Comment: | The Camphill Communities Trust runs village communities for adults with learning disabilities that offer productive work in sheltered workshops and on the land.
A Camphill community is a group of people who live, learn and work together according to Christian ideals and the philosophy of Rudolf Steiner. The co-workers and those with special needs who come to communities live together in an atmosphere of mutual respect. They and their families live and work together in extended family settings or in supported accommodation. Everyone in Camphill contributes to the life of the community according to his or her ability to do so. This may mean helping with household chores, teaching, administrative work, therapies, working in the gardens, farms, workshops, etc.
As well as residential schools and further education and training centres for young adults, there are many adult communities where everyone works either in the community itself or in local formal or voluntary employment. A range of publications is produced about the communities. |
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