Magic Acorns CIC works in the area of early years arts development. Our charitable goals are to provide of high quality, free access, creative, community based activity for families with children under 5 years in Great Yarmouth through regular activity and special creative residencies; provide ongoing artist development opportunities to support artists and musicians to develop their expertise and skills in early years music and creativity; provide training and CPD and networking opportunities for artists and early years practitioners working with babies and young children. During this period we have: 1. Continued to offer free access to early years creative activities for families at our venue in Great Yarmouth 2.Recruited and developed a Marketing and Comms role 3.Hosted 148 free sessions for families with babies and young children 4. Reaching 296 individuals made up of 164 Adult parent/carers and 132 babies and children 5. Welcomed 121 unique families to our weekly creative sessions - Music Garden, Beach sessions, Magic Play, Magic Dads, Sensory Play, Magic Families 6. Developed Magic Families sessions for parents and carers to learn and be creative in a supportive environment as well as providing an opportunity to consult with our parent/caregiver community. 7. Developed Sensory Play sessions, a specialist SEND offer aimed at children who may find traditional stay and play groups overwhelming 8. Supported Sensory Play artists to develop this project with specialist training. 9. Developed Playtech - an artist-led research project exploring using tech with toddlers; part of the Youth Music Energiser community 10. Developed and hosted free to attend Voice Jams and AV Jams for artists to support and nurture our community of artists 11. Supported 22 multidisciplinary artists with creative opportunities, training, mentoring and regular weekly work 12. Hosted 4 Advisory Board meetings drawing on a range of expertise both local and national to support the development of Magic Acorns. 13. Recruited 3 Non-Executive Directors onto our Board to strengthen our governance. 14. Worked with 10 local and national partners to deliver training, mentoring and professional development opportunities, reaching 71 participants made up of artists, musicians, educators and early years professionals. 15. Hosted 6 online workshops, webinars and networks attended by 121 participants

Magic Acorns’ stakeholders are babies, children, parents/carers, artists, arts organisations and children’s services organisations including the Early Childhood Family Service and The Family Hub in Great Yarmouth. During this period we have: 1. Continued to develop our approach of deep listening to babies and children through play, movement and vocalisation. Artists respond to likes, dislikes, types of play and exploration to co-create the sessions with babies and young children. 2. Supported artists to develop their skills in highly attuned creative practice through reflective conversation and activity and peer to peer support and mentoring. 3. Continued to run our parent focus group, Magic Families, generating valuable feedback and insight into the impact of our sessions. This has directly informed programme development and supported funding applications to sustain regular parent focus sessions. 4. Maintained regular meetings with our Advisory Board and co-opted three members as Non-Executive Directors. 5. Actively participated in Enjoy Great Yarmouth, the local education and cultural partnership network, resulting in strengthened connections with local arts and cultural providers, new funding opportunities, improved signposting, and collaborative project partnerships. 6. Regularly attended The Family Hub Partnership meetings, securing funding for several of our weekly family offers and enhancing signposting and safeguarding support for families. 7. Attended the Fathers Wellbeing Network and developed partnerships with organisations delivering services for fathers in the local area. 8. Welcomed social and health professionals into our space for in-person meetings, improving mutual understanding of services and enhancing signposting and support for families. 9. Engaged our community of artists in business planning and visioning, resulting in artist-informed strategies and development. 10. Consulted with partner organisations, leading to new creative partnerships, training collaborations, and commissioned work.

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