Author: Sibhe

Look at all our lovely new dancers!   Here’s our gallery of our Learn to Dance in a Day workshops of 2026 starting their new Swing Dance journey.   If you would like to join them, have a look at all our beginner workshops here.

After a difficult time for us all, we were finally able to return to dancing and we kicked it all off with one our favourite events – swinging outside at Spitalfields Market.

Swing Patrol is committed to the development of a sustainable future. We recognise that climate justice is social justice, and that our everyday actions are inextricably linked to both. We are taking conscious steps to reduce our dance community’s and our company’s waste and carbon footprints. We acknowledge that if we want to keep swinging […]

We acknowledge that the core dances we teach, perform and share come from African American and Black culture, as does the jazz music we love. We acknowledge that we do so without lived experience of this culture and are deeply grateful to be able to experience this amazing art form. We endeavour to continue educating […]

We’re setting up a group that can help us all be better and represent and work on the issues we need to address and do better. Please share/recommend to any one that you think could play a positive role on such a committee. We are considering forming this committee inspired by suggestions made by Aboriginal […]

We miss our classes!  While we can’t dance and learn together at the moment, we’ve been busy creating some online lessons that you be interested in. All the classes are pre-recorded and when you book, you’ll be sent an email with the links to the classes.  Please don’t share these links with others as the […]

  Immediate support: https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/mental-health-services/where-to-get-urgent-help-for-mental-health/ https://www.mind.org.uk/need-urgent-help/using-this-tool/ https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/explore-mental-health/get-help More long term resources: https://www.thecalmzone.net/ https://prevent-suicide.org.uk/womens-suicide-prevention-hub/ (for women) https://andysmanclub.co.uk/ (for men) https://www.papyrus-uk.org/help-and-advice-resources/ (35 and under) Friends and Family support:  https://uksobs.com/ https://www.cruse.org.uk/ https://www.ifucareshare.co.uk/ https://hub.supportaftersuicide.org.uk/ (many resouces on their resources tab)