Woman quits job to run silent disco exercise group

A silent disco-themed exercise group has proven so popular that its founder left a 26-year-long career in education to run it full-time.

The Silent Steppers began in Hartlepool in 2024 to promote physical and mental wellbeing, originally with less than 10 members.

A year on, the group has dozens of attendees and has branched out into Billingham, with owner Lyndsay Turner often having to turn people away due to a lack of headphones.

Lyndsay says the friendships that have been formed by the women who attend are the "biggest success story" to come from the Steppers.

Video by Adam Clarkson

9 September 2025

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