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Involvements, Outreach, and Contributions to the field

The Archive and Study Centre was established by the Trustees in 1989 as an extension of the philosophy and practice of therapeutic communities: as an engaged and engaging resource, to be changed and shaped by the communities it served while involving itself with and contributing to their development and growth.

While asking it to take in archive and museum objects, build the library, develop an oral history programme, and provide an information service, the Trustees also asked the Archive and Study Centre to take on a more actively involved and supportive role: to build networks, initiate and join collaborative projects, host and organise conferences and seminars, commission and publish writing, and generally find ways of actively putting the Trust's resources and experience to work to serve the wider community. This section is an introduction and guide to some of those projects, past and ongoing.

There is a significant change from the early 2000s when - following the international downturn in investment income following 9/11 and the high costs of building and furnishing the new facilities which opened in 2002 - the Trust's finances became tighter. Archive staffing and budget levels were cut, and to continue to grow and develop new ways to serve the community, new partnerships were formed. From this came the Therapeutic Community Open Forum (TC-OF) and RadioTC International; the Institute for the History and Work of Therapeutic Environments (IHWTE); the Child Care History Network; and ultimately the "Therapeutic Living With Other People's Children: An oral history of residential therapeutic child care c. 1930 - c. 1980" project supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund; among others.

The exploration and development continue. How can history and memory be put to use for the benefit of stronger communities? We welcome your help and ideas.

 

Support for researchers and research

Support for the field: Creating websites and pioneering social media

The Association of Therapeutic Communities website (1998)

The Cassel Hospital website (1998)

The Charterhouse Group website (2000)

Secretariat, Association of Therapeutic Communities (2002)

TC-OF: Therapeutic Community Open Forum (2005)

RTCI: RadioTC International (2006)

The Open Sources Project

IHWTE: The Institute for the History and Work of Therapeutic Environments (2007)

Child Care History Network (2008)

Therapeutic Living With Other People's Children (2010)

OPC Home Site

The Revive Time Kaki Tree Project (2013)

The Early Pestalozzi Children Project (2013)

The Oxford Project: Provision for Psychologically Vulnerable People in Oxford, c. 1950 to the Present (2013)

The Joint Newsletter of the Association of Therapeutic Communities, Charterhouse Group of Therapeutic Communities, and the Planned Environment Therapy Trust (2001-2004)

Celebrating Reinden Wood House therapeutic community (2016)

Phoenix Unit Reunion

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