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To the Heartbroken and the Hopeful,
We’re Georgina and Leah, and we’ve walked the winding path of grief and loss—just like you. We know how heavy it can feel. But we also know the power of music and movement to bring light back into the darkest days.
At Grief Disco, we don’t dance to forget. We dance to remember, to honour, and to reconnect—with ourselves, with joy, and with each other. Music helps us shake off the weight of sorrow, even if just for a moment, and reminds us that life still holds space for movement, laughter, and healing.
Since October 2024, Grief Disco has resonated with many, leading to features on platforms such as BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 2, ITV and feature on the BBC News. Our events have been celebrated for their unique approach to healing.
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We’ll see you on the dance floor. 💛✨
What is Grief Disco?
When my son died, I found myself wanting to dance.
And somewhere in the pulse of dance music, I realised something - grief and joy can live in the same moment.
That realisation became the seed of Grief Disco.
Together, Leah Sian Davies and I - the co-founders of Grief Disco - created something wonderful.
Leah's gorgeous website is here.
A Grief Disco is a space to remember our people through music, movement, and meaning.
It’s where we can cry, dance, and laugh -sometimes all within the same song.
It’s not about “getting over” grief.
It’s about creating a space where love is allowed to move, where stories can be shared, and where light finds its way back in.
Every Grief Disco is unique, but they all share one thing:
the courage to bring love and loss into the same room -and to remember that both belong.
Now, through this live online course, you can learn how to bring this healing movement to your own community.
Georgina talks to Claire Fitzsimmons on her podcast 'A Thought I Kept'
Our Story
We love Grief Discos so much - the energy, the release, the light that comes when people realise that they can hold their grief and their joy in the same space.
Every time we see someone dance, cry, laugh, and remember their person in the same breath, it reminds us: this is healing.
But we can’t do it alone.
There are too many hearts that need this kind of space. Too many towns and communities where grief is hidden away, where people are aching to remember together - and to find joy again.
That’s why we’ve created the Grief Disco Training Course - a live 90-minute online training that teaches you how to bring this powerful work to life, wherever you are.
Would you like to run a Grief Disco?
We’d love to show you how.
Benefits of Being Part of the Movement
For Facilitators
Purpose: Turn your empathy and creativity into something that heals others.
Confidence: Gain the tools and guidance to hold safe, soulful space.
Belonging: Join a network of facilitators bringing light to grief across the UK and beyond.
Visibility: Be featured as part of the growing Grief Disco movement.
Impact: Help others find connection, release, and hope through your event.
For Participants:
Relief: A space to cry, laugh, move, and remember without judgment.
Connection: Meet others who “get it” - no fixing, just feeling.
Joy: Rediscover lightness through music, movement, and shared humanity.
Healing: Experience the powerful truth that love never ends - it just changes form.
A Story From One of our Hosts
“After my husband died, I was really missing dancing.
We’d danced together for 42 years -in the streets of different countries, and even on a train once! Just moving to music was so important to us.
For about 10 years we’d enjoyed Modern Jive, and after John died I tried going back, but couldn’t cope with partner dancing in that setting. It felt as if that ship had sailed.
Eventually, when the absolute rawness of my grief calmed a little, I began playing music again throughout the house - very loudly! Then I found myself dancing, and with that energy, my mood shifted. I felt joyous, even if it was short-lived.
I began wondering what it might look like to share that joy of dancing again. Should I have a party? What could I do to fulfil this need?
I’m a great believer in synchronicity -that when we put something out into the universe, even in thought form, magical things can happen.
One Saturday morning, I had Radio 4 playing as I got ready to go out. And there it was -the magic! George and Leah talking about their Grief Disco. I got so excited I thought I would pop. I could do this!
‘Good Grief Dancing’ in Hexham, Northumberland, ran its first event in mid-August. We have two more events lined up in November and January.
I enlisted the support of three close friends - my ‘Grief Angels’. Everyone I’ve shared the idea with has thought it’s a lovely concept, even if it’s not right for them personally.
As with everything new, it felt scary but absolutely right. The feedback from our pilot event was emotional, heartwarming, and deeply touching. It felt such a privilege to facilitate something that moved people - even when they didn’t have the words to express it.
Our GGD is smaller in scale than Grief Disco. I don’t run it as a business venture, but as something special for our local community. Who knows where it will go or how it will evolve.
I absolutely love this concept that George and Leah have brought into the world. It’s so inspiring - to allow something positive to grow from the saddest of experiences.
If this could spread, it would be magical. It doesn’t have to follow an exact template -what I’ve created fits my energy, my (older) demographic, and my community.
If they can, I can. And you can too.”
- Solveiga, Host of Good Grief Dancing, Hexham
Want us to run your Grief Disco for you?
If you’d love to bring a Grief Disco to your organisation, community, or event - but would rather have it facilitated for you - we’d love to help.
Georgina and Leah, co-founders of Grief Disco, can create and host a deeply moving and uplifting experience tailored to your group.
Each event blends music, ritual, movement, and storytelling - creating a space where people can remember, release, and reconnect.
We bring everything you need for a magical and meaningful experience - from playlists and rituals to lighting and atmosphere.
We do use a DJ and charge for our time so there is a charge. Charities have applied for funding or even ticket the event.
Ideal for:
Charities and community groups
Bereavement organisations and hospices
Festivals, conferences, and wellbeing events
Corporate wellbeing or remembrance gatherings
If you’d like to explore bringing a Grief Disco to your community or organisation, leave your details in the form and they will get back to you.
Want us to run your Grief Disco for you?
If you’d love to bring a Grief Disco to your organisation, community, or event - but would rather have it facilitated for you - we’d love to help.
Georgina and Leah, co-founders of Grief Disco, can create and host a deeply moving and uplifting experience tailored to your group.
Each event blends music, ritual, movement, and storytelling - creating a space where people can remember, release, and reconnect.
We bring everything you need for a magical and meaningful experience - from playlists and rituals to lighting and atmosphere.
We do use a DJ and charge for our time so there is a charge. Charities have applied for funding or even ticket the event.
Ideal for:
Charities and community groups
Bereavement organisations and hospices
Festivals, conferences, and wellbeing events
Corporate wellbeing or remembrance gatherings
If you’d like to explore bringing a Grief Disco to your community or organisation, leave your details in the form and they will get back to you.
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