Sing Our Story Expands

Since September its been very exciting that we have expanded our Youth Music Funded Sing Our Story programme into two new boroughs working in Enfield and Waltham Forest.  We have also increased the number of schools repeating the project in Haringey. We have welcomed four new practitioners to our programme this year Emily, Francine, Hugh, … Read more

Lullabies in Ireland

We have recently visited our two settings in Galway Ireland. We are privileged to be working with two brilliantly talented songwriters Eoghan Burke, and Ruth Dillon. Our first setting is a private childcare setting in Gort a rural location, amazing to hear the songs filled with tractors and Hurling ( Irish football) the second is … Read more

Paul Hamlyn – Storylab Project

New Funding from The Paul Hamlyn Foundation  We are really delighted to have received funding from the Paul Hamlyn Foundation for our ‘Storylab’ project. As part of  the Explore and Test programme we will be working with three schools; Chestnuts Primary School, West Green Primary School and Woodlands Park Nursery School and Children’s Centre to … Read more

Groundswell Arts, Creative Ireland and The Galway Childcare Committee

We are very excited to be one of thirty projects announced as part of Creative Irelands  National Creativity Fund to bring Groundswell Arts Lullaby Project to Galway over the next year.  Working in partnership with The Galway Childcare Committee and beginning in January 2019, Groundswell Arts will be delivering a pilot of the project in 3 … Read more

Permanent Light Box Installation

We had a fantastic time working with staff and children at Stonecroft Under 5’s Centre earlier this month where we designed and  built a permanent light environment in there new Art Space. Delivering a mixture of staff trainings and practical hands on sessions with children we explored light sculpture, light-box play, shadows, UV light, colour … Read more

Recycle Instrument making.

This months family jam is happening, this Sunday 20th May with the fantastic Giles Leaman making instruments out of recycled materials 2.30pm  at Woodlands Park Children’s Centre Haringey to make sure you have a place or message us

Vege good jam

We had a fantastic afternoon at The Family Jam on the 11th of February creating vegetable instruments including carrot kazoos, pepper shakers, castanet egg plants and more ….  Top marks for innovation was a butternut squash conch! . It was all rounded off with some lovely vegetable soup whipped up in the Groundswell Kitchen. We … Read more