Loch Arthur Camphill Community

A life of many colours

A working Community in the South West of Scotland, which includes men and women with learning disabilities.

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Home Life

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Our households are not just collections of individuals. We want each house to be a group of people who benefit from and enjoy living together. Everyone is involved in helping to create the atmosphere of the house, as well as in looking after the house.

We try to have quite a strong rhythm and order in our daily life, with regular mealtimes and the routine of housework. This is such an important expression of our shared life, but there is plenty of flexibility to allow us to be ourselves and to have our own tastes.

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Each household has one or two people living there, sometimes a couple, who are responsible for the house. They may well have children so family life is woven into the pattern of community living.

The house is home for all who live there: we do not have hours on and off duty. Some people will need help with personal care or to go shopping, and some may need regular emotional support in order to cope with daily life. We hope this help can be given and received in ways which respect the individual and which encourage mutual care and friendship. Each person will develop a network of relationships which, in their variety, help us all to feel both secure and stimulated. Through the year, everybody will be able to go away on holiday and to visit family and friends.

In our daily life, a Christian inspiration can be felt in our attempt to treat each other as equals and bring spiritual purpose into our lives. We would want to make it very clear that we do not impose religious practices, but wish to bring a spiritual dimension into daily life in ways which most people are able to appreciate even if they have no interest in religion.

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Contact

LOCH ARTHUR
CAMPHILL COMMUNITY
Beeswing, Dumfries,
Scotland, DG2 8JQ

Tel: 01387 259669

Email: admin@locharthur.org.uk

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Registration

Scottish Charity no. SC043416

Non-profit company limited by guarantee
no. 428394 Scotland

VAT: GB 141 0810 62

Loch Arthur is a member of the
Association of Camphill Communities

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