Reference number
  • CHARTERHOUSE
Level of description
  • Collection
Date(s)
  • 1999-2012
Extent and medium
  • Approx. 10 boxes
Category
  • Organisation
Scope and content
  • Papers of the Charterhouse Group of Therapeutic Communities.
History
  • The Charterhouse Group of Therapeutic Communities was an umbrella body bringing together children’s therapeutic communities. Established in 1999 the Group’s mission was the support the research and development of psychodynamic based therapy and education for children and young people who had suffered trauma. The Charterhouse Group had nineteen members, including leading providers of children’s residential care such as Childhood First, the Caldecott Foundation and Amicus Community. Members had to meet 20 mandatory standards which were linked to outcomes such as the need for children to experience a safe, secure, nurturing environment where they can form trusting relationships with adults and peers. The Group closed in 2012.
Name of creator(s)
  • Charterhouse Group of Therapeutic Communities
Access status
  • OPEN
Language
  • ENG
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
  • Transferred by Juliet Somma, Keith Coulston and Patrick Webb to the Planned Environment Therapy Trust between 1993 and 2012. Ownership transferred to the Mulberry Bush Organisation when the Trust folded in 2018.