SCZ London Cheerleaders

Give me a W! Give me an M! Give me a D!

W-M-D! No seriously Show us one!

SCZ Cheerleaders got involved with current affairs by teaming up with 38 Degrees, a people-powered campaign organisation which brings brings people together to take action on current issues. On Friday the 29th of January, 38 Degrees wanted cheerleaders to grab the attention of the media and the people around to bring their campaign into the spotlight: Tougher questions for Tony Blair at the Iraq Inquiry. We were cheering our hearts out and getting hundreds of people invloved to chant encouraging chants for Chilcot to be asking tough questions, as well as chanting our own questions as well. The publicity stunt was also designed to be filmed by Don't Panic Productions to create the corporate film for 38 Degrees.

We cheered our way to media spotilght, being interviewed by numerous TV news channels, photographers and journalists, up till handing the 38 Degrees petition to the Iraq Inquiry panel, that had been signed by 14077 people.

"Jessica and the Zoo Dance cheerleaders were great. We got them down to cheer on the Chilcot and the rest of the Iraq Inquiry panel on the day that Blair was in the dock. They were really enthusiastic about the whole thing and were able to easily turn their talents to an unusual task that I'm sure they weren't 100 percent used to. At one point they had a couple of hundred people following their cheers!" Heydon Prowse, Don't Panic Productions

"To Jessica, Tereza and Vikki - Everyone at 38 Degrees just wanted to say a MASSIVE thank you for your support last Friday. It was not the best weather for cheerleading, so we really appreciated you beig there and joining in with such good humour. Next time we need cheerleaders, you'll be first on our list! Yours, 38 Degrees" Hannah Lownsbrough, 38 Degrees