Keep us Bouncing!

Aim

We are trying to raise funds to buy additional safety matting and pay for urgent trampoline repairs so our children can continue to bounce

Who are we?

Birmingham Bouncers CIC are a not for profit trampolining club based in Bartley Green, Birmingham. We accept children from all ages, abilities and social backgrounds, as well as supporting those children in particular who have additional needs. We are a family, all of our members matter to us and we hope we matter to them too. A little over 2 years ago we crowdfunded to save our club during the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, everyone was amazing and helped us to reopen after months of heartbreak. We used the money raised to purchase a new set of end decks, 2x floor flexi-roll mats and an additional trampoline which allowed us to re-open our club at a new venue and offer more spaces and opportunities for children to become involved in our sessions, but we want to do more, please help us to make a difference to these peoples live:

Community impact

We want all of our children to have fun and try to support all families as best we can by finding ways to help children to be comfortable when attending. We also try to encourage young people to become involved in learning how to become coaches through our young leadership program, we offer opportunities to learn and gain official qualification as well as providing job opportunities. Meet three of our newest employees who have worked their way through our Young Leadership Program and have now become Coaches!

We also have links with a number of small local businesses and try to support them by either making use of their services directly, advertising their businesses or providing childcare opportunities during school holidays by offering a holiday camp where parents can feel confident that their children are being looked after in a safe and fun environment by a team they can trust.

Why are we crowdfunding?

We are trying to offer more opportunities for children and young people by adding an additional trampoline to the club so we can offer more spaces and hire additional coaches/young leaders. However this also requires extra safety matting for the floor surrounding the trampolines and on the trampolines as well as additional costs for servicing and essential repairs. With the cost of living increase we are reluctant to raise our fees as this may prevent access for those who might be struggling during these difficult times, so are trying to find alternative ways of raising the funds. The children's safety and enjoyment are paramount for us, so please help us to keep these smiles!

How we’ll spend the money raised

We need to purchase a new flexi roll mat for the floor and two new push in mats for the trampolines, we also need to pay for urgent repairs to one of the trampolines and the remainder will go towards an additional belt for our overhead rig so we can accommodate more children in it.

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 successfully funded on 14th December 2022