK National Young Campaigner Award, our campaigners Jacob, Luke and Leo share how it feels to take home the win 🏆

The Award is taking pride of place at Ramsgate Youth Centre, now saved for generations to come 🫶

17/06/2026

What does courage mean to you? For , our Open Arms participants (young unaccompanied asylum seekers and refugees) got creative with artist Steph Kkailou and project lead Moa to make a moving original sound piece. 🎶

Over four sessions, the group explored themes of courage, belonging, hope and community, sharing their experiences and reflections through conversation, music and sound. When asked if they had courage, every single young person said YES 🫶

Our Open Arms participants are young unaccompanied asylum seekers who have travelled across the world on their own, leaving everything behind for a safe, new beginning. They are resilient, kind, funny, and full of hope.

As one young person said: “For me, I have courage, because I came all the way from Somalia, only walking, even through the water…”

This track is a celebration of their voices, their stories, and their pure heart.

The piece premiered on Margate Radio last Friday and will be played at ARK’s festival on Sunday. You can hear the track online from Wednesday 24th June on all streaming platforms.

Every artist starts somewhere 🚀On Wednesday 24th June, Pie’s Emerging Artists will take to the stage at Where Else? in M...
16/06/2026

Every artist starts somewhere 🚀

On Wednesday 24th June, Pie’s Emerging Artists will take to the stage at Where Else? in Margate for their very first gig, performing original music.

For many young artists, nights like this are where confidence grows, collaborations begin, and futures start to take shape ✨

📍 Where Else?, Margate
📅 Wednesday 24th June

14/06/2026

Our award-winning young people are in today's ! Read all about their National Young Campaigner win and the story behind their relentless fight to at https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/the-anonymous-deepfake-porn-victim-named-campaigner-of-the-year. This is a story of a local campaign, but a national cause that we will continue to advocate for - young voices matter, youth centres matter and they're needed now more than ever.

Young people are amazing. Thank you t our community for being there every step of the way. Proud doesn't even come close to how we feel.

Give our young people a ❤️ 👏

12/06/2026

WE WON! takes home the prestigious SMK National Young Campaigner Award!🏆 Our young campaigners - Miles, Molly, Jacob and Luke - headed to a glittering London ceremony last night where writer and comedian Viv Groskop crowned them national winners. Here's them receiving the award.

Selected from hundreds of UK entries, our Thanet group was the only collective community campaign in their category. This national recognition marks the climax of a massive grassroots movement. When Kent County Council threatened to auction off Ramsgate Youth Centre - the district’s last dedicated youth centre - our young people refused to back down.

Through a gruelling 16-month campaign, they:
💛 Rallied the community through public advocacy and crowdfunding.
💛 Lobbied decision-makers to protect their space.
💛 Secured crucial funding from the Ramsgate Pride in Place programme via a grant from the Neighbourhood Board.

Thanks to their relentless drive, we took full ownership of the youth centre site in February, safeguarding it for generations to come.

When receiving the award, our young campaigners said:

Miles - "Everyone in that building is going to go 'yeah we believe in you'. That's the beautiful thing, it doesn't matter what you like, where you're from, who you are, as long as you come in with a smile and you're polite to everyone you are welcome as part of the family at Pie Factory and that's something that really needs to be cherished within the community."

Luke - "This campaign was strongly young person led which I think is quite key when it comes to campaigning - not all young people and teenagers are careless, unbothered - they really do care. It wasn't just us four it was many many other people - everyone got involved."

Jacob - "We had a poem that we turned into a song - the poet used to go to Pie many years ago. Anything we could do - like talking to local businesses."

Molly - "Community - it brought everyone closer together. It's about making sure that you get together as a community and help everyone."

Thank you Thanet! 🙏

This award is a testament to the power of young people's voices and collective determination. We are immensely proud of our young people, and deeply grateful to our community for backing us every single step of the way.

Let’s celebrate! 🎉Show our champions some love by sharing their achievement on social media and dropping them a congratulatory message 👇

09/06/2026

Giving some throwback love to our youth workers Luis, Connor and Jeff who, one year ago today, completed their epic 250-mile Piecycle challenge from Portishead to Ramsgate to . Now, we're the proud owners of the Ramsgate Youth Centre site (thanks Pride in Place programme!) AND our young people have been nominated for the SMK National Award in recognition of their efforts to save the building.

What can we say? It's been quite the year and we just feel so proud of the Pie family and our community for never giving up. Let's keep fighting for young people's voices to be heard and spaces like ours to thrive and not be threatened with closure. Onwards...

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High Street Saint Lawrence
Ramsgate
CT110QG

Opening Hours

Monday 9:30am - 3pm
7pm - 9pm
Tuesday 9:30am - 3pm
6pm - 8pm
Wednesday 9:30am - 3pm
7pm - 9pm
Thursday 9:30am - 3pm
7pm - 9pm
Friday 9:30am - 3pm
7pm - 9pm

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