RED NOSES is one of the largest and leading healthcare clown organisations in the world. Founded in Austria in 1994, RED NOSES is a non-profit foundation on a mission to share the healing power of laughter through the art of clowning. Today, RED NOSES partner offices operate in Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Jordan, Lithuania, Palestine, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia. Across these numerous locations, RED NOSES healthcare clowns work together with vulnerable audiences such as children in hospitals, senior people in geriatric facilities, children with disabilities and people affected by crisis. We envision that those we work with experience an improvement in their overall mental and emotional well-being through our artistic interventions. RED NOSES International, based in Vienna, acts as the headquarter and supports the activities of the locally led organisations by monitoring their overall impact, developing new programmes, setting up quality standards, facilitating capacity building activities, and ensuring the implementation of the organisation’s strategic goals. Art and humour have the potential to help develop compassionate and person centred care for all, and RED NOSES is on a mission to share the restorative power of laughter with those who need it most.
