Delivered with support from the Local Area Integration Team this project will work with 3 groups of children and young people of varying ages, all of whom are residents of an accommodation centre for those seeking International Protection. Doulab for Circus and Dance is an organisation dedicated to equal access to high quality contemporary circus and dance and is highly skilled in this area of practice. Founded in 2017 in Palestine by Fadi and Juliet Zmorrod, Doulab acts as an umbrella for creating, performing, and engaging with different communities through performance, festival curation and through workshop facilitation. Doulab is passionate about enabling all, including marginalised, communities to access and experience high quality contemporary circus and dance.

Workshops will take place both in the centre and off site in a larger space. The participants will be introduced to different circus techniques throughout the programme, and social circus and creative movement will be used as tools to build trust within the group, encourage self-esteem, equality of all in the space and many other important concepts, both creative and social. Towards the latter end of the project, the participants will be encouraged to begin to lead their own practice; decide which disciplines of circus they find themselves in, and given space and time to practice and search within the possibilities of that.

Please note that the details of events listed above are provided by the relevant Local Authorities.