I have been working with Theodora Children’s Trust for 8 years and make weekly visits as the clown, Dr Betty Ding Dong (a Bell Bottomist), to Great Ormond Street Hospital, Southampton General Hospital and Sheffield Children’s Hospital.  I also visit two specialist centres in Surrey on a monthly basis: The Children’s Trust in Tadworth, a centre providing care, education and therapy to children with multiple disabilities and complex health needs, and The National Centre for Young People with Epilepsy (NCYPE).

As part of a talented team of special clowns, we aim to bring laughter, music and magic to the children (and adults) we visit.  Our training takes two years, and of course we are always learning on the job!  I see our joyful, challenging work as a cycle of giving and receiving and feel very privileged to be a part of this.  Please visit the website for more information: www.theodora.org.uk.

I also work with A Spoonful of Sugar, another UK charity, making monthly visits, as Bel the Clown, to the Carousel Ward of the Middlesex Hospital, London.  Please visit www.aspoonfulofsugar.org

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