Please see our Swiss Cottage Evaluation Report page for our latest research and evaluation project.
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 below 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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2nd July 2020
Who are you? My name is Leo (at least, one of my names is Leo) and I was on the India 2012 tour. I loved Circus from a tiny age and did the BTEC course at Circomedia in 2010/11. I’ve…
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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.
Find out moreBack in Kenya for a 6 week project with our partners the Sarakasi Trust, GRT Italia and Smiles for Change project in Nairobi.
learn more about Kenya 20202020 sees the team back in India for the 13th year working with our usual partner organisations.
learn more about India 2020Due to political unrest in the country we are only doing two mini-Tours to Nicaragua in 2019 using local artists to do 2x1 week projects with our usual partners in Los Quinchos (San Marcos), Las Chavaladas (Leon) and Ninos del Fortin (Leon). This was funded by an NSC grant.
learn more about Nicaragua 2019This year we will be returning once again to work with our usual partners in Kenya.
learn more about Kenya 2019We return to India once again 12 years on from our first tour working with our regular partners.
learn more about India 2019PWB supported the Flying Seagulls in Samos, Greece, doing some social circus outreach work with the refugees there for a week in early December.
learn more about Greece 2019The PWB team returned to Calais and Dunkirk in the Spring and Autumn of 2019 to reach out to Refugees in those towns in order to help with their psychological and physical wellbeing.
learn more about Calais and Dunkirk 2019PWBs short trips over the channel to support refugee children stranded there.
learn more about Calais & Dunkirk 2018Our 6th year back in Nicaragua working with our regular partners like Los Quinchos (San Marcos), Las Chavaladas (Leon), Ninos del Fortin (Leon) and La Escuela de Comedia y Mimo (Granada).
learn more about Nicaragua 2018PWB returns to India for our amazing 11th year working with our now regular and well established partners.
learn more about India 2018In 2018 we made our 3rd visit to the African country of Kenya, to help co-ordinate a series of workshops and performances with local communities in the area.
learn more about Kenya 2018Back in Kenya once more working with our usual partners and creating powerful positive experiences.
learn more about Kenya 2017Back in Nicaragua once more working with our usual partners and creating powerful positive experiences.
learn more about Nicaragua 2017Celebrating 10 years of PWB this year and 10 years partnerships in India PWB returns once more into the fray.
learn more about India 2017Back in India once more working with our usual partners and creating powerful positive experiences.
learn more about India 2016Back in Nicaragua once more working with our usual partners and creating powerful positive experiences.
learn more about Nicaragua 2016Back in Kenya once more working with our usual partners and creating powerful positive experiences.
learn more about Kenya 2016Back in India once more working with our usual partners and creating powerful positive experiences.
learn more about India 2015Back in Kenya once more working with our usual partners and creating powerful positive experiences.
learn more about Nicaragua 2015Back in India once more working with our usual partners and creating powerful positive experiences.
learn more about India 2014Back in Nicaragua once more working with our usual partners and creating powerful positive experiences.
learn more about Nicaragua 2014The one and only tour to Sierra Leone visited Free Town, Kamakwe, Makeni, Pujehun and Bo over 2 months
learn more about Sierra Leone 2014The first ever PWB tour to Nicaragua was a great success and set the scene for many more to come.
learn more about Nicaragua 2013Our third year in India spreading positive vibes and uplifting the most needy.
learn more about India 2011Back again after a year to re-organise. The second your to India looked amazing - check it out here!
learn more about India 2010The FIRST PWB tour actually started in Autumn 2007 went through to 2008 and then went up though Pakistan, to China and into Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan for the "Silk Road Circus" trip.
learn more about India 2008Please see our Swiss Cottage Evaluation Report page for our latest research and evaluation project.