Youth Dance England...

10.05.00pm GMT Mon 8th Mar 2010

...have written to parliamentary candidates with an update on their latest activities.

Dance can offer all sorts of benefits young people and YDE wants to ensure these benefits reach all children and young people in the country.

YDE manages a variety of different programmes and initiatives including:

• The National Youth Dance Network

• U.Dance - giving every child the chance to take part in a dance performance each year.

• Young Creatives - an annual mentoring and performance project for choreographers aged 15-19.

• Stride - an annual leadership and development programme which helps 14-19 year olds get a head start with their career in dance.

• Youth Dance Directory - a national online resource aimed at connecting people and organisations involved in children and young people's dance.

For more see www.yde.org.uk

Sunday July 4th at Birmingham Hippodrome - U.Dance England - performances from groups from around the country - www.u-dance.org