Opening with a performed history of the company, SPID’s founder, Helena Thompson, speaks eloquently and honestly about past difficulties and how the community have united to overcome adversity. The friendly welcome that greets the arriving audience immediately sets a warm tone of collaboration. SPID have a mission to champion “social justice as the public face of love” and plan to launch a ‘Season of Social Change’, not only on council estates, but in conjunction with theatres and museums across London. The Estates Voices showcase is a capsule of performance and short films that evocatively demonstrates the essence of their work. SPID stands for Social Progressive Interconnected Diverse, and this small charity makes it its business to give voice to the invisible community that are routinely let down by the Council’s broken promises.

SPID supports residents who have not only experienced the fire, but still live with the shameful yet ongoing State neglect and negligence that the disaster disclosed. Could there be more of a contrast? But today the museum hosts a showcase of work from SPID, a theatre company from that neighbourhood. The sumptuous environs of The Victoria and Albert Museum are within three miles of Grenfell Tower, site of the catastrophic fire, and couldn’t be more different. An inspiring, invigorating and immersive experience of SPID’s community work and their battle for housing justice.

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