Ewen Fletcher

What better opportunity to challenge myself and raise money for a great cause. To say I am outside my comfort zone is an understatement, however that is all part of the fun!

On 25 June I will join nine other brave Ballaratians and our brilliant, far more experienced dance partners, to compete for the title of Dancing With Our Stars Champion 2022.

It's all for an excellent cause, raising funds for The Ballarat Foundation.

The Ballarat Foundation enables philanthropic solutions to social problems in our community. Ballarat is a beautiful and exciting place to live but many of our residents face challenges such as homelessness, and food insecurity. Others need assistance with early learning and literacy and youth support services.

Recent achievements of the Foundation include:

- Helping children to build a love of books and reading, with more than 2800 books delivered through Dolly Parton's Imagination Library program;

- Distributing $17,000 in vouchers to ensure some of our most vulnerable families have what their children need for school;

- Supporting 27 young drivers to graduate through the L2P program, obtaining a licence, with the guiding help of more than 90 volunteer mentors.

- Supporting the volunteering sector through promotion and building capability of more than 50 volunteer agencies.

I have been tasked with raising $10,000 to aid The Ballarat Foundation in their continued great work. Any donation you make helps me to help our community!

(Keep checking in for all of the behind the scenes action - with lots of laughs!)

Bronze Sponsor - Sharp Accounting