A SOCIAL enterprise with a spring in its step raised more than £600 in Bromyard on Saturday (April 25).

Dance for Joy, at the Conquest Theatre, featured an amateur dance troupe headed by instructor Joy Simmonds.

They performed a wide variety of dances including traditional Indian, burlesque, and belly dancing in front of a packed auditorium of 150 people.

Money raised during the event will be ploughed back into community arts-related projects.

Mrs Simmonds said: “I not only want to give people the opportunity to dance, I want to help inspire and support local people who have a talent for singing or playing an instrument.

“We decided that a showcase for local singers and dancers would be a great way of raising money which could then be used to purchase instruments or pay for lessons.”

To find out more about the social enterprise, also called Dance for Joy, call Mrs Simmonds on 07788 135373.