The Power of Humour: Mental
Wellbeing's Secret Weapon
Date(s): Wednesday 15th October 2025
Times: 10am to 1pm
Location: Fountain Street Community Centre, Strabane
Facilitator: Fergal Barr Youth Worker and Co-facilitator, Humour is a Serious Business Programme
This workshop will transform your understanding of humour and how it can be used to support and promote good
mental health. It will provide you with an overview of humour, its many benefits and how it can be used to support
and enhance your everyday practice. You will learn a little about the origins and history of humour, its unique selling
points, the many physical, emotional, and social benefits to be enjoyed, the different types of humour that exist,
theories that underpin it as well as the 'Four Secrets' of humour. Participants will also get a chance to put their
learning into practice, discover their own 'Humour Personality' while developing their 'Humour Lens' and begin
to appreciate how simple tasks using humour can create new possibilities.
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