“Growing up in the the black community in Lewisham, I think Moonshot was a space that we as black people just owned as ours, because of that legacy that Mrs Phoenix had left, and because that initial vision was about finding somewhere that young black people could come and participate and that the needs of the community would be met in this space.”

- Beverly Glean

The Pagnell Street Centre and Moonshot Club were set up in 1968 by the Telegraph Hill Neighbourhood Council to address the needs of the local community in Lewisham, particularly young Black residents. By 1970, the club had a permanent space with Sybil Phoenix as its warden and it was providing various services including counselling, educational programmes, sports groups and more to Lewisham locals.

Like other black owned and used spaces in the area, Moonshot also faced racist attacks, including a National Front incendiary bombing in 1977. In response, Phoenix rallied the community and raised over £50,000 to rebuild the centre which reopened in 1978. Phoenix spearheaded the "pound a brick" fundraising campaign which, as well as raising money to rebuild the centre, allowed community members to feel a sense of ownership and connection to the building as they contributed financially to its existence. Elders who donated at the time still proudly refer to it as their space. Though it later closed in 1999, the centre was refurbished and reopened in 2007, supported by IRIE! dance theatre led by Beverly Glean, Playhouse Nursery, Deptford Green School, and the London Borough of Lewisham.