In L’Arche, people with and without learning disabilities live together - as friends. We made a video about what that’s like. Read more
Read how your support during the last twelve months has helped build better, brighter futures for people with learning disabilities. Read more
Thank you to everybody who joined us in Walking Together to support L'Arche Communities around the world. Read more
Across our twelve Communities in the UK we offer a range of high quality, person-centred residential support to more than two hundred individuals with learning disabilities.
Within our Communities we offer day support services, providing opportunities for individuals to discover and develop their creative talents and practical skills.
While some individuals wish to live in a home with other people, others prefer to be supported to live independently. At L’Arche we help people to choose a way of life that feels right for them, and for their families.
communities in the UK
adults with learning disabilities supported by L'Arche UK
communities in 35 countries around the world
Spend a year as an assistant and we will give you an experience of difference that will change your life.
L'Arche is a collaboration of gifts, expertise, resources and time. We bring people together who are not prepared to accept the status quo but instead are inspired to want more for people with learning disabilities, and for society. Please help us to transform lives today by donating here.
'You can’t make things perfect here. Instead you learn to use the imperfect things as gifts.’ Read more
Last month L’Arche Communities around the UK gathered in Liverpool to reflect on, and celebrate, all that is good about our shared lives together. Read more
When she was 21, Louise left her job and lived for a year as part of the L’Arche community in Ipswich. Here she found something remarkable in a community ‘where people can love well, and disagree well, and live together well’. Read more
Matthew spent his final year of college living with people with learning disabilities. It was the meaningful, mutual relationships that he developed with his roommates that led him to discover L’Arche. In this piece, he reflects on how a year spent living with his friends with learning disabilities led him to join L’Arche in the UK. Read more
£18,616 per annum rising to £19,843.20 after completion of one year. £5,500 per annum (if living in) rising to £6,030 after completion of one year. 40 hours per week (44 if living in); Permanent. Based in Ipswich. Read more
£8.21-8.45 per hour Read more
Full time, permanent role Salary: £26,780 p.a (rising to £27, 810 in year two) Read more
Hours 40 hours per week Salary £21541 to £22217 Sleepovers are a requirement and are paid at £81 per night Read more