Community Development Action Hertfordshire

Ethnic Diverse Community Health & Wellbeing Resources

Dancing is widely recognised as a one of the best activities to improve people’s health and quality of life. Studies have also shown that it can help reduce the risk of dementia and alzheimer’s in later years. Please find below details of free dance activity sessions for Dacorum residents that we offer, with our partners. These are mainly aimed at older adults or those with low mobility (although they are not age restricted and anyone is welcome to join any of the sessions) and are fun and sociable. No dance experience is necessary.

Wake Up and Dance!
At 9am each weekday morning on Zoom, enjoy ten minutes of dancing online to a variety of tunes from across the decades. Each morning a Wake Up and Dance host will welcome everyone, play three songs which you can dance to at home in any way you choose (with your camera on or off). It’s a chance to connect with others, get moving and start the day positively. The sessions run throughout the year and are for all ages. Here’s a very short video of the benefits it has brought to one of the participants https://fb.watch/kh-TgJ6YVI/

Let’s Dance – seated dance in supported housing schemes

These in-person seated dances sessions take place at DBC Supported Housing Schemes in Tring and Hemel Hempstead and are open to DBC tenants and residents in the wider community who would like to come along. They last for one hour and take place weekly during term-time and include tea, coffee and a chat afterwards for those who want to stay.

Let’s Dance At Home – seated dance sessions on Zoom

These one-hour sessions take place each Friday morning online, during term-time. You can join from the comfort of your home without having to travel anywhere and include a chat afterwards for those who may like to stay on.

For details about how to join the sessions, please visit www.dacorum.gov.uk/activedacorum

The sessions are funded and delivered by DBC Community Partnerships, Active Dacorum, DBC Supported Housing, Dacorum Community Dance and BEEE Creative CIC. If you have any questions or would like to find out more, please email Active Dacorum active@dacorum.gov.uk