[1] Peckham Platform was founded in 2009 as an initiative developed by nearby Camberwell College of Arts to commission location-specific projects by contemporary artists in collaboration with local youth groups.

[5] In 2013, the gallery became independent from Camberwell College of Arts, changing its name and, through the formation of a board of trustees, established itself as a charitable institution.

[6] Peckham Platform's founding director is Emily Druiff, whose earlier career as a curator and artist was focussed on the field of socially engaged art in London.

[7] Since its founding in 2009, Peckham Platform has established a programme of commissioning new work for solo exhibitions by British and international artists.

As well as the educational workshops, artist's talks and seminars which are a standard element in the public gallery sector, Peckham Platform is distinctive and innovative in London because of its policy of consistently commissioning artists to make work directly in collaboration with members of the local community, particularly young people facing the challenges of inequality in one of London's most deprived urban areas.