Ten
service users at the adult mental health facility on the hospital's
site spent many painstaking hours in art classes producing the piece,
which features a number of intricately designed panels
with a variety of colourful images.
Occupational
therapy technician Neil Smith, who runs the art classes, said:
"This has been the most challenging and interesting project we
have undertaken. It gave those involved the opportunity to research,
plan and produce a significant piece
of art work.
The
people who attend the art sessions are very keen for patients' work to
be displayed
in public areas of the hospital,"
The
prayer room, which opened in 1997, is used for either prayer or
contemplation by any staff or patients
at
Tameside
Hospital
and is run by the
hospital's chaplaincy service.
The
hanging was unveiled before two of those who had worked on it, Marie
Wright and Sylvia Rhodes, as well as chaplaincy staff and
representatives from
Pennine Care Trust and the Acute Trust.
The
Rev Bob Davies, chaplaincy manager, said:
"The chaplaincy is thrilled to receive this moving expression of
spirituality."
This
article and photo are reprinted from an article in the Tameside
Advertiser, Thursday 10th January 2008.
