Real inclusion in a real community
What makes Camphill communities different is the emphasis on mutual support.
That’s because Camphill recognises that everyone has abilities and empowers and supports all individuals to use their particular abilities in their communities.
So, everyone contributes to community life and the well-being of fellow community members in his or her own way. Everyone supports each other.
That’s because Camphill recognises that everyone has abilities and empowers and supports all individuals to use their particular abilities in their communities.
So, everyone contributes to community life and the well-being of fellow community members in his or her own way. Everyone supports each other.
In Camphill schools and colleges, pupils and students support each other while being supported by staff and volunteers. So, they are not just schools or colleges, they are communities.
In Camphill adult communities, community members support each other, living and working together as equals.
So, a community member with disabilities, for example, may support new volunteers by showing them how to do a particular job in a community workplace, while receiving help from support staff and volunteers.
In Camphill adult communities, community members support each other, living and working together as equals.
So, a community member with disabilities, for example, may support new volunteers by showing them how to do a particular job in a community workplace, while receiving help from support staff and volunteers.
The emphasis is not on ‘service providers’ and ‘service users’ – just people living, learning and working together as a community.
Introduction to Camphill Communities
Mutual support runs through every day at every Camphill community – people of all abilities contributing whatever they can to community life.
The emphasis is not on ‘service providers’ and ‘service users’ – just people living, learning and working together as a community.
Camphill has been growing since the first community was founded in 1940 at Camphill House in Aberdeen.
Today there are more than 100 Camphill communities around the world. Camphill is one of the largest support networks for children, young people and adults with learning disabilities, mental health problems and other support needs.
From ‘An Introduction to Camphill Communities’, published by the Association of Camphill Communities.
The emphasis is not on ‘service providers’ and ‘service users’ – just people living, learning and working together as a community.
Camphill has been growing since the first community was founded in 1940 at Camphill House in Aberdeen.
Today there are more than 100 Camphill communities around the world. Camphill is one of the largest support networks for children, young people and adults with learning disabilities, mental health problems and other support needs.
From ‘An Introduction to Camphill Communities’, published by the Association of Camphill Communities.
Camphill Aberdeen City and Shire represents the shared interests of seven Camphill charities in the Aberdeen area.
The Camphill pioneers likened their first community in Aberdeen to lighting a candle on the hill.
Now that candle spreads its light widely.
More than 700 people live and work in Camphill Aberdeen City and Shire communities, offering education, therapies, training, work and living opportunities for vulnerable children, young people, adults and the elderly.
Internationally the Camphill Movement extends to more than 100 centres in 23 countries.