Spark Annual Survey 2023

Thank you for completing this survey. It should take no more than 5 minutes, and can remain anonymous.

Please answer thinking about your child(ren) who attends one of our Spark Young Writers groups. The data collected will help us to fulfill requirements from our main funder, Arts Council England, and ensure that we can continue to run the Spark Young Writers activity across the West Midlands.

If you would like to be entered into a prize draw to win a voucher for a £50 book token, please complete the email address field at the end of the survey.

The prize will be drawn on Monday 11 December 2023 at 1pm.

How would you rate the overall quality of the sessions?

5 stars: Excellent. 4 stars: Good. 3 stars: Neither good nor poor. 2 stars: Poor. 1 star: Very poor. Blank: Don't know

What does your child enjoy about the writing group? Have you noticed any impact?

Impact can be on your child's behaviour, school work, confidence, creativity or anything else you feel is important.

Has your young writer submitted to Spark Young Writers' magazine or anthology? *

Yes
No
Not sure

This is our online only magazine and our printed anthology

Is there anything we could improve?

Has your child ever used any of the online resources on our website?

Yes - writing prompts
Not yet, but we will when we can.
No - we didn't know about them!
It's not for us.

Please select any that apply. The resources can be found at sparkwriters.org/get-creative/ and sparkwriters.org/spark-story-starters-2/

Does your child identify as D/deaf and/or has a disability, and/or have a long term health condition? *

Yes
No
Prefer not to say

This information will only ever be used anonymously and will never be passed on.

Does your child identify as neurodivergent?

Yes
No
Prefer not to say

Some examples of what the term neuro-divergent can be used to describe: ADHD, Autism, Bipolar Disorder, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Tourette's Syndrome, OCD (this is not an exhaustive list). This information will only ever be used anonymously and will never be passed on.

What is your household's income (before tax)?

This information will only ever be used anonymously and will never be passed on.

Household financial circumstances: does this apply?

This information will only ever be used anonymously and will never be passed on.

What is your child's gender?

Female
Male
Non-binary
Prefer not to say

Where did you find out about Spark Young Writers? Select as many as apply.

What do you think of the venue for the group? Have you found that you are using the venue more or differently as a result of going there for Spark Young Writers?

Maybe you take the opportunity to change some library books while you're there, or stop and have a cup of tea in the onsite cafe. Please let us know - our venues sometimes ask us for this feedback.

If you would like to be added to the £50 book token draw, please give us your email address here:

The email address is purely for the purposes of the book token draw and will be not be stored with the responses.

Get Writing

If you’d like to submit a piece of your writing for possible inclusion in the magazine, please see the Get Involved page to see more details. This magazine is published online three times a year: summer (June/July), winter (October-December) and spring (February-April) terms.

Thank you for completing this survey. It should take no more than 5 minutes, and can remain anonymous.

Please answer thinking about your child(ren) who attends one of our Spark Young Writers groups. The data collected will help us to fulfill requirements from our main funder, Arts Council England, and ensure that we can continue to run the Spark Young Writers activity across the West Midlands.

If you would like to be entered into a prize draw to win a voucher for a £50 book token, please complete the email address field at the end of the survey.

Get Writing

COMING SOON: Creative Writing groups for 2024-2025

Submission now open for Anthology 2024

Looking for creative writing resources?