Secret Stories

Acknowledgements The Spark Arts for Children would like to give a special thanks to: Hema Acharya for her amazing ability and generosity in spreading the word about this project to the Belgrave community, to ensure we could reach people wide and far.

Leicester City Neighbourhood and Library Services Rochana Ryan for her support to The Spark and the families along the way.

Chandni Mistry and Rina Fatania for bringing these stories to life in the audio versions and live storytelling at The Spark Festival.

Finally a huge thanks to the wonderful families of Belgrave for sharing their stories through a particularly challenging year, for always arriving to sessions with positivity, generosity and an innate sense of joy. It has been a real pleasure to hear your stories and tell them to the world, for many others to enjoy.

The young people: Ameer, Anya, Aayat, Dia, Hetik, Priya, Navya, Nishthe Vidhi, Raj And for all the Mums and Dads for their memories and for getting their children out of bed, fed and ready to create together: Jyoti, Khalood, Anju, Deepa, Ketu & Jagdish.

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