Millie Hood

Millie Hood reached out to Dance Professionals Fund for support with living costs whilst recovering from reconstructive knee surgery.

“I have been working in the musical theatre industry for seven years now and have been lucky enough to perform across a variety of dance-centric musicals in that time. Earlier this year, I was unfortunate enough to have an accident during an audition that immediately I knew was extremely serious and potentially career defining. After many appointments and scans it was apparent I had ruptured my ACL (as well as many other damages to my knee) and would require reconstruction surgery if I wanted to dance again.

Mentally, this was a lot to deal with, when dancing is all you know. Not only is it your career, it’s your passion, livelihood and identity. This is when I reached out to DPF for support.

Not only does this injury take me out of performing for a year, but I was also unable to work in any capacity for months (during the initial injury recovery and then again for my post surgery recovery) which had an overwhelmingly large impact on my income

DPF helped to release the weight of the financial pressure I was experiencing and allowed me to see clearly again!

I could not be more grateful for their work and would not be in the same optimistic headspace as I am during this long and gruelling journey had I not reached out to them!”