Hospice mural contest to improve view for patients

A hospice is running a competition to find a local artist to design a mural for its patients.

Compton Care, which provides an 18-bed unit in the west of Wolverhampton, has asked artists to pitch ideas for an external wall that patients can see from their rooms.

The charity said it was looking for designs that reflected the city's people and conveyed a sense of "calm and relaxation" for patients.

The competition is open to West Midlands artists and the deadline to apply is 9 June.

The hospice is based at Compton Hall, a Grade II listed building that dates back to 1845.

The mural will be on the external wall of a more modern annex, which was built in around 1989 and is attached to the main hall.

The charity said it was open to ideas that featured artwork, graphics, graffiti or text, or a mixture of all these elements.

Compton Care also provides palliative care in people's homes and support for bereaved families.

It set up a service to help children and young people manage grief in 2023, after being awarded almost £80,000 by BBC Children in Need.

The service helped more than 100 children and young people in its first 12 months, the charity said last year.

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