Youth Dance England is the national organisation that champions dance for children and young people.  They work to ensure that dance is available to all, both in and out of school settings. Through a shared vision with the national youth dance network and other partners, their aim is to increase access, raise standards and improve progression routes.

For more information please visit www.yde.org.uk

Dance4 has been working with YDE to develop and support youth dance opportunities in the region since 2006. We have developed a Business Plan to set out the regional strategy for youth dance from 2009 to 2011 and through this we’ve secured £175,000 from YDE (through funds from DCMS, DCSF and Arts Council). The Business Plan and the executive summary document are available here.

East Midlands Youth Dance Business Plan
Executive Summary

Vanessa McGuire, Youth Dance Strategy Manager (YDSM) for the East Midlands, enables more strategic development and connection to key regional initiatives to benefit youth dance. Vanessa is keen to share information on YDE’s plans for the region, if you would like any further information or have any questions please contact her on vanessa@dance4.co.uk .

County Partnership Organisations

We are delighted to announce that all five of our County Partner Organisations (CPOs) are now in place. Working collectively with Vanessa McGuire the Youth Dance Strategy Manager (YDSM) the CPOs are partners on the national and regional youth dance programme as well as creating their own bespoke youth dance projects. The CPOs are:

Dance4 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire www.dance4.co.uk

Déda Derby and Derbyshire www.deda.uk.com

Lincolnshire Dance Lincoln and Lincolnshire www.lincolnshiredance.com

Northants Dance Northampton and Northamptonshire www.northantsartsdevelopment.co.uk

The Y Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland www.leicesterymca.co.uk

To find out more about your local youth dance provision please contact Dance4 who can direct you to the relevant lead.