Down’s Syndrome Awareness Week 2025
Down’s Syndrome Awareness Week is a national campaign to help people to understand what life is like for people who have Down’s syndrome and to encourage society to become more inclusive in the way that they treat people with Down’s syndrome.
The theme this year is “Improve our Support Systems.” The theme is developed by Down’s Syndrome Association. They explain the theme:
Everyone needs support sometimes. The support that we may need will be different for every person, and that’s just the same for people who have Down’s syndrome.
Getting the right support at the right time opens up opportunities for people who have Down’s syndrome; so they can live the lives they want, giving them choice, control and dignity.
Families also need support, to care for and advocate for their loved ones.
A key part of DanceSyndrome’s ethos is the belief that people with Down’s syndrome and other learning disabilities can achieve amazing things when given the right level of support, and we demonstrate this through our inclusive dance work. All DanceSyndrome dance activities are co-produced by Dance Leaders with learning disabilities, working with professional Dance Artists, to provide opportunities for them to be more visible in society.
We will sharing some videos on social media that show what people with learning disabilities can achieve with good support and also how our work supports their families, parents and carers too.
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Dance Leader Created Content
Down’s Syndrome Awareness Week is a vital campaign that gives people with Down’s syndrome an opportunity to have their voices heard, so we asked our Dance Leaders what they would like to share on social media during the week. A group of Dance Leaders took part in a Content Creation Masterclass in January and February to develop ideas and create content for social media content and this is being shared on DanceSyndrome’s channels during the week.
The Dance Leaders were supported by Kate Battersby, our Professional Development Programme Manager, and the content that they created can be seen below:
Watch the tutorial and learn the routine!
Put the moves into a routine and share a video on our social media!
Find out what a day in the life of our Dance Leaders is like.
Can you join in with David and Kate’s Dance Challenge? David had a great idea for a campaign where he would demonstrate some dance moves for people to copy and follow. They could record themselves dancing and share their videos with us on social media, tagging our page and using #DanceSyndrome. Our community dance workshops have got behind his campaign and created videos and these are being shared during the week too. We’d love to see your videos on our social media channels:
Support our work during Down’s Syndrome Awareness Week
There are lots of ways to support DanceSyndrome!
This week we are sharing several opportunities to join us as a volunteer. Click the links for more information:
We also have paid work opportunities for Freelance Dance Artists.
We’re also sharing a key fundraising campaign this week called Arts For Impact. This is a match-funding campaign by The Big Give. Every donation made between midday Tuesday 18th March – midday Tuesday 25th March will be doubled by The Big Give, ensuring twice the impact for your donation!
What better time to support this campaign than during Down’s Syndrome Awareness Week? Click on the image below to find out more about the campaign and donate!
