Learning Disability Week 2025

Monday 16th June sees the start of national Learning Disability Week 2025. This year, the theme is “Do you see me?”

This is something that DanceSyndrome’s dancers have considered a lot in recent years, as we work to raise awareness about what people with learning disabilities can achieve when given the right support and opportunities.

DanceSyndrome is an inclusive dance charity supporting people with learning disabilities to access a wide range of opportunities in community dance. A huge part of our mission is to challenge the way that society sees people with learning disabilities and what they are able to achieve. We challenge the barriers that people with a learning disability face by demonstrating and celebrating the amazing work that our Dance Leaders with learning disabilities are doing. This is exactly what the national #LDWeek campaign is about.

You can check out the daily Learning Disability Week 2025 posts on our social media channels: Facebook, Bluesky, Instagram, LinkedIn & YouTube.

“Do you see me?”

During Learning Disability Week, we want to amplify the voices of our Dance Leaders with learning disabilities, and make them more visible by sharing the ways that they use dance to challenge perceptions. They truly demonstrate how people with learning disabilities can achieve amazing things when they are seen and supported properly by wider society.

Follow us on social media throughout #LDWeek25 as we share the vision and ideas of some of our Choreographers and Shadowers who have produced dance pieces for iCreate ’25: Choreographic Celebration. Check out the videos below for a look at the iCreate process and why it is so important to people with learning disabilities.

Now in its second year, this pioneering Arts Council England funded project puts people with and without disabilities at the forefront of dance creation.

Join us on Sunday 29th June for the celebration event, where we will premiere 11 newly commissioned dance pieces, showcasing the incredible creativity of emerging choreographers.

This groundbreaking Arts Council England-funded project is more than a performance – it’s a movement that isn’t just changing dance, it’s changing lives.

iCreate is rewriting the rules of who gets to choreograph, lead and inspire in the dance world.

By championing people with disabilities and celebrating diverse voices, DanceSyndrome is breaking down barriers and redefining what’s possible on stage – and beyond.

Every piece in this extraordinary programme has been crafted from the ground up by the artists themselves, from choreography and music to costumes, lighting and set design. Each work is a bold, personal and professional artistic statement, delivered with vision and authenticity.

If you want to see dance that’s daring, deeply personal and refreshingly original, you are in the right place!

 iCreate ‘25
Sunday 29th June
3:30pm
The Media Factory, Preston
£10
Tickets are available to book online here: iCreate ’25: Choreographic Celebration

We hope that you will join us this week at one of our events, or by joining the conversation on social media. We hope to inspire people to see how much people with learning disabilities are able to achieve if they are given the right support. As a small charity, our mission is to provide the support needed so that people with learning disabilities can not just be included in dance sessions, but can take on visible leadership roles. Our work transforms lives for people who might not be able to access those opportunities elsewhere, and we’d love for you to get involved!

If you would like to support DanceSyndrome’s life-changing work with people with learning disabilities during Learning Disability Awareness Week, please visit our Donate page or donate directly using the form below.