# THE SPARK ARTS FOR CHILDREN

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1106952
- **Other names:** THE SPARK CHILDREN&#x27;S ARTS FESTIVAL
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [05254229](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05254229)
- **Registered:** Nov. 24, 2004
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1106952


## Contact

- **Address:** LCB DEPOT, 31 RUTLAND STREET, LEICESTER
- **Postcode:** LE1 1RE
- **Phone:** 0116 261 6893
- **Email:** admin@thesparkarts.co.uk
- **Website:** www.thesparkarts.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN LEICESTER, LEICESTERSHIRE, THE EAST MIDLANDS AND BEYOND THROUGH A RANGE OF ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING THE ORGANISATION AND PROMOTION OF AN ANNUAL ARTS FESTIVAL, CONSISTING OF WORKSHOPS AND PRODUCTIONS OF DANCE, THEATRE AND OTHER PERFORMING ARTS; PRESENTED IN THEATRES, COMMUNITY VENUES AND SCHOOLS.

**Activities:** The Spark gives children opportunities to immerse themselves in the arts by experiencing a wide range of high quality work that inspires, empowers and educates. Through an annual festival, cultural education &amp; community programmes and production of our own work we offer children the space to discover their own skills, passions and potential, as audiences, participants &amp; creators of their own art.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Children/young People, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** LEICESTER, LEICESTERSHIRE, THE EAST MIDLANDS AND BEYOND.
- Leicester City
- Leicestershire
- Nottinghamshire
- Rutland





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Michael Candler** | Chair | March 28, 2014 |
| Dr Patricia Bennett |  | July 28, 2022 |
| Jasbir Mann |  | July 10, 2017 |
| Mahmood Reza |  |  |
| Ruth Lee |  | Feb. 1, 2022 |
| Suzanne Laura Guthrie |  | Jan. 13, 2020 |




