Fancy doing do-si-doe and helping to raise some funds for a local charity? Tickets are now on sale for a charity Barn Dance in aid of the Gillingham & Shaftesbury Show’s Student Support Fund.
This fund, only in its second year, was set up by the Gillingham and Shaftesbury Agricultural Society to offer grants to students entering into agricultural, horticultural, countryside and land-based industries.
It offers help with costs towards college or university course fees, books and equipment or even to help meet transport costs of getting to a place of study from a rural location.
In 2021 the Fund gave out £3,674.76. This year the fund is due to give out over £,4000 worth in grants ranging in money from £100 to £1,500 to Students of all ages requiring financial help to get onto their courses.
The Barn Dance will be held at the Turnpike Showground on Wednesday 10 August. There will be music from Black Sheep, one of Dorset’s most popular barn dance and ceilidh band, who have been entertaining audiences across the county for over 30 years.
Tickets are £10 per person and the marquee opens at 6pm. Music from 7.30pm. Bar and hot food caterers are available. Have a dance and enjoy a pizza – it will be a fantastic night with every penny going towards the Support Fund.
Event Organiser James Cox said: “People who attend our events help us to truly make a difference to someone’s education and future prospects by supporting us and therefore the Student Support Fund. The Fund is vital as we know that Rural livelihoods are crucial to our county.”
Book via info@gillinghamandshaftesburyshow.co.uk or telephone 01747 823955