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Real Integration: Workers and Users Meet as People

"It's not about eliminating professional distance.

It's about remembering that before we are roles, we are people."

At Playing Camp, we bring integration, team building and community celebration workshops to NGOs, foundations and social entities, breaking down the invisible barriers between workers and users, between "those who help" and "those who are helped".

From one-off 90-minute integration sessions to community event celebrations and ongoing team cohesion programmes, each activity is designed to humanise relationships, strengthen a sense of real community and celebrate collective achievements.

Discover this transformative way of building more humane social organisations with a methodology that breaks down hierarchies, builds mutual trust and turns your NGO into a real community, not just a service.

Our purpose is simple: for everyone in your organisation to see and treat each other as people, not roles.

Fill in this form and we will send you an email with a dossier containing all our activities and prices.

What is a Playing Camp session like?

Workshops that Break Down Barriers and Build Real Community

Our sessions for NGOs have been specifically designed to break down the "us and them" dynamic, combining transformative methodologies: Community Psychology, Theatre of the Oppressed, Popular Education, and Collective Celebration.

Each workshop offers spaces for horizontal encounters, dynamics of shared vulnerability, trust-building between roles, and community celebration through cooperative games where workers and users are simply teammates, dialogue dynamics where all voices carry equal weight, collaborative creative activities where co-creation takes place without hierarchies, and celebrations where every achievement, big or small, is celebrated together.

We offer 90-120 minute integration workshops to create a safe space, work on connection, and close with integration. We are also experts in event celebrations, 2-3 hour parties for New Year's Eve, NGO anniversaries, and community achievement celebrations.

We work with groups of 15-40 people (the entire organisation team), intentionally mixing workers, volunteers, and users in all activities to break down the usual divisions.

All you need is a large space where everyone can fit—the NGO's activity room, courtyard, nearby park, or gym. For celebrations, any space that allows for music, movement, and festive decorations.

We bring all the materials: props for dynamics, materials for creative activities, music, festive decorations, sound equipment, recreational activities, group games.

It's like a playground where all the children play together: a space where professional roles are temporarily set aside and people meet on equal terms, where a true community is built.

What is a Playing Camp session like?

Workshops that Break Down Barriers and Build Real Community

Our sessions for NGOs have been specifically designed to break down the "us and them" dynamic, combining transformative methodologies: Community Psychology, Theatre of the Oppressed, Popular Education, and Collective Celebration.

Each workshop offers spaces for horizontal encounters, dynamics of shared vulnerability, trust-building between roles, and community celebration through cooperative games where workers and users are simply teammates, dialogue dynamics where all voices carry equal weight, collaborative creative activities where co-creation takes place without hierarchies, and celebrations where every achievement, big or small, is celebrated together.

We offer 90-120 minute integration workshops to create a safe space, work on connection, and close with integration. We are also experts in event celebrations, 2-3 hour parties for New Year's Eve, NGO anniversaries, and community achievement celebrations.

We work with groups of 15-40 people (the entire organisation team), intentionally mixing workers, volunteers, and users in all activities to break down the usual divisions.

All you need is a large space where everyone can fit—the NGO's activity room, courtyard, nearby park, or gym. For celebrations, any space that allows for music, movement, and festive decorations.

We bring all the materials: props for dynamics, materials for creative activities, music, festive decorations, sound equipment, recreational activities, group games.

It's like a playground where all the children play together: a space where professional roles are temporarily set aside and people meet on equal terms, where a true community is built.

How have we adapted Playing Camp for NGOs?

Two Lines of Work: Integration and Celebration

After several years working on human connection in companies, we have discovered something fundamental: in NGOs there is an invisible but real barrier between staff and users that limits transformative impact.

We have designed two complementary lines of intervention to build truly community-based social organisations.

- LINE 1: USER-WORKER INTEGRATION WORKSHOPS

Breaking the Invisible Barrier

We combat the distance between "those who help" and "those who are helped" through integration.

EQUAL-TO-EQUAL DYNAMICS: Activities where professional roles disappear and everyone is just a person playing (cooperative games, dialogue circles). The goal is to experience that we are people before we are roles.
SPACES OF SHARED VULNERABILITY: Dynamics where workers also share their humanity (fears, doubts). The aim is to build professional roles from shared humanity, not from distance.
CO-CREATION WITHOUT HIERARCHIES: Projects where everyone participates as equals in collective construction (murals, performances, organisational improvement). Joint creation blurs hierarchies and creates community.

- LINE 2: COMMUNITY EVENT CELEBRATIONS

Celebrating Together to Build Community

Celebrations are the glue that holds the community together and are vital to the NGO.

ANNUAL ORGANISATION EVENTS: End-of-year parties, anniversaries and social gatherings where everyone celebrates together (employees and users).
CELEBRATION OF COLLECTIVE ACHIEVEMENTS: Parties to mark the completion of successful programmes, community milestones (new headquarters) and individual achievements (employment, housing) that become celebrations for the whole community.
OPEN HOUSES AND PUBLIC EVENTS: Events (open houses, awareness days) where the local community, donors and beneficiaries come together through play.

Our facilitators are specifically trained to:

Read the power dynamics in social organisations and work to horizontalise them
Create safe spaces where vulnerability is possible for all roles
Manage resistance from staff who fear "losing authority" or users who distrust closeness
Facilitate from a position of equality as outsiders who do not belong to any of the internal "tribes"
Design inclusive celebrations where everyone has a place and no one is a passive spectator

How have we adapted Playing Camp for NGOs?

Two Lines of Work: Integration and Celebration

After several years working on human connection in companies, we have discovered something fundamental: in NGOs there is an invisible but real barrier between staff and users that limits transformative impact.

We have designed two complementary lines of intervention to build truly community-based social organisations.

- LINE 1: USER-WORKER INTEGRATION WORKSHOPS

Breaking the Invisible Barrier

We combat the distance between "those who help" and "those who are helped" through integration.

EQUAL-TO-EQUAL DYNAMICS: Activities where professional roles disappear and everyone is just a person playing (cooperative games, dialogue circles). The goal is to experience that we are people before we are roles.
SPACES OF SHARED VULNERABILITY: Dynamics where workers also share their humanity (fears, doubts). The aim is to build professional roles from shared humanity, not from distance.
CO-CREATION WITHOUT HIERARCHIES: Projects where everyone participates as equals in collective construction (murals, performances, organisational improvement). Joint creation blurs hierarchies and creates community.

- LINE 2: COMMUNITY EVENT CELEBRATIONS

Celebrating Together to Build Community

Celebrations are the glue that holds the community together and are vital to the NGO.

ANNUAL ORGANISATION EVENTS: End-of-year parties, anniversaries and social gatherings where everyone celebrates together (employees and users).
CELEBRATION OF COLLECTIVE ACHIEVEMENTS: Parties to mark the completion of successful programmes, community milestones (new headquarters) and individual achievements (employment, housing) that become celebrations for the whole community.
OPEN HOUSES AND PUBLIC EVENTS: Events (open houses, awareness days) where the local community, donors and beneficiaries come together through play.

Our facilitators are specifically trained to:

Read the power dynamics in social organisations and work to horizontalise them
Create safe spaces where vulnerability is possible for all roles
Manage resistance from staff who fear "losing authority" or users who distrust closeness
Facilitate from a position of equality as outsiders who do not belong to any of the internal "tribes"
Design inclusive celebrations where everyone has a place and no one is a passive spectator

Proven Impact

Backed by neuroscience and group psychology

✅ Reduction in the perceived distance between workers and users

✅ Improvement in the organisational climate and team satisfaction

✅ Greater involvement of users in the community life of the NGO

✅ Strengthening of the sense of belonging to the organisation

✅ Humanisation of relationships beyond the professional-care setting

✅ Building a real community that provides support in difficult times

✅ Celebration as a driver of collective motivation

Fill in this form and we will send you an email with a dossier containing all our activities and prices.

Proven Impact

Backed by neuroscience and group psychology

✅ Reduction in the perceived distance between workers and users

✅ Improvement in the organisational climate and team satisfaction

✅ Greater involvement of users in the community life of the NGO

✅ Strengthening of the sense of belonging to the organisation

✅ Humanisation of relationships beyond the professional-care setting

✅ Building a real community that provides support in difficult times

✅ Celebration as a driver of collective motivation

Fill in this form and we will send you an email with a dossier containing all our activities and prices.

Available Formats

We Adapt to All Schedules

INTEGRATION WORKSHOPS
These workshops seek to reduce the distance between staff and users, promoting horizontality.
- One-off session (90-120 min): For initial contact or icebreaking.
- Quarterly programme (6-8 sessions): Sustained work to transform the organisational culture towards a more horizontal one. Includes mixed and specific sessions for staff and users.
- Annual programme: Continuous support (monthly sessions) and monitoring of cultural evolution.
CELEBRATIONS AND EVENTS
Focused on using celebration as a tool for cohesion and community.
- One-off Celebration (2-3 hours): Design and facilitation of specific events (parties, anniversaries, closings) with fun and inclusive activities.
- Coexistence Day (full day): Combination of training, integration and celebration. Ideal for retreats or annual meetings of the entire organisation.
- Annual Celebrations Programme: Design and facilitation of all events throughout the year to establish a culture of community celebration.
TEAM TRAINING
Training for NGO staff.
- Horizontality in Social Intervention: Workshop for staff on how to apply less paternalistic models and facilitate horizontal encounters.
- Facilitation of Community Celebrations: Tools for the team to design and lead their own inclusive celebrations.

Available Formats

We Adapt to All Schedules

INTEGRATION WORKSHOPS
These workshops seek to reduce the distance between staff and users, promoting horizontality.
- One-off session (90-120 min): For initial contact or icebreaking.
- Quarterly programme (6-8 sessions): Sustained work to transform the organisational culture towards a more horizontal one. Includes mixed and specific sessions for staff and users.
- Annual programme: Continuous support (monthly sessions) and monitoring of cultural evolution.
CELEBRATIONS AND EVENTS
Focused on using celebration as a tool for cohesion and community.
- One-off Celebration (2-3 hours): Design and facilitation of specific events (parties, anniversaries, closings) with fun and inclusive activities.
- Coexistence Day (full day): Combination of training, integration and celebration. Ideal for retreats or annual meetings of the entire organisation.
- Annual Celebrations Programme: Design and facilitation of all events throughout the year to establish a culture of community celebration.
TEAM TRAINING
Training for NGO staff.
- Horizontality in Social Intervention: Workshop for staff on how to apply less paternalistic models and facilitate horizontal encounters.
- Facilitation of Community Celebrations: Tools for the team to design and lead their own inclusive celebrations.