The dance inspired fitness program Zumba, begins at Shaftesbury youth club beginning Wednesday 22nd of June

• 6-7 pm for Adults £3.50
• 7-8 pm for Children (free)

The Club has been lucky enough to win a grant aimed at promoting multicultural activities in Wirral and have chosen to focus on giving the young people an experience of Indian culture. The Dance Troupe are learning Indian dancing, there will be lessons in Indian cookery, henna painting and drumming. There will be a Bollywood evening to showcase all these activities. One very important contributor to this project is Lina Choudury, one of our former Future Joibs Fund trainees.

Congratulations to our fantastic Shaftes Dance Troupe who put on another great show at the Club on January 29th. About 80 friends families and supporters attended the event which was organised by the dancers and the Club staff. The age range of the dancers range from 8 to 24 years (although the majority are 15-19 years old).

The original idea to hold a fundraising evening came from a Dance Troupe member whose friend has been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. the evening raised an amazing sum of £900, of which half went to an MS Charity and half to Shaftes. Such amounts are not easily raised and the young people should be rightly proud of themselves for their achievement. The feedback from those who attended was very positive and we are especially pleased that we were able to attract a new audience to witness what marvellous work is done here.