Become an Ascendance Trustee
We are looking for new people to help play a part in shaping our future by joining our existing Board of Trustees!
Ascendance is a Dance for Health Charity based in Leeds, Bradford and Yorkshire. Primarily working with people with Parkinson’s, neurological conditions and older people, Ascendance runs an annual programme of community classes, outreach and workshops, digital work and a training and performance company – Fuse Dance Collective – who perform across the UK and develop their skills as choreographers, teachers and creative directors.
Ascendance aims to bring joy, creativity and connectivity to everything we do, and we are proud to have developed multiple partnerships and collaborations with artists and organisations across the North. These include Leeds Rhinos Foundation, Karmand Community Centre, Northern Ballet, Northern School of Contemporary Dance, Marie Curie Hospice and Bradford 2025.
Ascendance is operated by a team of paid employees, freelancers and volunteers and answer to the board of trustees, who are all volunteers.
What are we looking for?
We believe the best work happens when passionate people from different backgrounds, communities and experiences come together with a shared goal. This is what we want for everything Ascendance does, including our Board of Trustees.
We want to hear from anyone who shares our values and believes in helping our charity improve the health and wellbeing of older adults. If you want to be part of our ambitions and want to support the development of our community company, Fuse Dance Collective, and if you want to help us reach more people with movement disorders and other conditions that affect mobility, please get in touch.
We want people from all backgrounds, communities, and experiences to be part of Ascendance both in terms of how the company is run and in the stories that we tell. We want to welcome some new people to join our existing board of trustees to do just that - to be part of shaping the company’s future.
We know that lots of people aren’t really sure what being on a board of trustees means or what the requirements are – so if you haven’t been on a board before, please don’t let that put you off! We’ve put together some information to give you an insight on what’s involved, and what we’re looking for, but if you’ve got other questions, we love to chat, so please get in touch.
You can find out more about the company and being a trustee by viewing the information below and by following the company on social media:
Twitter @AscendanceDance
Facebook @AscendanceLeeds
Instagram @ascendance_danceco
Watch these short films to see what we’re about:
https://youtu.be/Q0_4mryj2TI?si=kBjbVaVguitmwkGY - BBC Look North Feature
https://youtu.be/4bgVyKjWakE Ascendance - HYBRID - Community Fund
https://youtu.be/FqGKJNp6WVQ Jerusalema Dance Challenge
https://youtu.be/tgx6fJCttuc I Walked across
We look forward to hearing from you! Ascendance Rep’s Board & Team
Ascendance Rep Registered Charity no. 1110747