Chair of Dance to Health Community Board Norfolk

Dance to Health is an evidence-led, pioneering, falls prevention dance programme for older people. We’re looking for people who are passionate about falls prevention, or health and wellbeing for older people, to join our Norfolk Board.

Aesop is a charity with a vision of a future when arts solutions for society’s problems are valued and available for all that need them. Our Dance to Health programme is an evidence-led, pioneering falls prevention dance programme for older people. We have three sustainable Dance to Health groups which have been running in Norwich for just over five years. We have worked in partnership with Age UK Norwich who have supported these groups which has enabled them to continue. We have another Dance to Health group starting in Great Yarmouth this year with funding from Active Now. In a year's time, we hope to work towards making this group sustainable as well.

Aesop and Age UK Norwich are working together to make the groups financially sustainable and locally run so that they become embedded in the community. To do this, we are introducing branches of Dance to Health which will be run locally by a Community Board. Each Community Board will have a Local Group Representation Committee made up of participants, volunteers, and Dance Artists from the local groups. The Committee represents the views of all the participants and ensures that they are actively involved in how the sustainable groups are run and develop. The Community Board will remain a part of Aesop and thus will receive ongoing support from the charity and will follow Aesop’s policies and procedures.

If you live in Norfolk, and are passionate about falls prevention or health and wellbeing for older people, we would love to hear from you. We are looking for a Chair to lead the Community Board to create a sustainable, locally run falls prevention dance programme.