Our Tiny Sparks project, in Leicester, was designed to develop children’s language and music skills and has achieved its objective and improved children’s sense of well-being thanks in large part to artist Dave ‘Stickman’ Higgins.
The ten-week project took place in the North and Central areas of the city, home to diverse communities, where many families speak English as an additional language and face barriers to accessing music-making.
More than 290 children, 280 parents and 94 early years practitioners took part in the initiative, which was funded by Youth Music and delivered by The Spark Arts for Children, in partnership with Leicester City Council’s Children, Young People and Family Centres (CYPFC).
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