The mission of Performers Without Borders (PWB) is to improve the physical and mental wellbeing of disadvantaged young people through teaching circus skills and performing arts.
Partaking in a physical activity at a young age has been shown to be a great indicator of future mental and physical health and academic achievement, so our work can be an important early intervention with long lasting and broad ranging benefits for a wide range of vulnerable young people (see Our Impact for more).
Extended Circus Arts Instruction (CAI) with a social focus has been shown to have significant benefits and lasting impacts on physical and mental wellbeing for disadvantaged young people across the world, in PWB’s own 12 years of international projects and from many others.
This is based on a growing body of research expounding the benefits of learning circus skills and putting on performances.
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PWB-International currently does outreach work in India, Kenya and Nicaragua every year between January and April. We also support shorter projects with the refugees in Calais.
PWB-UK also developing outreach projects across the UK and we are keen to get in touch with new partners, funding bodies and interested volunteers.
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24th September 2020
Who are you? My name is Will, I am 30 years old, currently living in Belgium. I was 27 when I went on tour with PWB in Nicaragua, and I had been working as a self-employed circus performer and teacher…
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This carousel contains links to all the tours that PWB have ever done since 2007. We advertise for volunteers from April to July ready to go on tour the next January. To find out more about what it means to volunteer on a tour, head to our ‘Volunteering’ page.
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