Bring Back The Joy. Dance For Connection.
This September, turn your favourite moves into a lifeline. Join a national movement of dance-a-thons supporting families navigating dementia.
The power of moving together
Dementia can make the world feel very small. Isolation creeps in, and everyday social spaces become overwhelming for families who are already carrying so much.
Music changes that. It reaches parts of the brain dementia cannot touch, sparking memories and unlocking joy when little else can.
When you dance, you help fund Umbrella Dementia Cafés, where families living with dementia find the community, acceptance, and celebration they deserve.
Ready To Make An Impact?
Whether you're a local dance school, a workplace, an aged care community, or just want to host a virtual kitchen disco with friends, anyone, anywhere can host in person or online.
Claim Your Date
Choose any day this September during Dementia Awareness Month, to host your dance event, in person or virtually. A rock 'n' roll afternoon tea, a Zoom dance party, a silent disco, your gym class or a 24-hour marathon, you set the rules!
Build Your Dance Crew
Register for free in just 2 minutes. Create a team or individual page, set a fundraising goal and invite your friends, family, or colleagues to join you, whether you're dancing together in a room or across the country online.
Move and Multiply Impact
Share your personalised page with your network. Every dollar your community sponsors keeps the music playing and the doors open at vital community dementia cafés nationwide.
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Did you know that dancing can delay and prevent the onset of Dementia*?
*Find out more about the benefits of dancing for brain health here
Start dancing today
Research shows dancing can reduce the onset of dementia and improve cognitive function, starting as early as your 30s. Don't wait.
Join our dance-a-thon this September for Dementia Awareness Month. Dance for someone you love.
How your fundraising helps
Every dollar you raise will help empower people living with dementia.
Umbrella Dementia Cafés™ are a network of informal community peer support groups, called 'cafés', designed to improve the social health and well-being of people living in the community with dementia as well as their families and carers.
We believe the key to personal well-being is social connectedness and having a community support network around you. We are a community who understand you, accept you and include you. Our mission is to bring people hope, connection and a better quality of life.
Dance Against Dementia helps Umbrella Dementia Cafés™ establish more dementia café programs.
A special thanks to our sponsors
Get ready to dance like nobody’s watching!
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