Sparkworks Studios

YOUR CREATIVE PARTNER

We make important work more imaginative.

Sparkworks Studios helps organisations use the arts to engage people, explore ideas, build understanding and create change.

Sparkworks Studios helps organisations use the arts to engage people, explore ideas, build understanding and create change.

Explore our work

Evaluation · Consultancy · Learning · Commissions

Using the arts as a tool for change.

HOW WE WORK

Three ways we make a difference.

Using the arts as a tool for change, we help arts organisations, schools, charities, healthcare providers and businesses make meaningful work happen.

PARTICIPATION

We bring people into the creative process.

Imaginative experiences that connect, engage and inspire. From The Choosical and downloadable DIY resources to Cloud FM, a personalised end-of-life radio experience.

TRANSFORMATION

We help good ideas become even better.

Creative development and consultancy for organisations rethinking, reshaping and improving projects and programmes. Explore our Royal Albert Hall Songbook consultancy.

EVALUATION

We help you understand the difference you make.

Creative, thoughtful evaluation that helps organisations measure impact, learn and tell their stories. Relevant experience includes British Council World Voice and Nimble Arts.

What we do

Four ways to work with us

01

Evaluation

Find out what’s working, what isn’t, and what to do next.

02

Consultancy

Help with ideas, programmes, strategy and difficult decisions.

03

Learning

Resources, training and experiences for children, families, staff and communities.

04

Commissions

Original music, stories, objects and experiences made to a brief.

Make
it matter

Bring us the brief. We’ll bring the spark.

Bring us the brief. We’ll bring the spark.

Events, trails, resources, objects, kits, side quests, evaluation, training — and the things we haven’t thought of yet. We make them more imaginative, engaging and memorable.

Have a project in mind?

Got a brief?

Let’s make it brilliant.

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OUR WORK

A few things we’ve made with people.

Songbook

Songbook

ONGOING

ONGOING

Evaluation · Consultancy

Evaluation · Consultancy

Royal Albert Hall — Songbook

Royal Albert Hall — Songbook

Evaluation and development of the Royal Albert Hall Songbook programme: reviewing current practice, consulting with stakeholders, exploring dementia-friendly delivery and helping shape a model for future national rollout, including links to social prescribing and commissioning.

Evaluation and development of the Royal Albert Hall Songbook programme: reviewing current practice, consulting with stakeholders, exploring dementia-friendly delivery and helping shape a model for future national rollout, including links to social prescribing and commissioning.

Armchair Adventures

Armchair Adventures

COMPLETE

COMPLETE

Commissions · Learning

Commissions · Learning

Made by Mortals — Armchair Adventures

Made by Mortals — Armchair Adventures

Ran creative workshops with young members of the Cystic Fibrosis community, older participants of community groups and the Trail Finders Lab to generate musical material, then used this to compose original songs for the Armchair Adventurers podcast about phages.

Ran creative workshops with young members of the Cystic Fibrosis community, older participants of community groups and the Trail Finders Lab to generate musical material, then used this to compose original songs for the Armchair Adventurers podcast about phages.

Learning for all

Learning for all

ONGOING

ONGOING

Learning · Consultancy

Learning · Consultancy

The Maestro Online

The Maestro Online

Curriculum and learning-resource development, including GCSE and A-level mapping, international focus groups, UX, accessibility and the design of engaging learning experiences for different audiences.

Curriculum and learning-resource development, including GCSE and A-level mapping, international focus groups, UX, accessibility and the design of engaging learning experiences for different audiences.

World Voice

World Voice

COMPLETE

COMPLETE

Evaluation

Evaluation

British Council — World Voice

British Council — World Voice

Delivered the final report for an international music education programme delivered across more than 40 countries, drawing together evidence from teachers, trainers, partners and programme teams to understand reach, impact and learning for legacy.

Delivered the final report for an international music education programme delivered across more than 40 countries, drawing together evidence from teachers, trainers, partners and programme teams to understand reach, impact and learning for legacy.

Previous work by Sparkworks founder Catherine Burgis

Previous work by Sparkworks founder Catherine Burgis

The Choosical

The Choosical

IN DEVELOPMENT

IN DEVELOPMENT

Participation · Workshops

Participation · Workshops

The Choosical

The Choosical

A collaborative, choose-your-own-adventure musical experience where participants invent characters, shape the story, make creative decisions and create original songs together.

A collaborative, choose-your-own-adventure musical experience where participants invent characters, shape the story, make creative decisions and create original songs together.

Cloud FM

Cloud FM

IN DEVELOPMENT

IN DEVELOPMENT

Participation · Care

Participation · Care

Cloud FM

Cloud FM

A personalised creative radio experience in development, celebrating music, memories, voices and stories with people approaching the end of life.

A personalised creative radio experience in development, celebrating music, memories, voices and stories with people approaching the end of life.