We asked Queen Elizabeth School students Annabel and Patrick to create something which captures their week of work experience with Ludus Dance… Annabel wrote a beautiful reflective blog post and Patrick performed and edited a fun rap! Patrick’s Rap Annabel’s Blog Post My Time Here at Ludus My name is Annabel and I have spent
As the New Year begins, here at Ludus Dance we wanted to take a moment to look back at our Borderlines pilot that we delivered post-pandemic. The project was designed as a 7-week creative traineeship for young people aged 16-24 who were struggling to engage and/or progress through traditional education systems. Borderlines provided support and
Raising Awareness of Eating Disorders This week (25th Feb to 3rd March) is Eating Disorders Awareness Week in the UK. The campaign aims to ‘break the barriers’ and to ‘put the real stories of eating disorders in the spotlight, raise funds, and change lives’. This Eating Disorders Awareness Week helps to put the stories of
About Children’s Mental Health Week This week, in Children’s Mental Health Week, children’s mental health charity Place2Be is encouraging children, young people and adults to celebrate our uniqueness…’ It’s all about #BeingOurselves. When we have a positive view of ourselves, it can help us to cope with life’s challenges, and recognising the different qualities of
International Day of The Girl International Day of the Girl is celebrated each year on October 11th. The day was established by the United Nations in 2011, highlighting the girl child and celebrating the potential of girls and young women internationally in the face of threats, discrimination, and the issues of their well-being. BBC report
About State of FLUX Ludus Dance ran a project to help make a difference for children and young people affected by severe mental health issues in the Lancaster area, funded by BBC Children in Need in 2016. Seventeen year-old Lexi was one of the young people with anorexia, at The Junction CAHMS Tier 4 mental
This summer, Ludus Dance, Fable Arts and the fantastic staff at the Clifton Hospital in Lytham are working with a group of young people, aged 16 to 25, to create their own Dare To Be Great experience, while helping local people living with dementia remember theirs. The young people, from Fylde and beyond, will help