Danceathon for Sutton Community Farm

***Our danceathon is done! 27 dancers danced for over 100 hours collectively, a spectacular community effort! Read the updates — including photo evidence ;) —  and please continue to spread the word and donate... every penny helps!*** 

I'm taking on a 24-hour danceathon from noon on Saturday 5th October until noon on Sunday 6th October to raise funds for Sutton Community Farm, my employer for the last nearly 10 years. However (and with a bootylicious ‘butt’), there’s no way I can rock around the clock alone, so please read on to find out how you can support the cause!

Why Sutton Community Farm?

There are numerous things the farm needs money for in the near future, but most urgently to rebuild one of its largest polytunnels damaged in January by Storm Isha. The tunnel is out of action for this year and £5000 worth of crops have been lost this summer. We grow fruit and veg that we sell via our online farm shop and as a small farm every veg sale counts, so the current lost income from the exposed crops is significant. 

We are applying for grant funding which will cover up to £5000 of the rebuild project, including trees to plant as windbreaks for protection against future storms, and this additional £3000 target is to close the funding gap. 

More generally, it’s my thanks to the farm for having been such a progressive, supportive, life-changing employer over the last 9+ years, weathering my own personal storms with me! And of course, any excuse for a shimmy of any duration ;) 

SO, how can you help?

DO YA DO YA DO YA DO YA WANNA DANCE?

• Join me on the dancefloor and get people to sponsor you too!
• Dance solo or part of a team (for any amount of time)
• Participate either in person or online
• Do the full 24-hour challenge!
• Aim for the 24-hour target as a team e.g. a team of 3 dancing for 8 hours, or 6 dancing for 4 hours, or a team of 24 dancing for just 1 hour!
• Own playlists welcome (submissions in advance)
• Teach a dance style or choreography
• Join a sunset or sunrise conga around the farm!

I DON’T FEEL LIKE DANCIN’, NO SIR, NO DANCIN’ TODAY

• Help with technical stuff on the day
• DJ for any of the event
• Share any other ideas or inspiration
• Donate to nominate people for a dance-off
• If you’d like to be involved but raise money for a cause of your own, let’s chat!

Any amount you can support with is greatly appreciated, thank you so much in advance. 

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