Month: July 2026

FRONTLINEdance is seeking two Board Directors and one Board Member to join our Board. As part of our ongoing efforts to strengthen and evolve our governing team, FRONTLINEdance will be welcoming new Board Directors/Members to join it at the AGM on Saturday 26th September 2026.  

Now is a great time to join!  

Our overarching ambition is to strengthen our foundations, expand our impact, and ensure d/Deaf, disabled, neurodivergent people (dDDN) and those with long‑term health conditions (LTHC) can access, enjoy, and thrive within arts and culture across Stoke‑on‑Trent, North Staffordshire, and beyond. We want our Board to reflect the people and communities of FRONTLINEdance and to expand the diversity of voices represented within it.   

Deadline for applications: 12pm, Monday 7^th September 2026 

Interviews are likely to be held via Teams on: 5:30pm, Monday 14^th September 2026 

We are recruiting Board Directors/Members with lived and/or professional experience in one or more of the following areas: 

• Practising contemporary dance artist who works across performance, health or community settings 

• Contemporary dance producer / project manager / artistic director or involved in creative health 

• Disability arts creative / producer / director 

• Legal expertise – understanding of charity law, employment law, company law, compliance and governance frameworks 

• Business development and income generation 

• Understanding of the principles we invest in that are guided by Arts Council England: Ambition & Quality, Dynamism, Environmental Responsibility and Inclusivity & Relevance 

• Leadership experience in FRONTLINEdance’s areas of work: clinical, education and community settings; arts / dance sector; within not-for-profit organisations and/or charities 

• Experience of either touring, disability arts, screen dance, performance and faciliation in clinical, education and community settings, dance and dDDN advocacy, creative health, commissioning and supporting disabled artists 

• Leading teams and steering companies strategically  

• Overseeing or managing business accounts, company finances and budgets 

For more information, please select from the formats below (if you would like this in another format? Please get in touch):

• PDF – Applicant Pack

• PLAIN TEXT – Applicant Pack 

To apply: 

1. Please complete this online form: https://forms.office.com/e/cmh1eF1aNn  

2. Email an up-to-date CV (max 2 pages) to jasmine@frontlinedance.co.uk with the subject: Board Director/ Member Application. 

Applicants will receive a confirmation email (within 2 weeks of submission) to acknowledge FRONTLINEdance has received your application (online form and CV).  

Applications can be made by text, audio and video, including BSL video.  

Please email audio and video applications to jasmine@frontlinedance.co.uk as links rather than attached files, along with your CV. Please use whichever method you prefer to tell us why you would be great at this position and why you want to do it, ensuring you answer every question. You’ll be asked for any access requirements when offered an interview. 

Thank you for your interest in joining us! Get in touch if you have any questions. 

This Summer, FRONTLINEdance will be performing at the Big Feast Festival 2026, and we would love for you to join us!

Throughout August, we will be running four creative and rehearsal sessions to develop and prepare a new intergenerational performance!

To help everyone build relationships, feel comfortable, and enjoy a consistent experience, we ask that all participants attend all rehearsals and the performance day. This will give everyone time to get to know one another and help us keep changes to a minimum throughout the process.

We look forward to creating something special together!

Rehearsal/Creating Days: Thursday evenings in August (6pm – 8pm) at St John’s Centre, Trent Vale. 

Performance Day: Saturday 29th August 2026 (10:30am – 1pm) at Hanley City Centre (Top of Piccadilly Street) 

Family and friends are also welcome to join our Summer programme!
If you are new to FRONTLINEdance and would like to take part in creating, rehearsing and then performing at the Big Feast on Saturday 29th August, please fill in this form, and we’ll be in touch.

 Big Feast Performance Project 2026 – Registration Form   – Fill in form
Alternatively please contact: hello@frontllinedance.co.uk | 07356 072991

Appetite’s Big Feast is a two-day event on 28th & 29th August 2026. There are lots of other performances and activities to experience.

It’s the City Centre’s highlight of the year!

New members are welcome to join our summer programme or join us in September when our term-time provision starts back. Please click on the links below to register:

Big Feast Performance Project 2026 – Registration Form   – Fill in form
Breakthrou’dance – Registration Form  – Fill in form
Moving Together – Registration Form  – Fill in form

FRONTLINEdance are really looking forward to starting this new project for parent-carers. Please see details below and please share! Donations Welcome!

FREE session | FREE parking | FREE LUNCH and REFRESHMENTS 

STARTS Thursday 16^th July, 9:30am to 2:30pm at Meir Park Community Hall, Lysander Rd, Stoke-on-Trent ST3 7TW (Venue will change each month).
Location Link: https://share.google/tM2hGvT5lml9TVGT7

To register and for future dates, please follow this link: 
Parent/Carer Project: Registration Form – Fill in form

Limited places available. We will operate on a first come first served basis and create a waiting list. Therefore, please only register on the dates you can attend. We ask all to be mindful that no shows take the place of someone else who could attend and the cost of lunch and refreshments. Last minute cancellations due to illness and caring responsibilities are understood.

What to expect on the first two taster days? 
9:30am-10am: You will be welcomed with refreshments, friendly faces, listening ears, conversations, and quiet activities so you can arrive as you need to; mix and chat or have some alone time. 

10am: Introduction to the project, whose facilitating it and each other.
10:15am: Arts Taster Session 1
11am: Break
11:15am: Arts Taster Session 2
12 midday: Lunch
12:30pm: Arts Taster Session 3
1:15pm: Arts Taster Session 4
2pm: Reflection and transition activity 

Each week / session is designed to give us the opportunity to experience either or all of the following art forms:
Creative Writing | Movement | Dance | Theatre | Visual Art

Facilitated by artists who are also parent-carers of disabled children and adults, we invite you to come as you are, to be open-minded, understanding and supportive of yourself and each other. We’ll be joined by Dana, our evaluator. Once the group has been established, we will co-design it together and look at what we can co-create together.

No previous arts experience is necessary. 
Questions? Then please call or email Rachael on: 07484 874335
rachael@frontlinedance.co.uk

Any feedback on the invite, form or project is welcomed. Please email Rachael.

This project is managed and made possible by FRONTLINEdance who receive funding from Arts Council England as a National Portfolio Organisation (2023-2028).