Ajays Dance Revival

Aim

We aim to provide a fun friendly and safe environment for young people to flourish and express themselves, learn new skills and make friends

Who are we?

We are a Morris Dancing Group based in the Breightmet area of Bolton. Our project is aimed at Children aged between 5-18 years old. Our project will give them access to and experience of Morris Dancing Competitions throughout the Northwest. Through this we will develop skills of the children and the volunteers, increase self-esteem, confidence, health, and fitness and give them the opportunity to socialise and meet new people. The pandemic has hit us hard, and the children have been unable to compete for the two years that pandemic was around.

Community impact

We impact the community in the following ways:

• Volunteer opportunities
• Social interaction
• Inter-generational support (Dance displays at Care homes and community events)
•  Local and regional competitions
• Teach LifeSkills 

Why are we crowdfunding?

• Our projects aim is to restore the level of attendance and community support we delivered prior to the pandemic. • Our local community has been severely affected and continues to be so with the rise in the cost-of-living expense. We aim to provide an affordable outlet for children and parents to engage with the community and provide rich and rewarding experiences for all involved. • As the cost-of-living crisis is becoming all too apparent, we are more than ever committed to delivering activities to children in our local community at the same pre-pandemic level. This is to enable families to provide for their children an opportunity to engage in physical activity, learn new skills and develop and enhance friendships outside of school. • The group is based in Breightmet in Bolton and though there are many football clubs there is a definite lack of provision for girls. Ajays Morris Dancers attempts to redress this imbalance and involves girls from the ages of 3 to open age. • We aim to showcase the achievements the children have made at our annual competition. For children who have had to endure two years of restrictions it is essential for their development to express themselves and perform and attempt to redress any damage caused by unfortunate circumstances that the pandemic inflicted. • The group is not only beneficial to the children involved but to parents, volunteers and the whole community. The children perform at care homes whose residents can feel incredibly isolated and community events and bring so much joy to the people watching. The group brings a cohesion to the community that brings people together strengthens sense of identity in the local area.

How we’ll spend the money raised

The young people are always in need of uniform for competitions. The current cost of living and energy crisis is making life very hard for a lot of people and any additional costs to households are just avoided to pay for essential needs. 

How you can play your part

There are four simple ways to help us reach our target,and make this project a reality.

1. Make a pledge. Don’t delay if you’re going to support us because momentum is key to our success!

2. Spread the word. Share our project on your social media pages and tell the world to get behind us! The more people we reach, the more support we will get.

3. Offer rewards. Get involved if you are a local business by donating things we can offer to our supporters. We will give you a shout out!

4. If you want to run your own fundraiser to support us, maybe a sponsored activity or similar, use the 'contact project' button at the top of our page to let us know. Setting up your own page only takes a few minutes and you won’t need any bank details. Just a fun idea!

This project closed unsuccessfully on 31st January 2023