COMMUNITY OUTREACH
Our aim is to connect and empower EVERYONE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY through the power of the arts. Creative Spark delivers various community projects throughout East Dunbartonshire and partners with several community groups within our local authority to provide a wide range of fully-funded community arts projects available to all!
The Spark Sensory Club is designed for pre-school children and their families to explore creative play.
Each month we provide families with a themed box filled with crafting, sensory and musical items along with an instruction booklet and a follow-along video, enabling families to find their Creative Spark from the comfort of their very own home!
We are also currently in the process of organising in person Sensory Spark Play Sessions in and around our local area, so watch out for one coming to a place near you!
Bringing the voices of our young people to the community!
Creative Speaks is a podcast production ran by the young people in our community, providing a platform for them to discuss topics which they feel are important.
Our members are involved in every aspect of the process; from topic selection and research, contacting and interviewing external individuals and organisations, recording of the podcast and all social media promotion.
If you would like to have your chance to Creative Speak, then please get in touch!
Connecting and empowering everyone in a safe and inclusive environment!
Creative Spark has specifically designed drama sessions dedicated to individuals with additional support needs, ensuring everyone has the chance to enjoy the benefits of the arts in an environment where they feel comfortable and encouraged.
If you would like to join our ASN Drama sessions then please contact us for more info!
Boosting mental wellbeing through dance and movement!
Come join us as we move and dance ourselves into a positive and confident mindset!
Mindful Moves is a programme dedicated to getting those bodies moving to the beat to access that essential feel-good factor everyone needs in their daily lives.
Currently we are delivering our sessions with GRACE.
We work with all ages and abilities throughout our community so if you would like to bust some of your Mindful Moves then get in touch!
Drama sessions for like-minded individuals.
Creative Spark delivers weekly adult drama classes for those at risk of self-isolation and loneliness. We aim to bring like-minded people together through the power of the arts to improve their mental wellbeing and have a great time!
Currently we are delivering our sessions with Ceartas Advocacy.
If you would like more info about our adult drama classes then please get in touch.
Connecting cultures through the power of music!
Come join us along with tutor Jose Rojas where we make and learn to play our very own cajons!
Cajons in the Neighbourhood is a craft and play programme Creative Spark offers in partnership with El Taller Percussion.
During our sessions we learn about the history of the cajon; where it comes from and why it was invented. We then get to work making our very own cajon and once it's finished, we learn how to play it!
If you would like to bring a cajon to your neighbourhood please get in touch!
Theatre arts classes for all!
Creative Spark is currently partnering with FACT to provide weekly theatre arts sessions for their young people, helping us in our effort to bring the benefit of the arts to all members of our community.
Theatre arts sessions for EDC Snack and Play.
Creative Spark provides various theatre arts classes for the EDC Snack and Play holiday club for the young people of East Dunbartonshire.
Our weekly drama project designed to empower everyone!
Creative Spark is currently partnering with Empower, working with the participants to create performances reflecting their views, passions and issues, building their stagecraft skills and inspiring them to create work that is important to them.
Bringing everyone together through the power of theatre!
We are currently working with Lennoxtown Primary and St Machans Primary to develop a theatre performance with their upper school pupils. Here we explore basic stagecraft skills, storytelling and devising, working towards a unique piece of theatre whilst helping each pupil find their own Creative Spark!
From creative journalling sessions to writing our very own play.
Creative Spark is currently partnering with GRACE on their collective performance piece, which is a result of several years of creative thinking and group work. Their long-awaited performance will take place in March 2025.
Watch this space!
Rediscovering ourselves through the power of the arts!
We are currently working with Ceartas Advocacy to provide a safe space for our participants to explore different art forms to rediscover ourselves, reflect positively on our journey so far and to remove the stigma surrounding our own mental health. We explore many art forms including theatre arts, poetry and collage.
Theatre arts workshops for young people.
The Creative Spark team have been working in partnership with Scottish Families affected by Alcohol and Drugs to provide theatre arts workshops for the young people who they support. We have led three blocks of workshops and each time we have worked together with the young people to develop their imagination, connection to each other and strengthen their knowledge and access of theatre arts.
Getting creative with costume construction!
Creative Spark and Stitch the Gap have worked in partnership on many projects to date, including Easter Schools and Summer Schools for young people. We aim to stitch together sewing skills and theatre arts, and we are currently working in partnership on our Costume Construction Project. This project works with young people aged 12, teaching them how to construct costumes for characters they create and providing them with an insight on how costume designers and theatre directors work in unison.
Creative Spark Theatre Arts is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation Charity number SC046719.