Joe Hoare

21/22 march saw another batch of happy graduates emerge from an intensive weekend, full of laughter and learning (evidently a preferred way of spending what used to be known as ‘mothering sunday’ before the marketeers got their guilt-inducing hands on the concept.)

We supped fine teas courtesy of Pukka Teas sponsorship, watched the london skateboarders, scores of them, as they passed our room at Troubadours, and laughed and learned, and learned and laughed. Delegates included drug rehab specialists, community development specialists, dance teachers,  Mind Gym educationalists, so we were a nice mixed group, and everyone enjoyed it.

Yes, the weekend was a success.

Sunny Sandsend, a lovely place to run the 1st Laughter Facilitation course in the north of England. Weather was perfect, as were the fish & chips and the prawns. And the course, well, 8 enthused, keen and inquiring and willing people make for a great course, full of laughter, good quality information, wonderful stories, growthful risk-taking - you could see it in people’s faces by day 2, their openness, the sparkle in their eyes, their easy engagement with each other, a very rewarding experience for all of us.

Photos to follow soon, taken by Ilford’s current master-class photographer Keith.