{"id":557921,"date":"2026-07-19T19:43:54","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T19:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/557921\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T19:43:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T19:43:54","slug":"trunks-across-the-thames-elephant-art-trail-opens-in-slough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/557921\/","title":{"rendered":"Trunks across the Thames elephant art trail opens in Slough"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Trunks across the Thames, a Wild in Art event brought by Thames Hospice, will run for nine weeks and aims to raise awareness of the charity\u2019s work while offering a unique summer experience for visitors.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The trail includes 30 large elephant sculptures designed by artists, and 60 smaller elephants created by schools and community groups.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Dr Rachael de Caux, chief executive of Thames Hospice, said: &#8220;We want people to come for the elephants, enjoy a brilliant summer day out and leave knowing a little more about Thames Hospice, the care we provide and the difference it makes to local families.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Every elephant tells a different story and reminds us that every story matters.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The trail also aims to start conversations about hospice care and encourage more open dialogue around death, dying, and bereavement, while highlighting the importance of compassionate support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Trunks across the Thames, a Wild in Art event brought by Thames Hospice, will run for nine weeks&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":557922,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[307,304,305,306,308,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-557921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=557921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557921\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/557922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=557921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=557921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=557921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}