March Newsletter
Plymouth Live article
At the start of the month Plymouth Live featured an article about our new shared premises Oxford House Creative Hub.
“Leading local dance companies Rhythm City Dance Studio and Exim Dance Company joined forces three months ago to take on new premises and turn it into an “inclusive and open community building” for the Stonehouse area.”
We’re so proud of our new space and can’t wait to finally open our doors to the public – we can’t wait to see you there!
Click here to read the Plymouth Live article.
The Daily Dance Pill
Exim Dance took part in the ‘The Daily Dance Pill’ panel discussion organised by Barbican Theatre whereby numerous local dance organisations engaged in conversations surrounding dance and lockdown.
We want to say thank you to the Barbican Theatre for asking us to be part of the conversation.
To watch ‘The Daily Dance Pill’ discussion click here.
Social Prescribing
Exim Dance Company have been selected by The National Academy for Social Prescribing to take part in the ‘Learning Together’ programme for the South West region. We can’t wait to represent Plymouth for the next 6 months throughout this programme, this will help enhance our existing offers to the community.
International Women’s Day
We are proud to be a female led core team here at Exim. On International Women’s Day we shared a new project to mark the occasion – ‘Women in Mind’ these sessions are for people who are 18+ and identify as a woman. Within the sessions our main focus will be around wellbeing, this will be through the use of peer support, gentle movement, arts & crafts and much more.
If you are interested in finding out more email:
Winners of the ‘Mental Health and Wellbeing Award’
On the 11th March 2021 the team attended a virtual ceremony organised by Sport and Recreation Alliance, we found out on the night that we had won the Community Sport and Recreation ‘Mental Health and Wellbeing Award’. Wellbeing is something that encompasses all the work we facilitate; we are so thrilled and honoured to have been recognised in this way alongside many other wonderful organisations. The award truly does mean a lot to the entire team.
The Artistic Director Laura Nightingale took part in an interview with Active IQ – talking about everything the company has been up to, plus our advances through lockdown and what the award would mean to us.
To watch the interview with Laura Nightingale and Active IQ click here.
We want to say a massive thank you so much to Sport and Recreation Alliance and the sponsors Active IQ – we are loving our award here it is in its new home.
Reopening of Schools
Following the recent Government announcements regarding Schools being able to reopen, we have been able to return to a select number of partnered schools – It’s been great meeting our new and existing groups and the team are glad to be back!
Additionally, the team is being regularly tested on a weekly basis in order to ensure all necessary COVID precautions are taken.
Positivity Packs
Over February we distributed 724 Positivity Packs to young people and the requests keep coming in!
We have received some lovely feedback here is one – “Thank you very much to all of you for sending the positivity pack, that’s very kind… It’s made our half term.”
Wellbeing is for everyone, we’ve had amazing feedback from both participants and parents/carers, even the team have enjoyed using them.
Exciting face to face opportunities
We have so many FREE exciting opportunities coming up for both young people and adults.
First up, we have an amazing 5 day free event ‘Fit and Fed Programme’ taking place in our new home Oxford House Creative Hub, the 5 days will be filled with Arts & Crafts, Mindfulness, Dancing and conversations around healthy eating. The team are looking forward to the week and are thrilled to be involved with the project once again – funded by Plymouth City Council as part of the national ‘Fit and Fed’ programme.
Snacks and lunches will be provided daily by CATERed.
More details:
Date: 12th April – 16th April (Monday – Friday)
Time: 9am – 1pm
Location: Oxford House Creative Hub
Sign up: admin@eximdance.org.uk
Next up, we have our ‘Movement For All’ classes. These are free Inclusive fun dance movement sessions for people who identify as disabled that are 18+. The sessions are open to those with some movement experience or nothing at all.
We will be offering 2 x FREE virtual taster sessions ahead of our face to face sessions:
Date: 14th & 17th May 2021
Time: 10:30am – 11:15am
via Zoom
FREE In person delivery:
Date Commencing: 21st May 2021
Time: 10:30am – 11:15am
To express interest or for more information email:
If you want to have a look at what the sessions may look like then click the link below!
Virtual Mencap Sessions – sneak peek at what to expect for Movement for All
Covid Community Champion Nomination
It’s just been confirmed we’ve been nominated for the ‘Covid Community Champion’ award!
We are truly grateful & honoured to be recognised for our positive efforts and contributions during COVID -19!
All shortlisted nominees will be announced 13th April!
With thanks to Great British Expos
Raising funds with Exim
Thank-you for your continued support, if you would like to support Exim further, please see our local giving page or sign up to Easyfundraising by following the link below:
https://localgiving.org/exim-dance-company-cic
All you have to do is sign up to support us using the link below and the next time you shop online go through the easyfundraising website or App and we’ll receive a free donation.
You can find our easyfundraising page here:
