We are delighted to have recieved Arts Council England Funding this year to tour our Communication Pod and Forgotten Stories programmes in Enfield and Haringey. It’s been great to have these projects out supporting children’s speech, language and communication through inspiring their curiosity and imaginations. We are working with lots of new partners in this … Read more
We are having such a brilliant time this year with our early years programmes including a recent programme funded by the Comic Relief Community fund Space to Create where families with babies and toddlers have the opportunity to explore light and sound environments. It is really great to work with multi-sensory materials and to have … Read more
Groundswell Arts had the opportunity to create and produce some fantastic new resources for early years teachers. Commissioned by A New Direction why not download the resource taster cards to develop some creative starting points for your EYFS group
Our Sing Our Story programme continues in a hybrid way with parents and carers across four schools and two private nursery schools. Our partners have worked with us to prioritise reaching their parent communities through music, and we have relished the opportunity to share songs in person again. Thanks to Tiverton, George Spicer, Earlham, and North … Read more
We had very fun first sessions of our Dancing Together – Toddlers in Park Lane and Triangle Children’s Centres. Toddlers sessions will continue over the next 4 weeks. If you’re looking for an activity with your child, and you’re local to Park Lane or Triangle Children’s Centre, contact us. The spaces are limited but we’ll do our best … Read more
February was quick but full of activities for Groundswell Arts team. We started Dancing Together Babies programme in Waltham Forest and Toddler’s programme in Haringey and completed our Mother and Baby dance programme in Haringey. Story Lab is currently in five partner Haringey schools. We have launched a new project with The Minors Nursery School in West London along with Coombes Croft Library sessions in … Read more
Dancing Together starts in Walthamstow and Leytonstone Toy Libraries very soon. With funding from Mayor of London and the Sport Unites programme we are running sessions for Mothers and Babies over 6 weeks, followed by our Toddlers programme starting in mid-April. These first 6 weeks will provide gentle movement to focus on postnatal recovery. The … Read more
Last week we enjoyed a musicians practice sharing session with the team from the Loud and Clear project at Sage Gateshead, a project which supports the musical, personal, emotional and communication development of early years looked after, adopted children and their families. Our Sing Our Story programme is in 6 schools and EY settings this term- We’re welcoming new … Read more
We have had a very lovely first three weeks of our Dancing Together Mother&Baby sessions. Our participants have expressed that the sessions supported them to feel “lighter”, “relaxed” and “calm”. Our programme focuses on improving mothers’ wellbeing, working on the links between physical activity and positive mental health. Each session, dance artist Mafe Toledo concentrates on a … Read more
Whilst the days are darker and colder, we have been keeping our spirits up with some fantastic projects in the community. We have started an 8 week Story Lab project, funded by Peabody and London Community Foundation. We welcome families to get in touch and join this exciting opportunity to make films together. You will have the opportunity … Read more
