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Featured below are a number of reflections from Care and Support Workers and Live-Ins working in L'Arche Communities across the UK. For more information about working with L'Arche yourself, click here.
Liska, a live-in assistant at L'Arche Manchester, reflects on her first L'Arche retreat in the Scottish countryside Read more
Exploring the moments of connection and community experienced during a year as a L'Arche Intern in Kent. Read more
In this story, the L'Arche Intern Prakhar shares his reflections on patience, growth, spirituality and purpose as he grows more confident in his role and realises that the L'Arche journey isn't just about service - it's about transformation. Read more
How L'Arche Intern Lucy has been discovering the joy in everyday moments of connection and community Read more
Dom joined L'Arche, looking for meaning and connection. As he started supporting Crispin, he began to up to a need for inner healing - and a potential in himself he never knew he had. Read more
Having a physical impairment herself, Ellie's view on what support she can provide changed once she did a work placement at L'Arche Liverpool. In this story, explore how the world view changes once you step outside your comfort zone. Read more
That's what Mark responded when Adam, his support assistant, asked what his life would be called if it were a cocktail as they spent a few days at a Greenbelt Festival. Read more
If you’ve been in care your whole life, it takes courage to stand up and be proud for who you are. But Chloe has done that. She’s found friends and found her voice. Watch Chloe's inspiring video. Read more
In the reflective piece, Kathlea shares her thoughts and insights as she spends 3 days at a L'Arche retreat for first year Live-Ins. Would you like to experience it too? Read more
For Rahmat, a strong driving force is the Islamic principle of Zakat, which means “charity”. Spending Ramadan in L'Arche, she finds it to be a source of unlimited blessing. Read more
Danny moved to a L'Arche Edinburgh Community for a gap year before starting University. In this article, he shares four reasons why you should consider joining too! Read more
Watch Dom describe the small acts of kindness shown by people with and without learning disabilities who gave his family love and support after the birth of his son. Read more
Monika joined L'Arche Edinburgh in June, during the first Scottish lockdown. Here, she journals her first few months as a new assistant in community. Read more
Travelling across continents to Inverness to live and work in L'Arche is a brave decision for anyone. Here, two assistants discuss taking that big leap, and the boundless rewards of their experience. Read more
When Alban arrived at L'Arche in 2014, he wasn't immediately sold. That didn't last long. Here he discusses how his experience pulled him out of a spiritual rut and prepared him for many more adventures. Read more
Leaving home to live in community with people with and without learning disabilities is a scary move for anyone. Add a global pandemic to the equation, and it’s surely terrifying. Here, Ellie and Dominic tell us about a first year they could never have anticipated. Read more
Max and Stacey's friendship has spanned across two decades, and Covid-19 was never going to stand in between them. Stacey, from L'Arche Liverpool, discusses here the unrelenting loyalty that has endured and adapted to the global pandemic. 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. Read more
Reflections on living at L'Arche Kent, by Marilyn Hull Read more
'L’Arche is different from anywhere else. We are so connected with each other.' Read more
'It wasn’t until I lived here that I was fully able to understand what people with learning disabilities have to offer. They make the people around them grow.' Read more
'I think L'Arche offers the world love. It shows the world how to be respectful towards people with learning disabilities and how to value every person'. Read more
Bella was a volunteer in the Hive community Kitchen with L’Arche Manchester. She came to L’Arche from her home country of Indonesia with the Vincentians. Here she learnt about patience, vulnerability and the preciousness of people with and without learning disabilities. Read more