Suitcase Circus: SCREAM (Social Circus; recognising educational activity methodologies) is a partnership created from ten partners, across Europe, Latin America & Australia. The partners are all experienced circus organisations delivering education to young people with fewer opportunities through social circus.The objectives of the partnership are two fold:1) To up-skill circus youth workers, organisations providing non-formal education and develop synergies through seminars mobilising 16 youth workers and job shadows allowing 55 circus professionals to spend two weeks with another partners, observing or taking part in circus education.2) Suitcase Circus SCREAM partners have identified the problem that Circus as an education field is unrecognised. Informal and non-formal education projects being delivered to young people with fewer opportunities through social circus are considered to be ‘youth activities’ with little recognition of the significant impact on young people’s personal development. Circus degree’s often referred to as ‘Clown Degree’s’ again do not recognise the magnitude of the training, fitness and ability young people undertaking such studies must develop to achieve this qualification. The second objective of this partnership is to gain recognition for the contribution that social circus makes to the field of non-formal education.We will achieve these two aims by setting up a network project to build capacity. The 24 month project will begin with a start-up seminar in London hosted at the National Centre for Circus Arts welcoming one participant from each partner. This will be an opportunity for both contact making, strengthening partners understanding of each other and training in the opportunities and rules of the Erasmus+ programme. Seven partners have worked together on a previous European programme aimed at improving provision of social circus for young people. This project follows the successful Suitcase Circus for Youth this time allowing opportunities for staff development and capacity building in the organisations. An 18 month phase of job shadows will be offered by all partners in order to offer a diverse range of opportunities for staff skills, knowledge and competence development in the field. In parallel to these activities the other arm of the project will be researching circus education provision, creating a catalogue of current practice and researching the public (and stakeholders) views about circus education. Using this research as a starting point a campaign will be launched to better recognise social circus as an educational methodology. Within Suitcase Circus: SCREAM our primary objective is not to learn circus arts, but rather to facilitate participants’ personal and social development by nurturing their self-esteem and trust in others, as well as by helping them to acquire social skills, become active citizens, express their creativity and realise their potential