A GROUP which encourages people of all abilities and skills to get dancing has received a huge boost in lottery funding.

everyBODY dance, which hosts workshops for disabled and non-disabled people in Whitbourne, near Worcester, has received a grant of £25,200 from the Heritage Lottery Fund to help with its new film and workshop project.

'Progress' is a project produced by everyBODY dance in collaboration with The George Marshall Medical Museum and The Infirmary Museum in Worcester.

The new project features four disabled performers along with local people of all ages and abilities who will access the museum's collections and explore and interpret the changes in medicine in connection to physical disability, learning difficulty, sensory impairment and mental health.

Alongside the film a series of classes is taking place which explore the themes of health and medicine through museum visits, dance activities and a new live dance will be created to accompany the film's premier in spring 2016.

Rachel Freeman, project leader, said: “We are delighted to have received the support of the Heritage Lottery Fund. It enables us to bring together the disabled and non-disabled community to work creatively together and to explore a fascinating history that has local resonance but also a much wider relevance to everyone’s health and well-being.”