ABOUT US

Purple Gecko is a company who provides Dance, Martial Arts, Fitness, Health and Wellbeing to many communities across the North West. We cover a range of ages and milestones within life.

Purple Gecko is split in to 2 main areas, Youth and Health

Our Youth academy provides a range of dance and karate classes for ages 2-18. We are very passionate about what we do and we pride ourselves on offering first class tuition at affordable prices.

We give the very best opportunities to our students and hold many events such as shows, exams and gradings throughout the year.

Our Health academy provides, health, wellbeing, fitness and support to women at every stage of their life including pregnancy, post natal and mature women. Workouts for women by women!

All of our classes are delivered by highly experienced and trained professionals in their relevant fields. All of our instructors are DBS cleared, First aid trained and all have public liability.

If you have any questions, please get in touch we are happy to help.  You can also view our amazing reviews here. – Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to write one. 🙂

THE TEAM

SAMANTHA HICKEY

The Boss

Trained by the former Shukokai Shitaryu UK team coach, Paul Graham, from age 9, Sam is a 4th Dan Black Belt Grading Officer. Sam is also a professional dancer qualified to degree level, with certifications in dance and movement grading.

Sam is a formidable force, filled with passion and drive to deliver the best classes and services in the North West. Sam extended her education with dreams of expanding her business in the areas of health and fitness which has now become a reality! (Well done Sam!)

Sam's is currently working hard to build more Purple Gecko programmes that will be rolled out through local councils and education establishments, helping to make the process of getting fit, very fun!

Fun fact: Sam has helped choreograph huge shows & helps to bring them to life in Alder Hey Hospital Children's Ward.