Our Team
Highly Trained Professionals
Meet Our Team!
Jennifer
Co-founder
After 20 years of professional experience with children in schools and in holiday camps in France and in London, Jennifer has decided to create her own company. Originally from Lyon, she decided to move to London in 2017. Her London adventure began by working in different schools : L’école des petits in Fulham, La Petite Ecole Française in Notting Hill and La Petite Ecole d’Ealing . At the same time, she worked as a French tutor. In 2022, Jennifer made her dream come true and created Douce France London.
David
Co-founder
David comes from Lyon, France, where he graduated from EM Lyon Business School with a Masters degree in Business Management. He worked for 4 years in various companies in sales positions in the advertising, recruitment and press relations software sectors. In 2014, David decided to follow his passion for the theatre and became a professional actor. Since then he has been working as an actor, improviser, voiceover artist and drama teacher. By creating Douce France, he wants to pass on to children everything that the theatre and the arts in general have taught him.
Léa
Assistant Director
Lea has been working with kids for 15 years, first as a leisure center leader and then as a social worker. She comes from the South West of France, and arrived to England as an au pair in 2020. She works at a SEN school with children with autistic spectrum disorder. Fun, joyful and caring, Lea enjoys being around kids and helping them to grow up and flourish.
Léa has been working as an Activity Leader at Douce France since the very first camp in 2022 and now as an Assistant Director since 2024.
Adelina
Urban Dance Teacher
Adelina offers dance workshops dedicated to learning several dance styles, including Hip Hop, Afro, Dancehall and contemporary Afro. The aim is to enable participants, particularly children, to develop better coordination and a deeper understanding of their bodies through dance.
Dany
Sports Coach
Passionate about sport and in particular football, Dany has been working as a sports educator for 15 years now. He is working at Duet Academy in Fulham. In the past, he has worked in different structures in the Lyon region in France with public aged from 6 to 18 years old. Dany likes to share his passion and to give everyone the desire to develop through sport. He has a diploma in the field of specialised education and has worked as an educator for minors. This double experience allowed him to acquire a solid experience in the supervision of children.
Charline
Art Teacher
From Paris to London via Singapore, Charline (aka Mad’moiselle C. ) is a freelance illustrator and creates light, sparkling and colourful illustrations for various brands (Christian Dior, Citroën, Clarins, Garnier, Starbucks, Yves Rocher…). For many years, she has been organising art workshops in French and bilingual schools and introducing children to different worlds such as visual arts, comics and graphic design.
Jeanne
Dance and Body Movement Teacher
Jeanne is a freelance dancer and dance teacher. She trained as a ballet dancer in France before moving to London to study a Bachelor of Arts in Contemporary Dance at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. Since graduating, she has been working with multiple schools such as the Royal Ballet School, the Royal Academy of Dance and the Collège Français Bilingue de Londres. In her creative dance classes, Jeanne creates a safe, welcoming and fun environment where children can express themselves freely and follow their imagination. Alongside her dance practice, Jeanne studies a Psychology Degree and is particularly interested in children’s physical, mental, emotional and social development.
Alexiane
Drama Teacher
Alexiane is an actress and drama teacher. She is a member of ArtFabric London, a theatre company that offers French drama and improvisation classes in London. She works in schools, in particular with the French high school Charles de Gaulle where she teaches for the theatre option class. She also works with young children: her youngest pupils are barely 3 years old!
In her teaching, she always makes sure to give the students the essential techniques of the stage but also a good dose of fun and letting go!