We are proud to announce that iCreate 3.0 will be performed at The Lowry exactly one year from today. Save the date and watch this space for more information!

A year ago today we begin delivery on our national partnership with @fonscharity.bsky.social Since then over 180 in-patient ward managers have completed Inclusion in Action workshops to learn about how small changes can make a big difference in creating inclusive spaces. youtu.be/WQFfqCa8QzI?...

DanceSyndrome is working with an agency to think about what our brand means to our supporters. We want you to have the opportunity to have a voice in this process, so we have created a brief survey. Please click here to complete the survey before 5pm on Weds 26th Nov: app.sli.do/event/ky9ZjE...

Today is World Kindness Day so we're sharing a clip from Preston Disability Pride 💜 At DanceSyndrome, kindness is shown through the ways we move, create, & connect. Every shared smile, every supportive word, every movement makes us stronger. Let’s keep showing that #inclusion begins with #kindness

David, Ellie and Kate had a great day at Rheged on Saturday, taking part in My Community Arts Festival. They loved performing at the festival and chatting to members of the community about our work! It was a great event with a range of inclusive activities for everyone to join in with 💜💙

Our DanceSyndrome 2026 calendars & Christmas cards are available to buy online or in person 🎄 ❄️ 🎅 Our calendar is a great gift idea that also supports an incredible cause. It's the gift that keeps on giving, month after month 💜 To order please visit: dancesyndrome.co.uk/2026-calenda...

Peter Pamphlett & Eve Emsley co-deliver Breaking Down Barriers, a practical workshop that shares lived experience & inclusive practice for creative professionals. In this blog, they talk about the course and what they hope people will take away from the day: dancesyndrome.co.uk/peter-eve-co...

Our Ambassador & Spokesperson Becky Rich loved meeting PCSOs at Plungington Community Centre #Preston yesterday! 💜💙 Becky is passionate about connecting with people & spreading the word about how dance empowers people of all abilities. Thanks to the PCSOs for taking the time to chat about our work!

Eve Emsley is our Leadership & Inclusion Facilitator. She co-delivers our Breaking Down Barriers workshop with Dance Leader Peter Pamphlett. Join this practical online session on Mon 10th Nov to learn how to make your classes more inclusive. More info www.dancesyndrome.co.uk/breaking-down-barriers

Dance Leader Peter Pamphlett has co-produced our Breaking Down Barriers workshop for creative practitioners. He shares his lived experience & practical ideas to challenge how people think about inclusion. Join us online, Mon 10th Nov, 10am - 4:30pm: www.dancesyndrome.co.uk/breaking-down-barriers

𝙎𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙚! ❄️ DanceSyndrome Winter Showcase ❄️ 📅 Friday 19th December 🕖 7pm - 8pm 📍 On Zoom 🕺👩‍🦼 💃 Live performances from our Zoom workshop groups and a big Christmas dance along! Sign up to watch the show: dancesyndrome.co.uk/winter-showc...

Did you know that you can raise funds for DanceSyndrome while you shop (in-person and online), at no extra cost to you? Find out more and sign up at: www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/dance...

🕺 👩‍🦼 💃 Just a reminder that you are welcome to join us for our weekly community dance sessions, in person or online. Find out more about the different sessions at www.dancesyndrome.co.uk/book-a-session

Our Breaking Down Barriers workshop gives dance/arts professionals practical methods to make sessions more accessible & inclusive for everyone involved. Join us online on 10th Nov & take the next step towards truly inclusive practice: dancesyndrome.co.uk/breaking-dow... #InvisibleDisabilitiesWeek

𝙎𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙚! ❄️ DanceSyndrome Winter Showcase ❄️ 📅 Friday 19th December 🕖 7pm - 8pm 📍 On Zoom 🕺👩‍🦼 💃 Live performances from our Zoom workshop groups and a big Christmas dance along! Sign up to watch the show: dancesyndrome.co.uk/winter-showc...

Last Friday, our Co-founder Sue Blackwell was proud to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Best Business Women Awards, accompanied by her son Anthony & daughter Jen (pictured). What an incredible accolade! You can read more about the award here: dancesyndrome.co.uk/lifetime-ach...

Everyone at DanceSyndrome is sending huge congratulations to Dance Leader & Youth Role Model Ellie Bamber who has been chosen to be a part of NYDC 2025/26 cohort! This is a huge achievement and we are all very proud. We can't wait to see the work that Ellie is involved with over the next 12 months!

It's all smiles in our #Preston Ballet session today as we do some Barre work! For anyone interested in joining one of our sessions, you can find the full list, including inclusive Ballet, on our website: www.dancesyndrome.co.uk/book-a-session

DanceSyndrome representatives Lucy Burgess & Kate Battersby joined 12 other local dancers to create a special community cast performance to celebrate Ludus Dance's 50th anniversary. The piece was developed during a one-day workshop led by Ludus' team ahead of the celebration on Friday 17th October

Did you know that you can raise funds for DanceSyndrome while you shop (in-person and online), at no extra cost to you? Find out more and sign up at: www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/dance...

Are you looking for practical ways to make your classes more inclusive for people with learning disabilities? Join us for Breaking Down Barriers on 10th Nov, a professional development focused online workshop for dance, arts & creative professionals. More info: dancesyndrome.co.uk/breaking-dow...

Breaking Down Barriers is an online workshop for creative professionals. Co-delivered by a Dance Leader with lived experience & our Leadership & Inclusion Facilitator, it blends practical activity & discussion to help you become more inclusive Join us on 10th Nov dancesyndrome.co.uk/breaking-dow...

Thank you to everyone who joined us last week for our AGM & Building Pioneering Partnerships event. If you couldn't make it but would like to know more about working in partnership with DanceSyndrome, then check out the Working Together page on our website: dancesyndrome.co.uk/working-toge...

We’re excited to welcome Holly, Christina & James to DanceSyndrome! They join us today as our brand-new Community Team, thanks to funding from @tnlcommunityfund.org.uk for our "Pathways to Thrive" project, which began on 1st September 2025. We can’t wait to see what the new team will achieve! 💜💙

We’re excited to announce that DS Youth Collective is part of #MakingMoves, a national project led by @sadlerswells.bsky.social, supported by Barclays Working with choreographers Thick & Tight and our own Dance Artists Anna & Chloe, the group is already developing choreography for a brand-new piece

Congratulations to Ellie Bamber who signed a contract yesterday to become DanceSyndrome's first employed Dance Leader. As part of our @tnlcommunityfund.org.uk project, we've spent 3 years investigating options for people with learning disabilities to be paid employees. Ellie is thrilled & so are we!

Inclusion doesn’t always come from big gestures. Sometimes it’s about slowing down, offering choice, & making every voice heard This #NationalInclusionWeek we’re sharing how we put these values into practice & that #NowIsTheTime that you can too Read more in our blog dancesyndrome.co.uk/inclusion/

Thank you to our friends at @learningdisability.bsky.social for sharing this lovely news piece about our new @tnlcommunityfund.org.uk project! What better time to share this news than in #NationalInclusionWeek? You can read the full story here: www.learningdisabilitytoday.co.uk/news/dancesy...

Our team have had an amazing day at #EAMHID2025 co-delivering a workshop and Solicited Symposium demonstrating inclusion and health outcomes that can be achieved through dance! We're so proud of the way they have all represented us at an international level!

It's #NationalInclusionWeek and #NowIsTheTime to consider the question "How inclusive is your practice?" If you are a dance or creative professional who has been asking themselves this question, we invite you to join our online Breaking Down Barriers workshop on Monday 10th November. (see thread)

As part of #NationalInclusionWeek, we’ve been exploring why #NowIsTheTime to champion inclusion. We’re excited to launch our brand-new film all about Inclusion in Action – our workshops that show how small changes can make a big difference in creating truly inclusive spaces. youtu.be/WQFfqCa8QzI

#TeamDS have been demonstrating Leadership in Action through pop-up dance activities at #EAMHID2025 Congress in Belgium! Putting inclusion & co-production into action, to demonstrate how dance can be a vehicle for people to have fun, feel healthier, be included and achieve your goals in life!

What does leadership mean to you? We put that question to our dancers here at DanceSyndrome. Their answers remind us that leadership is about confidence, courage and creating a safe & inclusive space for others. #NowIsTheTime #NowIsTheTimeToLead #NationalInclusionWeek #InclusionMatters #Leadership

#TeamDS have arrived at #EAMHID2025 Tomorrow (Friday 19th Sept) they will be co-delivering an Embracing Inclusivity workshop (11:30) and a Solicited Symposium (14:30) If you’re at the Congress you can join them by signing up at the reception desks. Find out more: www.dancesyndrome.co.uk/EAMHID

Members of our team are on their way to Belgium today to deliver some co-produced activities at #EAMHID2025. Find out more at www.dancesyndrome.co.uk/EAMHID #NationalInclusionWeek

#TeamDS were proud to take part in the annual Emmanuel Church Preston Hot Pot fundraising event at Plungington Community Centre last weekend. This event is a great example of community inclusion. We love to participate & are always grateful to be invited back to be a part of this wonderful community

Our Spokesperson & Ambassador Becky was interviewed by That's TV Lancashire last week to talk about our performance at Encounter Festival on Saturday 20th September It'll be the perfect way to end #NationalInclusionWeek! Join us at 12:20pm on #Preston Flag Market, before enjoying the full festival

Today's the start of #NationalInclusionWeek, the theme is #NowIsTheTime Inclusion is at the heart of everything DanceSyndrome does. Our workshops are a safe space where people can come as they are & find a place they belong. We share lived experiences, celebrate diversity, & make every voice heard

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: bit.ly/DS-AGM-2025 See you then!

𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙤-𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨? Members of our team, in partnership with @england.nhs.uk & CANDDID, will be at #EAMHID2025 to share our learning Find out more: www.dancesyndrome.co.uk/EAMHID #MentalHealth #CreativeHealth

Our Spokesperson & Ambassador Becky Rich has been interviewed by That's Lancashire TV today to talk about our upcoming performance at Encounter Festival next week. Hear Becky's thoughts about this amazing local event in #Preston, on Freeview channel 7 from 6pm tonight.

Peter & Eve had a wonderful day yesterday, co-delivering our Inclusion in Action workshops to front line Ward Managers as part of our partnership with @fonscharity.bsky.social Fabulous engagement, great discussions & some practical actions to take forward!

Today our Weekly Company Class was visited by Beth Cox from @tnlcommunityfund.org.uk who presented a cheque for £340,528 to fund our “Pathways to Thrive” project over 5 years! More about this amazing news: www.dancesyndrome.co.uk/dancesyndrome-celebrating-national-lottery-funding #NationalLottery

We're very proud of Dance Leaders Ellie & Kady, who have been to London this weekend to audition for the National Youth Dance Company 2025/26. They've loved dancing with NYDC & feel privileged to have been invited to audition for England’s Flagship youth dance organisation.

Following a short summer break, our inclusive dance sessions return tomorrow (Saturday 6th September) 💃👩🦼🕺 We're back with our Autumn programme of sessions, which can be booked here: www.dancesyndrome.co.uk/sessions We're looking forward to seeing everyone soon!

As we prepare for the start of our Autumn term, why not have a quick look at the DanceSyndrome shop? There is a special offer on until 7th September with 20% off all orders, so now is a great time to get some new DanceSyndrome merch for the new term! Visit:

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 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!

#TeamDS 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 the National Youth Dance Company's Residential Summer School. They've worked with amazing Dance Artists from Boy Blue, Alleyne Dance & Candoco and they're very grateful to have been offered this incredible opportunity!