About the Elly Jansen Award
The Elly Jansen Award was launched in 2023 to share knowledge, promote good practice and encourage new research into the effectiveness of therapeutic communities and relational practice.
The Award is a legacy of Elly Jansen OBE, a pioneer in the development of therapeutic communities internationally, and who cared passionately about making the work of therapeutic communities more widely known. The Elly Jansen Award is managed and administrated by the UK charity, Community, Housing & Therapy (CHT).
The Awards are judged by an international committee of leading voices experienced in therapeutic communities from countries including Italy, India, Japan, the USA and the UK. The Committee includes people with lived experience, therapists, academics, and social workers. The current Chair of the Committee is Dr Peter Cockersell.
