🌟 With the support of The National Lottery Community Fund we ran one year of Creative Connections activity from September 2024 to July 2025, in partnership with Vacani School of Dance. A total of 103 dance sessions working with 72 people! 🌟 Sessions are designed to be flexible, responsive and inclusive, with facilitators adapting to individual and group needs, enabling participation across a broad spectrum of abilities. Participants report a stronger sense of self, expressing their identities through signature movements and creative choice-making; the value in building meaningful social relationships, often referring to the group as “family”; and increased confidence and willingness to engage in this and other community activities. ➡️ Key outcomes include that participants engage fully, often in ways that carers have not previously seen. Participants also take active leadership roles, leading segments of class, suggesting themes and thinking about how they might support reaching other groups. ➡️ Find out more and book your place: https://beee-creative-cio.uk/creative-connections/ 📸 Cheniece Warner Photography #parkinsons #danceforall #danceisforeveryone #danceforhealth #bedfordshire #danceteachers #danceworkshop (fb)

All LEAP workshops were rooted in dance and movement, offering pupils a space to explore creativity, build confidence, and connect with one another through shared expression. These workshops became a space for imagination, teamwork, and growth. Pupils worked with professional dance artists and teachers from their school, to co-create original performance pieces to perform at the LEAP Festival. Well done to all the young dancers from: Sarratt CE Primary School – Year 4 Brickhill Primary School – Year 4 & 5 St Philip Howard Catholic School – Year 4 Putnoe Primary School – Year 4 Scott Primary School – Year 3 Thank you to all the dance artists, involved over the last two years, Rebecca Benford (Full of Life Dance), Claire Hackston, Hannah Pickett, Michael Joseph, and Carrie Washington for guiding the pupils with care and creativity throughout the process. Thank you to Makeamplify, Hinterland Creative, Controlled Frenzy, Flicker Mill, Tom Hobden, Sam Ivin, Hannah Delaney Dance. The project and Festival were made possible by funding from Paul Hamlyn Foundation. #ProjectLEAP #dance #arts #digitalskills #welovedance #danceforfun #teachers #primaryschoolteachers #danceinschools #primaryteacher #primaryschool #education 📸 Cheniece Warner Photography (fb)