Movement for Women in Chester

Movement for Women Workshops

Empowering Women Through Movement & Connection

Fallen Angels’ Movement for Women workshops are designed to foster self-esteem, confidence, and lasting friendships. We create a safe and inclusive space for women in recovery from addiction or living with mental health conditions to explore their creativity and build supportive connections.

Join Our “FlawSOME” Movement!

We’re offering two options for women in Chester to join our empowering workshops this year. All sessions are relaxed, creative, and welcoming.

Wednesday Drop-In Session

Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Location: Tomorrow’s Women, City Centre
Description: A casual drop-in session providing ongoing support for women in recovery across Cheshire West. Build self-esteem, confidence, and forge meaningful friendships in a relaxed environment.
Contact Tomorrow’s Women Here

Friday Workshop sessions

Time: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: Holy Trinity Church Hall, Blacon
Description: A structured workshop series designed to empower women in their recovery journey. Each session includes:
- 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM: Welcome, tea, coffee, and creative exploration through various arts.
- 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM: Gentle and supportive movement session.
Refer Yourself: claire@fallenangelsdt.org / m: 07801 478 548

Why Choose Movement for Women?

Build self-esteem and confidence.
Develop meaningful friendships and support networks.
Explore your creativity in a safe and inclusive environment.
Experience the healing power of movement.

We welcome you to join our community!

This project has been made possible through funding from Cheshire Community Foundation, Police Commissioner of Cheshire and Avenue Services.

Previous Projects

2022 -23 Project: Shadow Dance and Taster Projects

In 2022/23 the project was peer led, driven by the vision of FADT participants who have experienced how transformative it is for women to come together to explore their life experiences through multi- media forms i.e. Movement, writing, sound, spoken word, art.

We explored movement, & shadows to create metaphors and moving stories, a small group of women performed and shared their creativity at Storyhouse Women: https://www.storyhouse.com/ in March 2023.

The year-long project reached out to different individuals and groups with the aim to connect, and share ‘an emotional release’, ‘a safe place to feel free’ and an endorsement that ‘we are enough as we are’ participant

2021 Project: EveryBODY Can

Our 2021 project was documented here Watch the project film below:

Film: First Take Films. Photo: Kat Hannon

2020 Project: Empowering Women through Dance

Fallen Angels Dance Theatre (FADT) and Chester Sexual Abuse Support Service (CSASS) joined forces for the first time in 2020 with the aim of supporting women to build confidence and friendships. The women taking part have experienced sexual violence, mental health challenges or are in recovery from addiction.

The ‘Empowering Women through Dance’ project was due to culminate in a shared performance at Storyhouse Women Weekend but the national lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus meant the event was cancelled.

Undeterred, the group of 12 women continued to dance via Zoom in workshops led by FADT Executive Director Claire Morris and CSASS Outreach Manager Kathryn Kirk. As soon as lockdown restrictions were eased in the summer, small groups met in a socially-distanced way at Grosvenor Park in Chester.

Six of the dancers met for the first time in person at Storyhouse’s Garrett Theatre, which has been prepared for artists to work at a safe two-metre distance from one another, and successfully produced this film:

Claire Morris said: “Many of the dancers in our group found life even more challenging than normal during lockdown so it was very important that we kept the project going.

“Learning to dance together via Zoom was very rewarding and it was a joy to be able to meet at last in person.

Feedback from the dancers has been very positive, describing the project as ‘an emotional release’, ‘a safe place to feel free’ and an endorsement that ‘we are enough as we are’.”

Plans are in place for the next women’s project at Fallen Angels…. Empowering Women: Dance and Body Image.

Watch our project film below…