Dance For Diabetes 2025
Dance for Diabetes 2025; in partnership with FunKidz Dance Limited.
Changing the future of diabetes, one school at a time!
We are excited to announce that Dance for Diabetes will be delivered in schools’ week during the 2025 Summer Term.
Educating families whilst benefitting primary schools financially.
What is Dance for Diabetes?
Diabetes Research & Wellness Foundation (DRWF) is a national charity which has developed a resource enabling pupils to be physically active without stepping outside of the classroom. This carefully designed resource raises awareness of diabetes, offers a platform to have fun through movement and raises unbudgeted funds for your school.
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Our annual Dance for Diabetes event has been extremely successful, raising over £50,000 in just 3 years for participating schools and DRWF. Many Hampshire based schools have participated during this time; sharing over £20,000 between them as a direct result of our pledge to donate 40p of every £1 raised back to the schools!
Schools receive a host of readymade classroom resources supported by a step-by-step and simple to follow dance video, choreographed to a well-known pop song by Hampshire based afterschool provider, FunKidz Dance.
At the start of the Summer Term for 5 / 6 weeks through to our UK performance week, Monday 19th - Friday 23rd May 2025, schools are asked to show the video in classes for around 5 minutes, 2-3 times a week. This will familiarise pupils with the dance, foster pupil togetherness and increase engagement in readiness for a whole school performance and non-school uniform day at the end! During this time, pupil will take home a prepacked welcome letter and sponsorship pack allowing them to gain sponsorship for their efforts.
How will this benefit my school?
- In 2024, over 50% of schools received at least £1,000 in unbudgeted income.
- FREE Resource to utilise daily encouraging physical activity.
- Your school will receive 40% of every £1 raised by your pupils.
- Evidence towards your school games mark and OFSTED.
- Pupil awareness of this condition and parental resources.
- Enabling responsibility of older children to act as dance leads during performance week.
Every School will receive:
- Pre-packed welcome letter, sponsorship form and downloadable educational content for parents. (Delivered in classroom ready bundles 30).
- Comprehensive social media and communications plan, designed to save teachers time and spread a consistent educational and fundraising message with families.
- 6-week instructional classroom video to learn. This can be used as part of your PE lesson, wake and shake or even to end the school day.
- Ready to go, age appropriate, PowerPoint assembly presentation on diabetes.
- Participation certificates. (Delivered in classroom ready bundles 30).
- T-Shirts for staff to wear on performance day.
- Dedicated 1:1 contact with myself throughout.
- The opportunity to be crowned ‘Highest Fundraising School 2025’
Every pupil will:
- Receive a printed participation certificate.
- Have the opportunity to:
- Be crowned ‘Highest Pupil Fundraiser 2025’
- Win a family ticket to Paulton's Park / Peppa Pig World.
- Enter a colouring competition to win Smyths Toys Vouchers.
- Have an opportunity to dance without judgement or barriers.
- Raise much needed funds for their school and make a difference to the future of diabetes through fundraising and purposeful movement.
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