FAQs
Common Questions Answered
Here are some frequently asked questions about our Building Transformation course that will help you understand its structure and benefits.
Move beyond information sharing
Avoiding tick-box engagement
Apply theatre as the mechanism for ethical, practical, community-led SBCC.
Why Participatory Theatre?
Because behaviour change does not happen through messaging alone. Participatory theatre creates a safe, practical space where communities can explore real pressures, social norms, power dynamics, and choices together — without shame, coercion, or one-way instruction. It helps people move from being “audiences” to active co-creators of change, while giving practitioners a way to listen, co-design, close feedback loops, and measure what shifts in ways that are human, ethical, and grounded in real life.
Participatory Theatre has both the abiltiy to firstly, communicate information through active learning methods and secondly, address deeply rooted attitudes, norms or behaviours. It is also a wide umbrella containing within an adaptable set of principles and practice that can be woven through communication efforts
Why is £500 worth it?
Because you leave with more than training — you leave with a project you can use. Over six live, practical sessions, you build a field-ready community engagement and SBCC starter kit, including a project concept, participatory research plan, Theory of Change, facilitation plan, and impact measurement approach. In a sector where weak engagement can cost trust, time, and impact, £500 is a focused investment in practical skills you can apply immediately with communities.
Is this really hands‑on if
it’s online?
Yes. Each week focuses on practice: facilitation individual & group exercises, games, role-play scenarios, peer feedback, and coached application — not passive webinars.
Is this appropriate for high-risk, protection-sensitive contexts?
Safeguarding is embedded: trauma-informed, do-no-harm practice aligned to CHS commitments, including safe pathways to raise concerns and learn and adapt based on feedback.
Who is this course for?
This course targets frontline humanitarian workers, community communicators, NGO/INGO teams, and theatre practitioners eager to engage communities through participatory theatre and effective communication strategies.
What will I learn?
You will gain valuable skills in Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) through practical tools, participatory research methods, and ways to create impactful community engagement.
How is the course structured?
The course runs for six weeks, comprising segments on preparation, planning, research, co-design, implementation, adaptation, and measuring success using participatory techniques.
Is there a refund policy?
Full payment confirms your place on the course. If your plans change, you can receive a full refund by cancelling at least 3 working days before the course begins. Once the course has started, refunds are not normally available because places are limited and the cohort is planned around confirmed participants. However, we understand that serious emergencies can happen and will consider exceptional circumstances with care. Missed sessions are not refundable, but participants will be supported to catch up where possible.