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Queen’s Young Leader Zoe Jackson has been named as one of the daring dance instructors at the Comic Relief Danceathon for Red Nose Day.
The dancer, who received the award in recognition of her Living the Dream Performing Arts Company, was selected to lead one of the half hour slots in the six-hour dance frenzy.
The event takes place on Sunday at The SSE Arena, Wembley and more than 2,000 fundraisers will attend.
Zoe and the huge crowd of dancers will be joined throughout the day by celebrities including Paralympic medallist Ade Adepitan MBE, Arlene Phillips, Caroline Flack, Chelsee Healey, Jo Whiley, Rachel Riley and Rufus Hound.
“I am so excited to be involved with Comic Relief’s Danceathon for Red Nose Day,” Zoe said. “Teaching Wembley and the nation to dance for such a good cause will be so much fun, I can’t wait.”
Zoe, who will receive her Queen’s Young Leaders Award from Her Majesty The Queen later this year,
set up Living the Dream Performing Arts Company aged 16, to inspire young people and subsidise her own education. The organisation now includes a performing arts school, a dance company and a charity.
The charity, the Dream Foundation, engages, mentors, trains and inspires disadvantaged young people, as well as making the arts more affordable and accessible to them.
The Queen’s Young Leader Award aims to recognise exceptional people aged 18-29, who are taking the lead in their communities and using their skills to transform lives.
Some of the money raised through Red Nose Day will go towards the Queen’s Young Leaders Programme. The money will be spent by Comic Relief with the generous support of the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust to help young people across the poorest communities in the Commonwealth gain employment and enterprise skills.
