30 September 2025

Heart icon Trainee Giggle Doctor Recruitment

We’re looking for playful people with a performing arts background who want to use their creativity, imagination and performance skills to bring joyful encounters to children in hospitals and specialist care settings!

How to Apply

Please click here to download the Trainee Giggle Doctor Recruitment Pack which contains full details of the role and instructions on how to apply.


Got a question? Send an email or drop in to chat to the Programme Team and a Giggle Doctor on Zoom on Thursday 23rd October any time 7pm – 8pm. Sign up here

You can apply electronically, by downloading and completing the following forms by email or post:

Complete applications should be sent to giggleadmin@theodora.org by 12.00 pm on Monday the 17th of November.

Postal applications can be sent to: Isabel Squires, Theodora Children’s Charity,
Office 872, Salisbury House, 29 Finsbury Circus, London, EC2M 5SQ

Please contact us at the email address above if you have any difficulty accessing or filling out the application documents.

Applicants shortlisted for the first phase of recruitment will be invited to an audition workshop on Friday 28th November or Thursday 4th December. Following the workshop, some candidates will be invited to interview on Thursday 4th or Friday 5th of December.

Applicants invited to the second phase of recruitment will accompany a Senior Giggle Doctor on 2 trial hospital visits in January/February 2026. Following these 2 trial visits, candidates will be notified on whether they will be offered a Trainee Giggle Doctor contract.

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If you would like to read the story of our latest Trainee Giggle Doctors click here

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