Exhibitor 1

School Of Architecture, Computing and Engineering, University of East London

Hands On Activity 
Come Fly With Me: This is a hands on activity where leaners tweak their planes to get it to perform better.
Marshmallow Challenge: Visitors try and build a structure using spaghetti and mashmallows.  

Exhibitor 2

purpleSTARS

Inclusive researchers based at Rix Inclusive Research at University of East London, are a team of co-researchers with and without lived experience of learning differences and disability. Together, we use creative, sensory and technology-based methods to make research more accessible, collaborative and grounded in real life.
In this age of Artificial Intelligence, we are exploring how AI can be inclusive, practical, and genuinely useful for people with learning disabilities. 
https://www.rixinclusiveresearch.org/together/is-ai-inclusive/
At this year’s Newham Citizen Fair, we invite visitors to take part in a hands-on, sensory exploration inspired by the idea that real understanding comes from lived experience and active participation. Rather than simply consuming information, we will gather stories, sensations, insights and everyday knowledge from the community.
Together, we will collect, create and connect these contributions to build a shared, creative “sensory map” that reflects how people experience life in Newham.
https://www.rixinclusiveresearch.org/together/mapping-sensory-experiences/
Come along, share your experiences, and help us imagine more inclusive futures for AI and community knowledge.P

Exhibitor 3

The UEL Sustainability and Plastic Champions

The UEL sustainability and plastic champions present an interactive exhibition designed to build awareness around plastic use and pollution. Visitors are invited to take part in a card game that helps identify everyday plastic products viewed through a microscope, enjoy hands on play with plastic free playdough and share their knowledge through short surveys on plastic pollution. 

Exhibitor 4

Neighbourhood Health Hub: Local Health Support and Community Engagement

The Neighbourhood Health Hub (NHH) is a community-based initiative dedicated to improving access to health information, advice, and local services for residents. By offering clear signposting and preventative support within neighbourhood settings, the Hub helps people navigate health and care systems with greater confidence and ease.

Bringing health support closer to where people live is central to the Hub’s mission. Through collaboration with public health teams, students, voluntary organisations, and community groups, NHH strengthens local partnerships and promotes early intervention, prevention, and community wellbeing.

At the Newham Citizen Science Fair, we will be sharing information about our work, engaging with residents and partners, and exploring opportunities to further support neighbourhood-based health initiatives

.Exhibitor 5

NHC will provide a health stand, carry out health checks and promote local services such as the Youth Zone.

www.newhamhealthcollaborative.co.uk

 

 

 

.Exhibitor 6

A Health Tech company  VirtTuri Healthcare will share their innovative AI and Avatar technologies.

.Exhibitor 7

UCL Citizen Science Academy

The UCL Citizen Science Academy is a new initiative based at UCL East in the Olympic Park. It primarily trains ‘citizen social scientists’ who are trained in research methods, ethics and theory, and paid and supported to undertake research in their local area. It operates across London, and also has international projects in Lebanon, Tanzania, and Kenya.

The Academy will be showing its new ‘pop-up exhibition’ which folds out of a suitcase, designed to be a creative way of bringing creative research outside of the boundaries of the university – and into community exhibitions and fairs like this one!

.Exhibitor 8

Newham Community Research Network

The Newham CRN is one of nine funded collaborations across the UK seeking to make an infrastructure of bottom-up research. It is led by Compost London and supported by the UCL Institute for Global Prosperity and Newham Council, along with Newham Community Project, ELBWO, The 5 E’s, and Rix Inclusive Research at UEL, amongst many others. 

The first of three groups of community researchers supported by the project are 12 local residents who have been researching issues affecting migrant and refugee groups in Newham. They will be showing some of their varied qualitative research outputs that tell in creative ways the struggle of many in Newham’s diverse communities. You can also hear about the upcoming work of the Network, including citizen scientists from the Marginalised Women and Young Adults with SEND subnetworks.

.Exhibitor 9

A mix of interactive, play‑based tech activities designed to spark creativity and problem‑solving. Families can experiment with simple coding challenges, digital puzzles, and guided games that blend physical and digital play. Whether you want to build, code, or create together, there’s something engaging for children and grown‑ups! Recommended age 6+.

Be part of the team.

Newham needs you.

Calling all…

  • Makers, inventors, tinkerers
  • Coders, hackers & data wizards
  • Low-tech, high-tech, no-tech-at-all people
  • Systems-and-strategy types
  • Hands-on creative types
  • “Able to fix anything” types
  • Community-builders
  • History & archives people
  • Hobbyists & specialists
  • Questioning, freethinking, curious people

East London needs you!