DanceSyndrome

DanceSyndrome DanceSyndrome is an inclusive dance charity based in Lancashire with a focus on including everybody.

DanceSyndrome is an innovative North West based inclusive dance charity, led by people with learning disabilities. Established in 2009, DanceSyndrome is the inspiration of founder and Director, Jen Blackwell, an aspiring community dance leader, who happens to have Downโ€™s syndrome. DanceSyndrome believes that everyone has the right to follow their own interests and passions โ€“ regardless of whether they have a disability or not; and exists to support Jen, and other dancers like her, who are learning disabled and want to lead and inspire others to share their love of dance through inclusive community workshops, dance leader training and performances.

Members of were privileged to take part in today's Baton Of Hope UK event as the tour called in at Blackpool Zoo. The ...
01/09/2025

Members of were privileged to take part in today's Baton Of Hope UK event as the tour called in at Blackpool Zoo. The team have had a brilliant day, recognising a very important mission to improve services around mental health and wellbeing.

Just a reminder that our sessions are taking a break this week to allow our team to have a summer break.We are back on S...
31/08/2025

Just a reminder that our sessions are taking a break this week to allow our team to have a summer break.

We are back on Saturday (6th September) with our Autumn programme of sessions, which are now booking at www.dancesyndrome.co.uk/sessions

See you soon!

Our sessions are taking a break for the next two weeks to allow our team to have a summer break.All sessions are now clo...
22/08/2025

Our sessions are taking a break for the next two weeks to allow our team to have a summer break.

All sessions are now closed and will return on Saturday 6th September with our Autumn programme of sessions, which are now booking at www.dancesyndrome.co.uk/sessions

See you soon!

were joined by KH Training yesterday. Karen Hudson delivered an inclusive and accessible First Aid training session wh...
21/08/2025

were joined by KH Training yesterday. Karen Hudson delivered an inclusive and accessible First Aid training session which everyone thoroughly enjoyed. The feedback was that Dance Leaders felt proud of what they had achieved, learning a valuable life skill.

Dance Leaders Ellie & Kady have had a fantastic four days in Warwick for NYDC's Residential Summer School. They've worke...
21/08/2025

Dance Leaders Ellie & Kady have had a fantastic four days in Warwick for NYDC's Residential Summer School. They've worked with amazing Dance Artists from Boy Blue Ent, Alleyne Dance & Candoco Dance Company and they're very grateful to have been offered this incredible opportunity!

Last week, DanceSyndrome Spokesperson & Ambassador Becky Rich & her dad Simon were invited to talk to BBC Radio 4 about ...
20/08/2025

Last week, DanceSyndrome Spokesperson & Ambassador Becky Rich & her dad Simon were invited to talk to BBC Radio 4 about Ellie Goldstein being announced as a contestant on the next series of BBC Strictly Come Dancing ๐Ÿฅณ

Catch their brilliant interview at the end of the show on this link:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002h04d

Weโ€™re sending all our love and best wishes to Dance Artist Molly Williams, who is stepping away from DanceSyndrome to b...
13/08/2025

Weโ€™re sending all our love and best wishes to Dance Artist Molly Williams, who is stepping away from DanceSyndrome to begin an exciting new adventure travelling the world!

Molly, we canโ€™t thank you enough for all the brilliant work you've done. Good luck, safe travels, and keep dancing wherever you go!

Don't forget, the DanceSyndrome AGM will be taking place on Thursday 25th September at 5:30pm. The meeting is hybrid, so...
12/08/2025

Don't forget, the DanceSyndrome AGM will be taking place on Thursday 25th September at 5:30pm. The meeting is hybrid, so you can join online or in-person at Salford University.

The AGM is open to everyone. If you would like to join us, you can sign up here: https://bit.ly/DS-AGM-2025

See you then!

๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐˜†!Would you like to join our team?DanceSyndrome has three exciting new :- Head of Community- Progra...
08/08/2025

๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐˜†!

Would you like to join our team?

DanceSyndrome has three exciting new :
- Head of Community
- Programmes & Operations Manager
- Data & Impact Manager

The deadline for applications is Monday 11th August.

Find out more:
https://dancesyndrome.co.uk/job_opportunity/

07/08/2025

Huge thank you to for delivering such a fantastic session for our DS Collective and members of our Youth Company!

A special shoutout to Maiya Leeke and John-William Watson for your inspiring, creative, and engaging teaching , our dancers loved it!

03/08/2025

We've had such a brilliant week for !

If you have joined in with our activities this week, or done independent activities at home, please share your photos and videos with us!

We've learned so much & have been inspired to make small changes for the planet. We hope you have too!

02/08/2025

At the end of we wanted to share some of our learning from the week. We've created a blog on our website where you can read about our activities this week and think about ways you can make small changes to help the environment too!

Read more: https://dancesyndrome.co.uk/environment-week-learning/

is part of DanceSyndrome's work as an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation (2023-26).

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Accrington

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