Dance on Prescription

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After years of pitching and hard work, Dance Network Association launched our 'Dance on Prescription' initiative in September 2021. A massive thank you to the over 20 funders who have believed in our work and who have been as passionate as we are that socially prescribing a person to dance may be complimentary or, in some cases, a better model than medication. This work has provided Essex-based link workers and GPs a holistic way to prescribe 'medication' through the joy of dancing. Prescribers have become what we call 'DNA Hosts' and have been given ‘Dance on Prescription’ referral cards to pass to patients for 12 weeks of FREE dancing activity in one of our classes. The people that have been prescribed into our dance programmes are those that require the most support to improve their mental and physical health and well-being post-Covid. As all our community classes already sit under a 'dance for health' umbrella, many participants can be easily referred to specialist dance classes to support their lived conditions and ailments further, all meeting DNA's core mission and values.

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