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Summer Long Dance 2025 Fundraiser
Northampton, England, United Kingdom
Aim
I'm raising money for The Pink Rooster, a charitable cause that supports mental health. Please donate and help me reach my target.
Hi I'm Rachael (also known as Raye), I live on a narrowboat in Northamptonshire with my cat Tara.
I'm raising money for a charitable cause as part of the annual Summer Long Dance run by the School of Movement Medicine. This is my second year at the long dance as both dancer and part of the practical team, keeping the place clean and the compost toilets functional!
The Summer Long Dance is a not for profit flagship event and is the beating heart of the Movement Medicine community in which we dance our gratitude and prayers for Life. The Long Dance is a 72-hour ceremony. Before the ceremony, we have time to prepare and afterwards, time to integrate. The Summer Long Dance ceremony is a way to join in deep community to dance, sing, heal and pray together for all our relations. It is also a fundraiser for the Fundacion Pachamama (Sacred Headwaters Project) supporting them in their work for the game changing work to protect the forest and headwaters of the Amazon river, working with and being led by the vision of the indigenous peoples themselves.
Part of our individual commitment to participate in the dance is to raise £400 for a local charity. This year I have chosen The Pink Rooster Charity, as I know very well the challenges of mental health. As a poet, Yoga and Meditation teacher, I love that Pink Rooster supports people through creativity and providing wellness technologies that may otherwise be unavailable.
"Pink Rooster aims to be the leading charitable organisation based in Northampton UK providing music, creative arts and assistive technology countywide and beyond, to improve the health and wellbeing of individuals and groups living with dementia, other mental health challenges and physical barriers."
Please donate and help me reach my target in aid of {{The Pink Rooster}}. Anything you can contribute towards helping me achieve my target will be massively appreciated and spur me on to keep going when I've got my hands (with marigolds on of course) plunged into a blocked compost loo!
With Thanks and Appreciation
Rachael
Funding method
Keep what you raise – this project will receive all pledges made