Our Preston Parkinson’s classes have been running since 2018 and are led by Dr Melanie Brierley. These specialist, enjoyable, gentle, and creative Dance & Movement sessions help you to: ·

• Feel physically and mentally well
• Have fun
• Be creative
• Be mobile
• Move with ease and awareness
• Have improved coordination and balance
• Participate in something new
• Socialise and enjoy being with other people in a safe space
• Think in new ways
• Be more confident in managing your daily life

These classes take place at UCLan Dance, Media Factory, Kirkham St, Preston PR1 1JN

Classes are supported by students from UCLan Dance and each session is followed by tea, coffee and biscuits.

A morning of walking, gentle exercise, dance and creativity with Fulwood Library ran over 15 weeks.

It began as a way of reintroducing public spaces to communities after lockdown. The walk enabled people to meet each other, chat and forge new friendships whilst gently exercising. The walk was followed by a seated exercise session in the library.

We gradually introduced poetry to the walk and offered more creative movement to the seated exercise sessions where we drew inspiration from the books, poetry and themes that arose in our conversations on the walk.

Take a listen to our podcast series created as part of Fulwood Moves library project

A unique collaboration between the L’Arche Preston, UCLan Dance students, Lisa Simpson Inclusive Dance and LPM.

This project brought together dancers with and without disabilities to discover dance, choreography and collaboration. Workshops were led by by UCLan’s Kerstin Wellhofer, Lisa Simpson and Helen Gould.