Jolt Charitable Trust

Jolt’s whānau currently comprises over 200 dancers with intellectual disabilities aged between 8 and 60+. Our inclusive teaching team work across 20 different weekly classes, nurturing the talents and building the skills of our dancers. Jolt Kaupapa * We believe communities that are inclusive, and which embrace diversity, are stronger * Jolt programmes are accessible; financially, physically, emotionally, culturally, and creatively * Our mahi is empowering and challenges the deficit view of disability * Our mahi embodies an expectation for excellence Jolt is the only company in Aotearoa to have created a dance teacher training programme for people with intellectual disabilities, known as Move. Move trainees demonstrate not only their capacity for leadership, but also their unique ability to connect with diverse communities and engage them in dance. Move-trained teachers are employed to teach in 10 different weekly Jolt classes.