10 years ago, Sun Pier House CIC was formed to support Medway’s creative industries, provide a base for a community of artists and creative businesses, and deliver community projects and workshops. Because the building is split over three floors with no lift access, we have been unintentionally excluding a large part of our diverse community – but this is where it all changes!

In 2025 we will be opening the doors of Sun Pier House to all people, of all abilities, to create, engage and inspire. And its not just a lift we are installing, we are also increasing our studio and creative workspaces, building The Creation Space: a new, accessible workshop room, and improving our entrances and wayfinding, as well as making Sun Pier House more environmentally friendly.

We cannot believe that it has been 18 months since our launch night, 2 years since our successful Arts Council England bid, and 12 YEARS in the making but we have finally started L!FT OFF!

The project is going to be handled in phases to try and reduce as much disruption as possible but our entrance ways will be affected so please call us if you are visiting and unsure – 01634 401549

The first phase will focus on the ground floor, hording off the under croft, building walls for the new Creation Space, closing the ground floor entrance to Sun Pier House and MESS ROOM and…excavation for the LIFT!

And in answer to the question, “when will it all be finished?” – we are hoping to be completed by the end of the year and we are already planning our grand reopening! If you have any suggestions of events or activities you would like us to run please let us know!

Follow us on our social channels for all the renovation updates, photos of us in hard hats, glimpses of THE LIFT and the highs and lows that come with a project of this magnitude.

Seatbelts on….

We have secured a large capital grant from Arts Council England (ACE) which is incredible – BUT we still have funds to raise.

From the moment we started, we knew that this fundraising effort was going to be a big one. Over the next year, we will be holding quiz nights, raffles, “buy a brick” campaigns and lots of other fundraising events.

Any donation, big or small, will go towards transforming Sun Pier House into an inclusive, accessible and exciting arts space.