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Lifetime award for 'determined' Sue
Accrington Observer
|October 24, 2025
THE co-founder of an Accrington charity has won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Best Business Women Awards 2025.
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Sue Blackwell with son Anthony and daughter Jen and (inset) Jen dancing
Sue Blackwell collected her award during the ceremony on Friday, October 10 in Daventry.
She and her daughter, Jen Blackwell, formed DanceSyndrome in 2009 after Jen, who has Down's Syndrome, found it difficult to find training and opportunities that would support her to become a community Dance Leader.
DanceSyndrome uses dance to give people with and without learning disabilities opportunities to learn, lead and perform together.
This story is from the October 24, 2025 edition of Accrington Observer.
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