THE CHAMPERNOWNE TRUST
FOR PSYCHOTHERAPY & THE ARTS
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THE CHAMPERNOWNE TRUST FOR PSYCHOTHERAPY & THE ARTS |
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AIMS |
The Champernowne Trust, a mental health and educational charity, was founded in 1969 by the late Irene Champernowne. It was established to promote emotional health through Jungian Psychotherapy and the Creative Arts, building on the pioneering work developed at Withymead, the therapeutic community she ran in Devon during the 1940s and 50s.
The Trust has two major objectives. The first is the provision of assistance to people in need of psychotherapy but whose financial resources are limited. The Trust has a selected panel of therapists, who have agreed to work for set fees, through whom the scheme operates. Normally help is provided by the Trust paying part of fee for each session. These payments are made as a gift to the patient. After therapy people are invited to make a donation equivalent to the gift they have received. These donations can then be used to help others. The second objective is the sponsorship of special courses and events for therapists and others in the helping professions. These courses provide opportunities to explore creative and innovative aspects of Jungian psychotherapy. The week-long Annual Summer Course has been held every year since 1972 and is sponsored and underwritten by the Champernowne Trust. The programme includes: formal lectures, arts workshops and discussions, contributing to an exploration of practical, creative and inspirational applications of Jungian psychology in personal and professional life. The course encourages personal and professional development by linking creative and psychological aspects of change. It is based on the premise that problem solving and innovation, whether in the arts, sciences or therapy, demands the cultivation of insight, enterprise and imagination. The Course has a broadly Jungian/archetypal ethos, but without dogmatism or evangelism. |
| TRUSTEES | Chair, Pamela Stirling, Philippa Campbell, Pamela Ford-Young, Michael Vizard, Robert Vowles Registered Office: 32 Meadfoot Lane Torquay TQ1 2BW Registered Charity Number: 258813 |