Social Justice Circus <3
Check out these amazing children's charities!
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a bit About Nutmeg's background
Nutmeg was born from social justice circus projects!
Nutmeg developed her inner clown as a volunteer with children's charities!
We deliver circus to communities all over the world lacking access to our art form!
Nutmeg has travelled to the Philippines, Poland and all around the balkans and the UK delivering circus sessions and shows to kids who deserve smiles.
Please go check out the websites of these groups, and if you feel you can spare a donation or share it with your friends, it would mean the world!
Circus is for everybody
Performers Without Borders
It's been an extremely adventurous and ambitious journey volunteering with Performers Without Borders.
Nutmeg spent 1 month in the Philippines in winter 2024; the team created a fire show and a children's show, and spent the month touring the islands delivering the silliness they created to villages in incredibly rural and hard to reach places!
PWB is currently engaged in a 5 year tour and Nutmeg is extremely grateful for being a part of the team and all of the colourful and delightful adventures around the Philippines - with her eyes on next year's tour application!
Rain, sun, heat, mosquitoes... even when there are no roads ... NOTHING will stop us from getting ourselves and our equipment to these amazingly physically literate and talented children!
Nutmeg wrote several newsletters about our time in the Philippines - check it out!
Circus as a tool to unite us
The Flying Seagull Project
Nutmeg has been a volunteer with the Flying Seagull Project for 3+ years! This incredible children's charity that brings circus, clowning and magic to the children in communities needing smiles; we visit refugee camps/hotels, domestic violence shelters, children's hospitals and schools for children with complex needs - all sorts of places in the UK and across Europe where there are children and young people in need of some laughter!
We believe in everybody's right to a childhood, and access to play and cultural society is a human right.
Nutmeg's love for hula hoops brings connection, sharing and joy. All of the squeals of happiness and excitement from the children is so rewarding! Nutmeg has ound it transformative and empowering getting to work with amazing fellow clowns and cannot wait for the next tour!
Why this is important to nutmeg
Training
Experience
Training
Nutmeg has taken part in extensive training as a volunteer with these incredible children's charities. Nutmeg has experience working with all ages, large and diverse groups that include a wide range of physical abilities and even working non verbally with multi lingual groups
Safety
Experience
Training
All circus practitioners prioritize safety, and 3+ years experience working in extremely sensitive environments has given Nutmeg invaluable experience in learning how to appropriately respond to safeguarding or the security concerns that come with working with children. Nutmeg is an advocate for consent, curiosity, autonomy - and creating not only SAFE spaces, but BRAVE spaces!
Experience
Experience
Experience
Nutmeg has:
-Basic first aid training
-Safeguarding qualification
-Enhanced DBS
- Full PLI
-Certificates in diversity, inclusion and accessibility from HulaHoop Intergral and CircusWorks
- 5+ years experience working with kids
-10+ years experience as a circus performer
Nutmeg is confident in managing large groups, language barriers, SEND access needs etc
Values
Experience
Experience
These groups have strengthened my own values on accessibility, diversity and inclusion.
All human beans deserve
- access to play
- to be included and supported in their community
- to have their voice heard and needs met
- to have their uniqueness celebrated!
Circus is an amazing tool for so many types of learning, we learn circus skills but ALSO: teamwork, determination, courage, safety and self belief
absolutely everyone deserves access to play, fun and circus!
