Exercise, Movement and Dance
National contacts
General Enquiries
Telephone: 01403 266 000
Email: office@emdp.org
EMDP Training Team
Tel: 01403 266 000
Email: training@emdp.org
Jade Moulden
National Delivery Manager
Tel: 01403 266 000
Email: jade@emdp.org
Laura Robinson
National Delivery Officer/London Dare2Dance Project Co-ordinator
Tel: 01403 266 000
Email: laura@emdp.org
Website: www.emdp.org
Find a club
To find an exercise, movement & dance club near you, use the North East Club Finder
Find a course
To find exercise, movement & dance courses in the region, please seach on North East Course Finder
Whole Sport Plan
Sport England funds national governing bodies to deliver their three outcomes - grow, sustain and excel and provides additional support to help them achieve this. Each sport has developed a Whole Sport Plan that explains how it plans to achieve these targets. This summary also helps partners identify possible opportunities to work together.
Click here to view the EMDP Whole Sport Plan
General information
The National College for Community Dance offers an annual series of continuing professional development to support, inspire and improve your practice.
See the 2010/2011 programme here
Who are EMDP?
EMDP is the Sport England lead National Governing Body (NGB) for exercise, movement and dance. It is a not for profit organization dedicated to the development of exercise, movement and dance provision throughout England and the U.K. EMDP's vision is to have 'More people enjoying health and well-being through exercise, movement and dance - for life'.
EMDP is an umbrella body for exercise, movement and dance (EMD). It works with EMD organisations to develop their specific individual disciplines and carries out developments across the whole of EMD in regards to partnership working, quality assurance and teacher and participant satisfaction and growth.
EMDP Developments
Information on EMDP's current developments can be found at http://www.emdp.org/Development
Participation Opportunities
EMDP member organisations have regular classes and events taking place in County Durham that are open to EMD Teachers, participants and interested members of the public. Activities on offer vary between month and season but range from regular dance classes, to opportunities to learn to teach movement and dance. These member organisation experiences offer great ways to keep fit, be social and have fun at the same time! Details of local events in County Durham can be found at www.emdp.org.
Teacher Training
EMDP offers a variety of accredited movement and dance training courses which will equip students to teach adults, children and young people, older adults and chair based classes. EMDP also works with other movement and dance disciplines to offer a wider variety of training courses.
For more information, please visit http://www.emdp.org/teacher-training
Level 3 (CYQ) Certificate in Exercise Movement and Dance
The Level 3 (CYQ) Certificate in Exercise Movement and Dance is nationally recognised and is delivered through a mixture of teaching methods including class observation, online and teacher based modules. The course has an interactive and practical focus which is orientated around like-minded individuals.
This qualification has been specifically designed to provide comprehensive training for those who want to offer an alternative to gym and studio-based exercise and fitness programmes. It is ideal for those who are already involved in the exercise and fitness sector and also those new to the sector and who have a passion for helping others to lead a more active lifestyle.
Partnership Opportunities
EMDP works in partnership with national, regional and local structures, and links in with sport, fitness and arts organisations in order to develop movement and dance opportunities.
EMDP are also working in partnership to create a national quality assurance stamp for movement and dance teachers, and we will be providing more information over the next few months.
Dance Champions have launched an online tool to help users find nearby dance classes. Simply enter your postcode, choose a style from the drop down box below and press search and you'll be given a list of relevant local classes.
English Amateur Dancesport Association
The English Amateur Dancesport Association (EADA) is the national governing body for amateur dancesport (competitive Ballroom, Latin American and Sequence dancing) who also work alongside the national associations for Rock n Roll and Wheelchair dancing.
The Exercise Movement and Dance Partnership (EMDP) and UK Cheerleading Association (UKCA)
In August 2011, UKCA affiliated to EMDP the umbrella governing body for Exercise, Movement and Dance (EMD) which is invested in by Sport England to sustain and grow participation in EMD.
EMDP and UKCA are confident that through working in partnership they can jointly achieve significant progress with all aspects of increasing the reach, participation and satisfaction levels for those already involved in the Sport of Cheerleading, as well as presenting new opportunities for the wider exercise, movement and dance sector for all ages, genders and abilities to get involved in the sport.
Big Dance 2012
Big Dance is set to be the ultimate dance experience in 2012! The biennial festival will feature 9 days of dance in unusual spaces throughout the UK, showing casing the diversity of dance styles in the Capital and across the country.
What are you doing for Big Dance 2012?
Big Dance is coming to every region of the UK between 18 May and 9 September 2012. Everyone is invited to be part of Big Dance 2012 - all dancers, all dance styles, all sorts of locations.
Find out how to get involved in the UK's biggest ever celebration of dance with the Big Dance Handbook - which is here to help you do just that.
Find out more and download The Big Dance 2012 Handbook here.