Salix Homes is helping to keep dancing tradition alive

A dance club is helping to give a new lease of life to an English dancing tradition in the heart of inner city Salford.

And the Excelcia Morris dancing troupe will now look the part after being kitted out with a new team outfit thanks to a community grant from Salix Homes.

The Seedley-based group submitted a bid to Salix Homes’ Springboard fund which supports projects and initiatives in Salford that boost community spirit, promote health and wellbeing, reduce isolation or improve the environment.

We have awarded the team £455 to cover the cost ofnew outfits to give them a more professional lookwhen they take part in competitions.

Excelcia is run by volunteers and is dedicated to encouraging children and adults to get involved in dancing to help them keep fit and meet new friends.

It is not the only Morris dancing troupe to have secured funding from the Springboard in recent times.

Last year the Lower Kersal Morris Dancing Troupe, one of Salford’s biggest and longest-running troupes, was awarded a cash boost to cover administration costs and help keep their tradition alive.

Helen Byrne, neighbourhood manager at Salix Homes, said: “We’re really pleased as an organisation to be contributing towards such a great cause. Since setting up the Springboard fund it has been made very apparent how many immensely talented, yet underfunded, dancing groups there are in the local area. We’re really excited to see the impact our grants have on the futures of these groups.”

Apply for a Springboard grant now.