Get on Track with your Fitness

Sticky Toffee Dance studios in Birmingham are giving YOU the chance to act on your interest in Sports and Dance. We are not asking you to be an Olympic athlete or able to put the dancers on Glee to shame, but we can give you the opportunity to get that step further to your dreams! And.... Open to all ages. All for free too!

All we ask of you is your time and in return we will provide you with a structed programme of street dance lessons, with some of the countries best instructors; Athletics coaching, Sports Physiotherapy with top level professional ran at Birmingham University and Yoga classes. Every step of the way your progress will be monitored and you will be supported with a structured feedback programme too to keep you on track.

At the end of it? Sticky Toffee studios will be hosting a sporting dance event at Birmingham University Athletics ground to raise funds for young people in sheltered housing.

This is open to all Young and Old, with classes at convienent times, we welcome everyone in the Birmingham community, so what’s stopping you? Get involved, meet new friends and get yourself fit.... Opportunities like this don’t come round everyday, limited places so register now!

Contact: Ikeela Sealey – Director
Sticky Toffee Dance Studio Arch 22, Lionel Street Snow Hill, Birmingham B3 1DL

Tel: 077790 77902 (m)
0121 0108 737

email: trustreetdance@hotmail.co.uk

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PROJECT DETAIL

About the Project

Title: Sporting Dance

The overall aim of our project is:

To bring together local residents and people who have an interest in Sports and dance, to involve them in street dance and exercise classes as a single ‘dance community’. We will be hosting a sporting dance event at Birmingham University Athletics ground to raise funds for young people in sheltered housing.
Provide a structured programme that supports young people to lead on the development of the TruStreetDance Academy and define, plan and shape its sustainable future.

The goals are:
· Take street dance and sports into the workplace in the Lionel Street and surrounding area of Snow Hill and leave a sustainable ‘healthy workplace’ programme in place

· Inspire local residents and those who already attend our classes as parents and supporters to get involved in dance and exercise alongside local workers to extend the benefits of dance as exercise to an older group of people

The specific objectives:
We will achieve these goals by using two new programmes that will encourage people to take up dance & exercise as a healthy and fun activity and that build on our existing, exceptionally successful street and contemporary dance / exercise programmes:

· Linking up sport & dance. Engage local communities from families, charities, offices, sport centres , Local residents and dance studios.

· Never too old for Street Dance & sport: The group’ : engage people who are local residents and/or who already attend our classes but don’t yet dance. The mums, dads, sisters, brothers, aunts, uncles and others

This ‘twin’ approach will achieve a number of key outcomes:
· provide fun and high energy health and fitness programmes for 105 people over 30 weeks

· extend the reach of street dance and exercise programmes to an older cohort and local residents.

· bring together local residents and local staff / employees to strengthen the sense of local identity and wellbeing in the area

· build on TruStreetDance’s existing Academy to provide employment and accredited learning opportunities for 5 young dance teachers

· provide detailed, qualitative feedback from participants on the impact of the programme