DDs prom was meant to be next weekend. It was cancelled 2 weeks ago (the day after we collected her dress 
).
2 days later, following Snapchat and Instagram conversations between some of the kids 2 parents got together and decided to plan their own.
They started a FB page for the parents of the [school name] year 11 leavers which was advertised initially on the town’s FB page, then word of mouth. They set up an email and asked parents to email them with the name of their child if they were interested in going.
They toured 2 venues and secured one for a prom at the start of August. They locked the FB page and posted the names of all those who had signed up, asking for DMs for those who had been missed.
Payment (only slightly more than the school one) was requested by bank transfer to a bank account set up for the event and last night it was confirmed that everyone who had requested a place had one (originally it was going to have to be ‘names out of a hat’ as the venue was slightly smaller, in the end the venue was able to accommodate the same number).
Parent volunteers are doing much of the organisation and set-up, from cleaners to photographers to entertainment and so on. People have pulled together and it is a sight to behold.
It can be done and I am indebted to these parents who went for it - DD was gutted when original prom was cancelled and is now over the moon (and tbh, the new one promises to be better than the original!)