Dance and Music Classes for children
Our mission is to bring multi-ethnic, multi-racial communities together in a harmonious way to overcome poverty and deprivation. In March 2020, in light of the discrimination, marginalisation, stereotypes and social exclusion faced by BAME communities, our chair, Tony Osy, founded African Relief Support. Based in Glasgow, the organisation seeks to support vulnerable individuals and asylum seekers to overcome the barriers they face by addressing the core of inequality and imbalanced systems of governance. We believe that everyone should have an level playing field despite their background. The organisation currently supports people in Glasgow and the surrounding area by providing English classes (ESOL), emergency food parcels as well as dance and music classes for children.
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0ARS Dance & Music ClassesAt African Relief Support our mission is to prevent and relieve poverty and improve the lives of people in the local community. We were established at the start of 2020 and have been providing support for those in the community who have been most impacted by the pandemic. Our services help various deprived and vulnerable groups within our society such as asylum seekers, refugees, single parents, children, those at risk of poverty, and unemployed people. We have a varied range of projects that we offer; however, the central focus for all is providing a service our beneficiaries would otherwise not have access to.
We also promote equality and diversity by focusing on the integration of Black and Minority Ethnic people into the wider society within Scotland whilst advocating against discrimination, marginalisation, stereotypes, and social exclusion. Our founder and most of our board are BAME and the majority of our beneficiaries are too.
About Our Dance and Music Project
One of our projects is providing free weekly dance and music classes for children and young people in deprived areas of the community. For the majority of these children and their families they do not have the opportunity to join extra curricular activities; we want to change this. These classes give the children an opportunity to improve their physical and mental health in a safe space whilst learning how to dance and sing.
The dance classes teach a variety of dance styles from hip hop to African style dancing with the children learning new routines every week During the singing classes the children learn about different singing techniques, music anatomy as well as performance performance.
At the end of each block of classes the children perform a mini showcase where they can demonstrate what they have learned during the classes.
How You Can Help
The children benefit so much from these classes but unfortunately we are struggling to raise the money we need to continue the project. It costs about £5000 to keep this project going for a year which can help a large number of children benefit from the project so if you can donate any money we would be so grateful.
The funds raised will go toward the cost of running the class. This includes renting the hall, providing free transport with our minibus for those who need it, as well as providing refreshments in the way of a drink and snack for the children. We also provide each child with a t-shirt that they wear during the class.
Any contribution you can make to our work would be greatly appreciated. The money you give will make a real difference in the lives of the children in the community and will help combat the negative impact of the pandemic.
Thank you so much for your help!
