Join us for an evening of discussion and celebration to mark the unveiling of Echoes of Care: The Living History of Coram and the Foundling Hospital, an immersive art installation exploring the past and present of the care system.

The artwork is named in reference to Coram’s establishment as the Foundling Hospital in 1739, and it uses audio-visual and light installations, as well as other media, to blend the voices of contemporary care-experienced young people with the stories of Foundlings.

Collapsing the past into the present and focusing on young people’s journeys and the relationships forged along the way, it asks timeless questions – what does ‘good’ care mean? What does this mean for the care system of the future?

Echoes of Care is the creative culmination of the Voices Through Time: The Story of Care (VTT) programme. It integrates words, images and audio produced by care-experienced young people across five years of creative projects, with details of the lives of Foundlings, their mothers and others linked to the Foundling Hospital in its earliest years.

In celebration of the programme, there will be a discussion with key individuals involved in the creative projects and young people will share some of the work they’ve produced. To compliment this, a large-scale projection will be displayed on the façade of Coram’s building.

Guests will be welcomed with a drinks reception and nibbles.

Echoes of Care has been delivered as part of Voices Through Time: The Story of Care programme, made possible by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.