Due to coronavirus restrictions across the UK, this project is currently paused. The information below refers to project activities up until March 2020. Since March 2020, Virtual KEEN has provided as a replacement a busy, daily programme of interactive projects across all areas of social and recreational activity, and this is detailed in Fact file: Virtual KEEN. We look forward to bringing Zig-Zag back on the ground in 2021!
Project overview
Zig-Zag is our weekly creative play, arts, and drama workshop for ages 4-13. This year our adventures took us all over the world on a range of risky missions and challenges!
Yearly number of sessions: 22
Individual contact hours created: 186 (out of 409 overall)
Current disabled session buddies and leaders: 2
Average attendance
Participation
Contact hours created
Key outcomes (last 12 months)
These are the key positive differences (outcomes) achieved by the project.
71% of families reported an improvement in 7 or more of the 10 key areas of their participant’s wellbeing that we monitor.
86% of families reported an improvement in their participant’s opportunities to be creative and use imagination.
100% of participants reported an improvement in their participant’s opportunities to play with children in a group setting.
64% of session buddies strongly agreed that they developed useful communication, planning, teamwork, or leadership skills at Zig-Zag sessions.
Stories
Communicated through a range of media including quotes, videos, and audio, these are the stories of KEEN's beneficiaries which show how this project makes a difference.
“Thanks to all the buddies who have played parachute games with me and those who have run after me in an effort to become as fit and as fast as I am! Have loved you chasing me and valuing me for being me.”
Recent developments
This section includes information on recent changes which we have made to this project to improve it!
We adjusted the basic format of Zig-Zag sessions to make it more led by our participants’s creativity and ideas.
We also took external advice and a training session from a child psychologist, to understand how to better support the children we work with emotionally.
We made it possible for older KEEN participants with additional needs to attend and help at Zig-Zag as Session Buddies and helpers.
Future plans
This section includes information on our upcoming plans for this project. How we see it developing of the next 6-12 months and what actions we are taking to achieve this.
Make Zig-Zag more accessible for children who struggle with echoey environments and loud noises.
Support a greater proportion of participants from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.
Incorporate further support and training from external expertise in education and child psychology.