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Humanitarian Clowning & Trauma-Informed Workshops in London

A decade of Proven Experience That Supports Joy, Resilience and Healing.  

Empowering, Practical Tools 

Safe Nuture Space for Creative Growth & Fun

🔴 Humanitarian Clowning Workshop

📍 Fourth Monkey, London
📅 Saturday 16 May
💷 £100

Learn how laughter and play are powerful tools for connection, participation and repair in crisis contexts and beyond.

 

🧠 Trauma-Informed Practice Workshop

📍 Fourth Monkey, London
📅 Saturday 27 June
💷 £100

Develop a deeper understanding of trauma and gain practical strategies to create safe, collaborative and resilient spaces.

Humanitarian Clowning Workshop in London

Learn to Use Play as a Tool for Resilience and Repair

As featured in The New Humanitarian, our humanitarian clowning approach uses laughter and play to build connection, restore dignity and support emotional wellbeing in complex settings.

This one-day workshop introduces you to our values-led methodology developed across 30+ projects in 14 countries.

 What You’ll Learn

  • How laughter supports emotional resilience and social connection

  • Why clowning is effective in complex or high-stress environments

  • Practical play-based facilitation tools you can use immediately

  • How to adapt clowning techniques to your professional setting

  • Our Laughter & Play Facilitation Toolkit

    (We’re also clowns, so we hope there’s lots of laughter, too!)


     

Who This Workshop Is For

Even serious people join this workshop, and it is ideal for:

  • Artists and performers

  • Healthcare professionals

  • Educators and youth workers

  • Therapists and social workers

  • Corporate leaders seeking human-centred leadership tools


 

Workshop Details

📍 Fourth Monkey, London
📅 Saturday 16 May
💷 £100
👥 Limited places available

➡ Reserve Your Spot

”Such a heart-led, wise and playful exploration of clowning. Beautifully and accessibly facilitated. Deeply informative. Incredibly silly!”

Rosy, workshop participant  

Trauma-Informed Practice Workshop in London

Enhance the Way You Lead, Teach and Connect

This practical trauma-informed workshop explores how trauma affects the mind, body and nervous system and how you can create environments that build safety, collaboration and resilience.

Ideal for anyone working with groups, communities or teams who prefer active, playful learning over sitting and talking.

 What You’ll Learn

  • Foundations of trauma and nervous system awareness

  • How trauma impacts behaviour and group dynamics

  • Practical strategies for trauma-sensitive facilitation

  • Evidence-informed tools to support wellbeing and resilience

  • How to build psychologically safe spaces

Who This Workshop Is For

  • Artists and performers

  • NGO and humanitarian staff

  • Social workers and therapists

  • Healthcare professionals

  • Corporate leaders

  • Community facilitators


 

Workshop Details

📍 Fourth Monkey, London
📅 Saturday 26 June
💷 £100
👥 Limited places available

Reserve Your Spot

Why Choose Our Courses?

Safe Space for Creative Growth & Fun: We create warm, nurturing spaces so you can play and learn with genuine connection and laughter.

Empowering, Practical Tools: Leave with a toolkit of techniques you can use immediately in your work, community, or personal development. 

New Perspectives: Discover fresh ways to see the world. Our workshops share creative approaches that enrich both your professional practice and personal relationships through the transformative power of play.

Proven Experience: Our methods are grounded in over a decade of work with communities worldwide. Proven practices that support joy, resilience and healing.

Join a Global Community: Connect with an inspiring network of humanitarian clowning practitioners, artists, clowns, teachers, social workers, and compassionate leaders changing the world through joy.

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