Envisioning a world where all people feel seen heard and valued.

Haringey Early Years School Alliance loves working with Groundswell Arts as they approach every project with a creative energy like no other. The teams’ thoughtful approaches to partnership work, ensures our children have the best experience and their learning is elevated through music and movement. The most recent projects have supported the children’s critical thinking to develop songs for our newly formed federation.

What truly sets Groundswell Arts apart as a partner organisation is their ability to combine high-quality creative practice with a deep understanding of child development. Across all aspects of their work, Groundswell Arts brings a unique combination of expertise, creativity, and genuine care, resulting in sessions that are both engaging and transformative for families and practitioners alike. These qualities make them an exceptional partner and a powerful contributor to positive outcomes for children and families.

The project created a designated space and time for parents to bond with their children. In hindsight I realised that we invited many single parent families. I think in the business of life these parents especially really valued spending dedicated time with their child/children. I could see it on their faces.

These moments are indelible shared moments which will reverberate long after, weaving into a shared - rather than atomised - narrative. This is not what capitalist society is about and we loved it.

We have been lucky to work with Groundswell Arts over a number of years, through a wide range of amazing projects. Some like, 'Story Lab' and 'Dancing Together' have involved creatives working with children and their families. Others have involved direct work with children from as young as 3 to the top end of the school in Year 6, on areas such as animation, film making, photography and music. All incredibly enriching opportunities that give children experiences far beyond those we would be able to offer. More recently we have had projects focusing on the wellbeing of our staff team, such as, 'Play and Dance' - a very novel and needed experience for tired adults! We have always found the organisation to be super responsive, flexible and professional to work with and have learnt a great deal from the opportunity to work with professionals from the creative sector. More importantly, these experiences have inspired our children to build on the skills they have learnt as they progress through their learning journey. I could not recommend them highly enough.

Encouraging conversation and communication even from our quietest children.

It was a lovely experience, bringing us all together and stopping for a moment to put some important words together to describe how we feel.

Thank you so much for give us this space to create and to make us feel like a family.

This class is really great for mothers to help refocus and get grounded. We carry a lot of weight after sleepless nights and this session de-stressed me. I was always looking forward to it during the week.