We’re thrilled to announce Empowered Telford, an exciting live event set for July 14th, 2025 at The Edge, William Brookes School. This transformative experience is designed to inspire and empower over 500 children from local schools, including Grange Park Primary, Ladygrove Primary, John Randell Primary, and Windmill Primary.

The event will celebrate character, resilience, courage, and voice, providing a high-energy, interactive environment that engages both the children and their families. Through music, storytelling, and dynamic media, we aim to uplift, equip, and create lasting memories that will inspire our future leaders.

Our corporate sponsors are currently being lined up, and there are still exciting opportunities to align with this impactful event. If you’re looking to make a meaningful contribution to youth empowerment and community engagement, this is your chance to be part of something special.

Join us as we create an empowering experience for children, families, and the wider Telford community. Together, we can help foster a brighter, more resilient future.

As a final parting gift for the school year – we are releasing our leavers anthem “Believe in Me” -a song all about moving onwards and upwards with courage and self-belief.

It’s the perfect song to celebrate your Year 6 leavers and to give them a gift of empowerment that will last long into the future!

https://classdynamix.reelplatform.co.uk/courses?tag=Believe%20in%20Me

Here’s a snippet to give you a taster! Enjoy!

You never know when a moment will take you completely by surprise.

I thought i’d share a really cool story that happened to me recently.

Last week, while I was in an unfamiliar Tesco in Bradford looking for my favourite oat milk, I was approached by someone who recognised me out of nowhere —

“Are you Danny Gough from Class Dynamix?”

It was a young woman I’d worked with ten years ago when she was at Shakespeare primary school in Leeds. I knew exactly who she was the moment she started speaking.

We stood there in the milk aisle, overwhelmed with emotion and memories. (I’ll take the fact that i’m still recognisable a decade later as a win 😆)

She shared how being part of Class Dynamix had completely changed her life. It was such a beautiful and uplifting convo with this empowered, 21 year old radiating such confidence and joy, who was now flying high on a Graduate Scheme.

I later asked if she’d be willing to write a short testimonial so I could share her words. This is part of what she wrote:

“I was a shy, extremely anti-social little girl… but being accepted in the judgment-free zone of excitement and creativity that Class Dynamix gave me helped me grow. I’m often described now as a fun, smiley person — because I was allowed to be myself. In fact, I was encouraged to.”

She went on to say:

“I personally believe that the encouragement from Danny to be who I want to be, spread kindness and love wherever I go has truly shaped me as an adult.”

This was one of those rare and sacred moments in education — where you get to see the real impact your work had on a young life. It reminded me of that quote: “A teacher affects eternity; they can never tell where their influence stops.”

In a world obsessed with measuring impact through stats and data, this encounter reminded me of the invisible ripples that can flow from showing up with heart and purpose. These are the true testimonies of transformation that can’t be displayed neatly in a spreadsheet.

This serendipitous encounter filled my tank in a way I didn’t even know I needed. I’ve worked with thousands of individuals, across so many schools and continents, I began to wonder how many other testimonies of empowerment and success are out there?

Sometimes the real measure of our work arrives unannounced… in the middle of a Tesco, looking for oat milk! Danny

🎙️ I had the absolute pleasure of joining Maria Arymar for a powerful conversation on her podcast. We went deep — talking about purpose, creativity, resilience, and the moments that shape us.

If you’re navigating change, chasing a calling, or just need a dose of inspiration, this one’s for you.

🔗 Tune in below 👇

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Personal Reflection from Danny

I’ve just lived out a huge dream of mine—standing on a platform and sharing my story.

I truly believe we all have a powerful, unique story to tell. Mine is one of resilience, of confronting my own fears, doubts, and anxieties, and of building something that empowers children to discover who they are at their core—so they, too, can overcome life’s challenges.

A few weeks ago, while in the USA, I found myself standing on that podium, in that moment I had envisioned for so long. And I want to encourage you, whoever is reading this, to always believe in possibilities—no matter how tough life feels or how far away your dream seems.

I’ll never forget the first time I met Simon Cowell off-camera, years ago. His first words to me were:

“So you’re Danny… you’re the choirmaster, right?”

Something in me froze. That label felt too small, too limiting. I knew I was more than that. Just like you, I am many things—but at my core, I am simply me. In that moment, I stuttered, self-doubt got the best of me, and I felt like I’d blown it.

But life is about bouncing back.

I took time to ground myself, to remember who I really am and how far I’ve come. And when we finally took the stage that weekend, something shifted. After our audition, Simon hugged me—and he wouldn’t let go. That moment taught me a powerful lesson: when we choose to stand in our confidence, in our true identity, everything changes.

So today, I say it boldly: I am a speaker.

We define who we are. We create meaning from our experiences. And we all have a story to share. As I move forward, I choose the path of curiosity and possibility. I hope this post encourages you to do the same.

Danny

Last week saw a first for us – on our recent US tour we were invited to do presentations for Tomorrow River Charter Schools in the central area of Wisconsin.

On Monday we delivered an awesome live masterclass for their public school students at the Jenson Center in Amherst – Danny even played his trumpet, as well as uniting a mass choir to perform our “I Am” song from Britain’s Got Talent.

But on Tuesday, we also delivered to their Virtual School Community online. This was a lot of fun and great to inspire the students with one of our stories.

We reminded the students as they sat alone at home on their screens, that the Anti-Bullying anthem now heard around the world thanks to Simon Cowell – was written in a very similar environment – Danny was alone in his bedroom writing a song wondering – “Will anyone ever hear this?”.

The key message was simply this – do not underestimate the power of your creativity and that  your creative work can take flight and embark on a journey of adventure – even from your bedroom!

We really enjoyed ourselves and loved exploring a new part of the US state that we love the most!

We are still pinching ourselves about this incredible opportunity. Since 2022 we have built wonderful connections in Wisconsin and collaborated on multiple projects with the Edgerton School District. We’ve done Anti-Bullying presentations, composed 2 school anthems, filmed music videos and even a live event for the whole K12 students.

We recently received some unbelievable news where we were invited to present our work at the huge Wisconsin State Convention in Milwaukee. It was amazing to be recognised like this and to share these transformations and what we do at such a large scale event.

Class Dynamix began as a humble after-school club in 2014 in Leeds. To be stood there, 5000 miles away from home on such a big stage is a powerful story of resilience, faith and perseverance. We want to say a huge thank you to the WASB organisers, the Edgerton School District and also to the incredible students who sang solos live in the presentation – Avalon and Ella.

Mount Pleasant Primary in Huddersfield gave us the exciting mission of creating a second anthem for their awesome community! This time it was all about their aspirations for the future and helping their pupils embody their school motto of “Think Big, Aim High and Achieve” on a whole new level..

Starting from a blank page, this uplifting power anthem, bubbling with joy and energy was born – encapsulating the same very message in the process… that we can create anything we imagine!

4 years ago we created their original anthem together Think Big, Aim High, ACHIEVE! – Mount Pleasant Anthem OUT NOW! – and 2024 allowed us the opportunity to create an elevated piece unlike anything we’ve ever worked on before.

Enjoy this amazing film and song. We are so proud of this one.

We have had the most incredible time out in Edgerton, WI recently.

We created a bespoke version of our live event – called Edgerton Empowered – which featured 4 of our original songs and a special message from Class Dynamix creator himself, Danny Gough.

The week culminated in a series of live shows for the various schools within the District and the impacts and success stories were off the charts!

150 students took to the stage and brought the house down, and we were so honoured to serve this incredible community once again.

A huge thank you to all the students, the School District and to the WEPAC for an amazing collaboration.

We’re SO excited to announce that we are working with our wonderful friends at Mount Pleasant Primary once again to create a brand new song and film in the coming months.

We’ve just unveiled perhaps one of the most incredible songs we’ve ever created at a special assembly at their school this week.

We will keep you posted with updates – but get yourselves ready for a serious wow factor with this one.

We originally connected with the school back in 2021, helping them produce their own school anthem called Think Big, Aim High, ACHIEVE! – Mount Pleasant Anthem OUT NOW!

This new song will be a musical sibling to their anthem and we cannot wait to bring this all together!