Dance4Change wins Beyond London 2012 Diversity & Inclusion Award

Last night, Dance4Change, a project of the Change Foundation was awarded the second Beyond London 2012 Diversity & Inclusion Award.

The Award was created as a legacy of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games in order to celebrate London as delivering the most diverse and inclusive games ever. It was first presented in 2013 at the Beyond London 2012 Awards in order to showcase truly remarkable programmes that use sport to increase the numbers of individuals across the 6 strands: gender, age, faith, sexual orientation, ability, BAME (Black Asian Minority Ethnic) in their programmes.

In 2013 it was won by the Muslim Women's Sport Foundation.

Using dance as a tool, Dance4Change aims to encourage positive changes in the lives of young people, where and when they need it most. Built into the programme, there will be an alumni programme designed to enable past participants to keep in touch and seek support for as long as they want or need it.

Dance4Change's aim is to encourage and inspire young people to work together in a structured way and learning a range of useful new skills that will help them bring about positive changes in their lives. Built in to the course, there will be mentoring and personal development sessions, professional career advice and internships, directions and pathways towards further education, the possibility to gain useful qualification.

The award was presented by Rimla Akthar, Chair of the Muslim Women's Sport Foundation, and Baroness Tanni Grey Thompson, the UK's greatest ever paraylmpic athlete, at the Beyond Sport Leadership Series, held in partnership with Mishcon de Reya.

Dance4Change was shorltisted for the award alongside LGBT Youth North West, Global Education Derby and Tottenham Hotspur Foundation.

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