Help us run our Silverperson dance focusing on Dementia
We are looking for money to provide biscuits, tea bags, coffee, new music and enable us to drop the £2 charge that pays for the electricty to run the dance. JLC Dance already give their time and their hall Free of charge.

At this time when so many people are suffering from this disease, both I and Beverley wanted to do something to help fight against it. As a disabled dancer “I’m profoundly deaf” the act of movement is more important than the sound and rhythms but they play apart. Sometimes I dance with, and sometimes without my aids, as the mood takes me. Over the years I have worked with many disable dancers from, deaf, blind to those with dementia and I find dance is a great leveller, something we can all enjoy in our own way.
Recently I was at a dementia awareness day at the Tower Ballroom Blackpool, I had been asked to dance with some of the visitors, it was wonderful to see the way the music and steps brought back memories and how people of all abilities were able to join in, in their own way. Through the school, I help run we visit nursing homes and run dancers mixing old familiar rhythms and song to provoke memories with new exciting rhythms to engage the mind.
I think most people know that dancing offers a great workout and many health benefits, it works, all major muscle groups and requires co-ordination, flexibility and strength. But we often forget that it is an act of methodically repeating of what you just saw or you've committed to memory which is good for the brain and that it is an enjoyment a release of personal expression, and for many an act of pure joy. Janet Lee Chapman (FUKA FIDTA)"

Please Help us bring this act of pure joy to more Dementia sufferers.