Project Summary:

Rambert is working in partnership with NHS Greater Manchester and the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) to support the early years’ workforce and school readiness outcomes for some of the children and families experiencing the most severe health inequities in the city region, in an innovative new project, Early Moves.

Through a successful bid to Place Partnership through Arts Council England, Early Moves will support up to twenty nurseries in developing the gross motor skills of their nursery children, while simultaneously supporting the skills development and wellbeing of their workforce through delivering regular dance activity.

Each nursery will receive an accessible training package to help their early education practitioners to develop the skills they need to confidently deliver short, fun and regular movement sessions with young children, through the Rambert Grades’ Creative Dance for Early Years syllabus. Over the course of a year, they will receive ongoing support, guidance and regular training updates as well as opportunities to see Rambert performances to maximise their professional development and growth in confidence. They will then have the opportunity to enter their children into their Creative Dance exam and attend a celebration event at the end of the year.