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Hear from Roger (age 9) and Willow-Rose (age 8), who recently took part in The Ark After-School Art Club, about why they love to draw and what inspires them.

See some of the artwork and hear some of the speeches created by 5th and 6th class students during workshops in our recent What Did I Miss? Nationwide Schools Engagement Project.

This June, members of The Ark Children's Council will present to the Joint Committee on Children, Disability, Equality and Integration, sharing what the children of Ireland have told them about their experiences of lockdown. To help inform this presentation, we're asking children to answer the question, 'What Did I Miss?'

As we look with hope towards our emergence from the current public health crisis, we have developed a new Strategy Statement for 2021-2023, which builds on the work achieved during the lifetime of our 2017-2020 Strategy, while also taking account of the unique context of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Ark is delighted to welcome two new members to our board, children's author Shane Hegarty and DCU Professor in Drama Education, Annie Ó Breacháin.

Meet some of the BIG BANG Festival Ambassadors responsible for the creation of our BIG BANG Banter: Children's Podcast.