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The Whitchurch Project

Academi and Whitchurch Hospital are developing The Whitchurch Project, a creative writing project to mark the closure of Whitchurch Hospital and reprovision of modernised services. The project will provide a written and visual record of the long history of the hospital, its current practices and community involvement. It is proposed that local writers and readers who have an interest or involvement in the hospital will participate. Day patients, in–patients, staff and the local community of Whitchurch will have the opportunity to engage with the writers and the project.

The management of mental ill health has changed beyond recognition since the hospital was first built outside the boundaries of the then town of Cardiff. Today the hospital is firmly integrated into the modern city of Cardiff and the village of Whitchurch. The Whitchurch Project will help to record the passing and change of this important institution.

Furthers details of The Whitchurch Project will soon be available on the Academi website and in the e-newsletter.