To celebrate her 70th year and raise much needed funds for the charity she founded, from noon on Friday 15 May 2026, Laura Murphy is dancing for a full 24 hours!
Laura has dedicated many years to founding and running, fundraising and supporting the WayfinderWoman charity. Now for her 70th year, she would like to mark the occasion with a fundraising one off. Laura hopes to secure the immediate future of the charity, its hub and its ability to support local women with this 24 hour danceathon.
The What
24 hours of dancemania! Over the course of a full day, Laura will be dancing (with the requisite food and drink breaks!) at the MissionFiit Hailsham activity hub. Guided by dance professionals, she will boogie her way through a variety of styles and music – all while in her 70th year around the sun. It’s considered to be an endurance event and so Laura is in training with the help of Ace Corporate Fitness
The day will be split into one hour slots with a different dance style for each hour from noon on Friday 15 May to noon on Saturday 16 May. The most difficult time for her will be those early hours after midnight before the sun starts to rise. At the beginning she’ll be full of energy and towards the end, although exhausted, she’ll have the support of those urging her on for the last few hours.
The public can get involved by joining in (in person or virtually), donating to secure a song choice, sponsoring part of the event, or donating via JustGiving to the overall cause. The aim is to raise at least £7,000. Secretly Laura’s hoping to get closer to £70,000! She needs a lot of help from people like you to do this though – and to survive for 24 hours.
How YOU can help
You can help with the planning or on the day. Here’s just a few examples:
- If you run a dance school, or are a dance instructor and want to be involved in this amazing adventure for one or more of the hour slots then email us.
- We need the presence of first aiders. Can you spare a bit of time?
- Are you into DJing or streaming? Have some fun putting music together for each hour for us.
- We want to livestream the whole event. Do you have the skills, knowledge or tech to help us out?
- Want to help us to promote the event beforehand and/or on the day? Then email us.
- Run a business and are happy to sponsor all or some of the event? Contact us to see our sponsor offers.
And finally, we need people from all walks of life to join Laura on the day through the different hours to keep her company and to celebrate taking part in this amazing, fun filled endurance event. All we ask is that you raise your own sponsorship for taking part whether it’s for an hour, or two or more.
If you’re interested in any of these contact us on info@wayfinderwoman.com and follow us on Facebook, Insta and TikTok
We can’t wait to see how much dance can really be packed into 1,440 minutes!
