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Duncan Place Community Hub & Enterprise, 4 Duncan Place, Leith, United Kingdom
*** We're delighted to open up a few spaces on these popular classes. If you'd like any more details in addition to the information below, please email Drew on ZXZlbnRzIHwgZHVuY2FucGxhY2UgISBvcmc= ***
Join our Laughter For Health & Happiness classes with Laughter Consultant and Health & Wellbeing coach Jo Bluett. We're delighted to have Jo lead these sessions and share her knowledge, skills and passion in a fun, healthy and accessible way with our community. Jo says "Therapeutic laughter gives us a total wellbeing workout and helps us to feel amazing on all levels - physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually."
Laugh yourself happier and healthier!
The benefits of laughter include:
You can get a taster of what our Laughter for Health & Happiness classes might look like by watching this short two-minute video on the BBC website, which features Jo talking about a previous Laughter Club: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05lkp75
Payments for these classes can be made here on Eventbrite, however please be advised that Eventbrite add on their own non-refundable fee to the ticket price which they collect. Alternatively, you can email us on ZXZlbnRzIHwgZHVuY2FucGxhY2UgISBvcmc= and we can send you a payment link without an additional fee added. After your first class, payments can be made in-person each week at Duncan Place via card or cash.
£6 = Standard Class Fee (for people who have a steady income and are able to occasionally attend paid events or classes).
Alternative options
£3 = Reduced Class Fee (an alternative option for people who have an unsteady or lower income, and are not often able to attend paid events or classes).
£8 = Class Fee + (an alternative option for people who have disposable income and are able to regularly attend paid events or classes. This option also helps us sustain the reduced priced option).
With these three options, it is also completely OK to pick different payment options at each class. You get to choose exactly what you pay according to what you can genuinely afford. We only ask you that you do a little bit of self-reflection before choosing your price point. You may find yourself somewhere between price points and that is fine. You get to choose which price point fits most comfortably at any given time.
Our classes are a great mix of folks who have been coming along regularly, and people trying it for the first time. As spaces are limited, this class is suitable for people who would be able to attend the class regularly. After you have attended your first class, if you intend to come back (which we're sure you will) you can let us know on the day to expect you at future classes.
Jo Bluett set up Laughter For Health in 2012 after discovering that laughter profoundly helped her to manage her own chronic health issues. Laughter for Jo became a daily tool to manage mood, reduce pain, build resilience and boost health and happiness which she then wanted to share with others.
Jo ran Edinburgh Laughter Club for 10 years totally voluntarily to become one of the most successful laughter clubs in the UK (the first club to run weekly sessions and the first to secure funding from the NHS). Together with her regular members, they raised over £25K for local charities - doing good and feeling good!
There is ramped access into the building. The event will be held on the ground floor of Duncan Place Community Hub and is wheelchair accessible.
There are two individual toilets on the ground floor with one being wheelchair accessible.
There is foyer space and outdoor space for those that might need to break away to a quieter area during the session.
If there is anything we can do to help you attend these workshops, please get in touch with Drew by emailing ZXZlbnRzIHwgZHVuY2FucGxhY2UgISBvcmc= or telephoning 0131 364 4350.
We can be found on Google Maps here > https://goo.gl/maps/qNZeEKWL1uhdQRBd7
Duncan Place is a few minutes’ walk from Leith Walk, Duke Street, Great Junction Street and Easter Road. This area is very well served with buses, including 1, 7, 14, 16, 21, 25, 34, 35 & 49.
www.lothianbuses.com has a journey planner.
Bike racks are available in our outdoor space. Please bring a secure lock. We do not have any to loan out & bikes and scooters are not allowed in the building. Bikes and scooters are left at your own risk and Duncan Place will not accept any responsibility for any damage or theft. CCTV does cover the bike racks.
Duncan Place has 1 disabled parking space and 1 further space alongside the exterior fencing, both available on a first come basis.
Parking bays have been painted on the road outside the building and on-street (card only) pay and display meters have been installed by City of Edinburgh Council, at a rate of £3.10 per hour, Monday to Friday 8:30am until 5:30pm.
There are also yellow zig zags on the street. Again, please check signage but at the time of writing it is free to park on the zigs zags after 4pm Mon to Fri and all day on the weekends.
Duke Place, is just behind the building and some parking bays (not the resident permit holder spaces) are currently free all day, every day. This is very busy though so spaces may not be available.
Again, please check signage at the nearby Tesco. At the time of writing parking is available for up to 3 hours.
Also check out other Workshops in Edinburgh, Health & Wellness Events in Edinburgh.
Tickets for Laughter for Health and Happiness can be booked here.
Ticket Information | Ticket Price |
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Standard Class Fee (Steady Income) | GBP 6 |
Reduced Fee (Low/Unsteady Income) | GBP 3 |
Class Fee + (Disposable Income) | GBP 8 |