13th and 14th June 2026 - Bournemouth Writing Sanctuary. Workshops and time to write
with stunning views of the sea.
Wind Phones
Wind phones connect you with a loved one - past or present - and give you the chance to say your words and let the wind carry them away.
The Bournemouth Writing Festival is on a mission to create and place Wind Phones across the area to help everyone get the words out of their head and into the world.
What is a Wind Phone?
Wind phones are disconnected - a chance for you to speak from the heart.
This phone is for everyone and anyone who has lost a loved one - whether in the past or present.
Pick up the phone and dial their number or dial their name.
Share your memories, your news, your love or say things that were left unsaid.
The wind will know exactly where to deliver your messages and nature will heal your soul.
The Bournemouth Writing Festival plans to place these therapy phones across the conurbation - Bournemouth, Christchurch, Poole and perhaps into the far reaches of Dorset.
You can find a location, pick up the phone and let the wind carry your words to them.
Or you can support the initative.
Your donation or sponosrship allows us to buy, create and install Wind Phones so anyone can pick it up and get something off their chest.
It may bring peace.
It may be the thing someone needs in that very moment.
It may save a life.
All proceeds go to the Bournemouth Writing Festival to continue our work in the community to inspire all writers to write, regardless of their age, background or ability.
Three Ways to Get Involved
Make a donation or have you own Wind Phone
All proceeds go to the Bournemouth Writing Festival to continue our work in the community to inspire all writers to write, regardless of their age, background or ability. See who we support here.
Amount
Support the cause and spread the love
£10
Buys a phone
£25
Buys a Crate
£35
Buys a ready-to-install Wind Phone
£100
Sponsor a Wind Phone (contact us for custom-designed)
£150
Other
0/100
Comment (optional)
About Wind Phones
Originally conceived in Japan after the 2011 tsunami, a movement happened where Wind Phones healed people in every corner of the globe.
The Bournemouth Writing Festival hopes to bring that magic to Dorset.
My Wind Phone is a global directory and resource dedicated to helping people find, create, and share Wind Phones around the world.
Photo credits from the My Wind Phone website.