Confidance

We are delighted to share that we have received #NationalLottery funding from @TNLComFund to support the delivery of our community programme for 2024/25! Thank you to National Lottery players for helping #MakeAmazingHappen.

“Big up to Jess Hyder and her team, and the students who developed a rich inclusive reflective practice to wrap around the confidance sessions, and review our work. Partnership at its best” - Jo Frater, Artistic Director of Confidance @Artsmarkaward @rohbridge

HUGE Congratulations to our Sixth Form dance students, at @Wyvern_School for being the first cohort to achieve Bronze @ArtsAward !

“We are delighted to have supported this journey by; providing high quality accessible representative dance performance, facilitating the student Skills sharing component with our choreography choosing boards, and by ConfiCo artists being aspirational dance artists.”

We couldn’t be offering this without the overwhelming public support from our Crowdfunder, including Folkestone and Hythe District Council, KCC and NHS. We have secured additional funding as a result of this from the National Lottery! A huge thank you to all our funders!

Community Class is BACK! We are over the moon! Confidance community class is for learning disabled adults (18 +) who want to hone their dance skills, get creative, meet new people, and have fun! Come along to our welcoming and joyful sessions in June.

⏰When - Thursdays 10 - 12 noon. Term time only, starting Thursday 6th June 📍Where - Block 67 Glassworks, Folkestone ✔️How to sign up - follow the link below or drop us a message on our socials confidance.org.uk/community

It is important that we all play our part in re-imagining a society where all women are empowered and have equal enjoyment of human rights. #StrongerTogether #International_Womens_Day #InclusiveWorkplace

Disabled women are still among the most disadvantaged in our society, and are twice as likely to be at risk of violence, discrimination, lack of appropriate health care and inadequate support.

We are proud to be a female-led organisation. From directors to dancers to board members, all bringing intelligence, empathy, strength and innovation to the company. Together, we strive to foster a workplace and a community which values women and creates equitable opportunities.

We have just 10 days left to reach our target goal for our crowdfunder! We’re so close, and we need a final push to get us over the line. If we can raise £43 a day from today, we will get there. Will you help? Link: spacehive.com/confidance-com…

Donate here: spacehive.com/confidance-com…

We’ve launched a Crowdfunder to keep our community classes and professional training running. The cost of living crisis have put our inclusive work under immense pressure. Your donation, big or small, matters a lot! Please share, donate, and invite others to support us!

@PositiveaboutDS @21_together1 @mencap_charity @EastKentMencap @TouchbaseCare @ScreenSouth @Quarterhouse_UK @_EverydayActive @KentishGazette @CreativeFstone @whitfieldaspen @JVCompany can you help us spread the word? Thank you!

Our #crowdfunding campaign is LIVE! Click the link below to find out more about why we are raising funds to support our work with the learning #disabled community, and how you can help us on our mission towards a more #inclusive society. Thank you!! spacehive.com/confidance-com…

@AAA_Prods @cohesionplus @icon_uk @MtGstudios @MPietroniSpenst @ParableDance @playground_kent @MovingMemdance @ninaclarkmusic @Margot41873896 @SquarePegsDC @Wyvern_School @HalfaString Arts friends - can you help us spread the word?? 💕

@matthewAreason Ahh so great to see you! Thank you and so looking forward to getting started! 💃🏻

Hello everyone! We are back from summer break with a bang 🎉 Today Jo, Grace and Hannah are at Mind the Gap for the first day of the national research project 'I'm Me: Identity, Representation and Voice' with @MtGstudios @matthewAreason @YorkStJohn. Stay tuned for live tweets!

Hannah will be working as a Lead Artist on this project, with @jodie_frater as the Lead Facilitator. Here is Hannah getting a sneak peak of the Doodle Book - a creative way of asking questions about identity, representation and voice.

We've just shared our workshop. Everybody was fabulous!! We had a great time. We had to think of a special place and make a short solo out of it. We mashed them together and performed!