For hospitalised children, empowering and engaging with them through performing arts.

The Clown Doctor programme places artists in healthcare settings to offer an impartial way of entertaining, supporting and empowering children who may be struggling with issues of fear, boredom, confusion and other insecurities.

Following the success of the pilot Clown Round project based at James Paget Hospital, we are very happy to announce that we have funding from BBC Children in Need to begin a three year project.

The new programme works regularly with James Paget, Ipswich and Colchester Hospitals and will also provide Clown Round visits to hospices and other children’s wards in the region.

We are currently in the process of recruiting and training new Clown Doctors ready for the programme’s expansion.

Tin Arts, an organisation with extensive experience of developing its own Clown Doctor project, will be providing training and mentoring to Suffolk Artlink’s team for the duration of the project. 

Clown 'Round Flyer