Tea Dances

Sir Simon Milton Foundation Tea Dance 2024

The event of the year, the annual Sir, Simon Milton Foundation Tea Dance, will take place on Sunday 1^st December in the iconic Great Room at the Grosvenor House Hotel on Park Lane.

Always a popular event, the Tea Dance is a splendid occasion full of dancing, afternoon tea, good company and entertainment. There will be live music from Tea Dance favourites, the Red Stripe Band, a full afternoon tea courtesy of Grosvenor House and performances form local performers.

The event is for Westminster residents only, aged 65 and over. People who haven’t who haven’t been before or those coming on their own are particularly welcomed- there are plenty of solo guests and it is a chance to meet new people and dance with our volunteer Police Cadets.

The Tea Dance is hosted by the Sir Simon Milton Foundation. We are generously supported by the JW Marriott Grosvenor House London, Shaftesbury Capital PLC, Volunteer Police Cadets, Westminster City Council ‘Westminster Connects’ volunteers and many others, for which we are truly grateful.

Event Details:

Date: Sunday 1^st December 2024

Time: 2 - 4.30pm (please note it is very important guests do not arrive before 1.30pm as overcrowding causes safety risks. Entry to The Great Room will open at 2pm)

Venue: JW Marriott Grosvenor House London, The Great Room, 86-90 Park Lane, London, W1K 7TN.

How to Apply:

Please click here to complete our Tea Dance Application Form

Tickets

Deadline for applications: Friday 25^th October 2024. Tickets will be sent mid-November.

There are 1000 tickets available. If there are more applications than people applying, spaces will be entered into a prize draw. Tickets are also allocated to partner organisations to help reach people who may benefit most from the event.

If you know someone who lives in Westminster and you think would appreciate an afternoon at the Tea Dance, please do let them know about it. You can accompany them if they need assistance to come along.

To apply by post, please write to Sir Simon Milton Foundation, 58 Appledore Avenue, Bexleyheath, Kent, DA7 6QH with the following information:

Full name
Address
Telephone Number
Date Of Birth
Any dietary requirements
Any mobility requirements

If you are planning on bringing a guest, we also need the above information for them as well.

If you have any queries about the event please email: lisa@19advisory.com or call us on 07823 953 501.

Please see below for details of last year's Tea Dance.

Westminster Tea Dance 2023

On 10^th December 2023 the magnificent Great Room in The Grosvenor House Hotel was buzzing with music, singing and dancing, accompanied by a sumptuous afternoon tea at the Westminster Tea Dance.

As always it was a hugely popular event. Over 1,000 Westminster residents enjoyed delicious tea, sandwiches and cakes while being entertained by the wonderful sound of the Red Stripe band. Students from the Sylvia Young Theatre School delighted the audience with a spectacular musical medley. Rashmi Becker, from Step Change Studios, an inclusive Latin and Ballroom dance company and her partner Lawrence James performed two dazzling ballroom routines. Special guest, Derrick Evens aka Mr Motivator, joined guests at the special event.

As in the past, we awarded a luxury hamper to the oldest person in the room (104!), generously gifted to us by Fortnum & Mason – nobody does hampers better!

For many years now the Tea Dance has been joined by Police Cadets who dance with our guests – the cadets even take a dance lesson beforehand to ensure they know their waltz from their quickstep.

We are as ever grateful to our generous major sponsor, Shaftesbury Capital PLC, Fortnum & Mason for their luxury Christmas hamper and to the Grosvenor House Hotel team, who look after us so well. Finally the event could not run smoothly without the help of dozens of volunteers from 'Westminster Connects' and Westminster Councillors, Council staff and friends.