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Dance for Health Project at Bedford Hospital expanding after overwhelming positive impact

For more than a year, Sadie Hunt and Jenny Howells have run Dance for Health classes, bringing 'joy' to Bedford Hospital.

17 June 2026

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For more than a year, Sadie Hunt and Jenny Howells have run Dance for Health classes, bringing 'joy' to Bedford Hospital.

What started off as a pilot on two frailty wards of older patients is now expanding to a 30-week programme and will be offered to cancer patients and children.

"Staff say to us that actually once we've gone, everybody's in such a better mood or they're so much easier to work with.

"One of my favourite things is when people say, 'Oh no, dancing isn't for me' or 'I'm not up to it.'

"Then one or two people on the bay will give it a go and nine times out of 10, everybody's joined in.

Read the full story here: The Bedford dance classes bringing 'joy' to a hospital - BBC News