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We offer daily services and a cultural programme of talks, events and concerts. We seek to be a welcoming space for people to reflect, create and debate
The Sunday Forum is an open online group, that runs parallel to the coffee after the service, from 12.30pm to 1pm on a Sunday, open to all.
Sunday 19 July 3pm-4.30pm
Hymns and Pimm’s in the Garden. Join St James’s Music Scholars past and present as they lead you through your favourite hymns, whilst enjoying a glass or two of Pimms.
St James’s hosts inclusive services and a cultural programme. We seek to be a welcoming space for people to reflect, create and debate.
St James’s is a place to explore, reflect, pray, and support all who are in need. We are a Church of England parish in the Anglican Communion.
We host a year-round creative programme encompassing music, visual art and spoken word.
We offer hospitality to people going through homelessness and speak out on issues of injustice, especially concerning refugees, asylum, racial justice, and LGBTQ+ issues.
St James’s strives to advocate for earth justice and to develop deeper connections with nature.
We aim to be a place where you can belong. We have a unique history, and the beauty of our building is widely known. Our community commits to faith in action: social and environmental justice; creativity. and the arts
We strive to be a Eucharist-centred, diverse and inclusive Christian community promoting life in abundance, wellbeing and dignity for all.
St James’s Piccadilly has been at the heart of its community since 1684. We invite you to play your part in securing this historic place for generations to come.
It costs £5,000 each day to keep the doors of St James’s open to all who already need us.
A reimagined St James’s realised. A redesigned garden, courtyard and new building capacity—all fully accessible— will provide beautiful spaces for all as well as improving our environmental performance.
Whether shooting a blockbuster TV series or creating a unique corporate event, every hire at St James’s helps our works within the community.
St James's Church 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL
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A Global Youth Storytelling Exhibition
Changemaker Lens has been made possible by the generous support of The Rothschild Foundation
Changemaker Lens is the storytelling strand of the Cugoano Changemakers Programme. It invites young people from around the UK and abroad, to tell the truth of their lived experience through photography, film, art, and creative expression. Launching in London in May 2026, it forms the heart of an emerging global ecosystem of youth leadership.
Where and when will it take place?
The Changemaker Lens exhibition will be held at St James’s Church on Tuesday 26th May 6pm-8pm.
The Exhibition
21 young artists have been selected to exhibit their work at an exhibition in London in May 2026, with cultural institutions, funders, and practitioners in attendance. The exhibition will later be shown in New York in September.
This exhibition sits at the heart of what we’re trying to build.
Through photography, film, and other creative forms, these artists are sharing their own perspectives, experiences and responses to the issues shaping their lives – from injustice and inequality to identity, community and leadership. Just as importantly, their work speaks not only to the challenges, but to the ways they are already trying to respond, organise, and create change.
The evening will include:
Most importantly, this event marks the moment we open applications to the Cugoano Changemakers programme – a new initiative focused on supporting young people to develop as thoughtful, creative and accountable leaders.
Who are our Global Partners?
Alongside our St James’s cohort, we are working in partnership with brilliant organisations whose young voices will be woven through Changemaker Lens:
Why Storytelling?
Young people everywhere face shifting grounds. The future of work is unstable and unpredictable. Many will move between multiple careers and identities. Others live through conflict, displacement, or environmental upheaval. Storytelling provides an anchor in this landscape.
Globally, art, photography, and creative expression have been used in the face of systemic oppression to resist, to survive, and to build community.
We want young people to:
A photograph of a quiet morning in Gaza, a spoken word piece from Washington, or a video diary from a young person in London does not simply show a moment. It reveals the inner life of a generation who are trying to make sense of a rapidly changing world.
Changemaker Lens is a visual storytelling platform that brings together young changemakers whose worlds may differ but whose questions often echo one another. It carries the central inquiry of the Youth Changemaker Programme:
What if leadership is something we live together, rather than something we hold alone?
