It’s always been the case that for people with learning disabilities, if they end up in hospital the outcome will be worse. John Casson tells us that L’Arche can be the vehicle for wider social change. Read more
In January 2021, we welcomed John Casson, CMG as our new National Leader. Read more about John's appointment and his early impressions of L'Arche. Read more
Lip sync battles and advent calendars... keep up to date with L'Arche's digital activity this Christmas! Read more
L'Arche Brecon's project 'Rebound Books' has been creating beautiful items from discarded books for the past decade. When Covid-19 hit, they decided to adapt the way they work. Read about how they gave back through the global pandemic. 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
Mark and Ben from L'Arche Kent discuss what brought them both to L'Arche, and how lockdown has been for them. 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
Across the world Covid-19 is changing the ways we are having to do so many things. Nem, a member of L'Arche Manchester, reflects on what life during Covid-19 is teaching her and how her Community is showing up. Read more
The kindness and support we have received from many of our wonderful supporters during this troubling time has been both incredible and humbling. Read more
Read what our Communities have been getting up to, updates from L'Arche UK and how we'll all be celebrating Easter this year! Read more
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'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. Read more
L’Arche Manchester loves sport. The Community has used sport and other physical practices as a way for core members with learning disabilities to stay healthy and well. Read more
In Conversation at Greenbelt: Pádraig Ó Tuama, members of the L’Arche Preston Community, and Charlotte Overton-Hart from Story Chaplain. Read more
Agnes is a workshop facilitator for Rebound Books at L'Arche Brecon. Here she reflects on how the gifts of people with and without learning disabilities are revealed through teamwork and creativity. Read more
The Panorama programme aired by the BBC showing the abuse of people with learning disabilities, and the recently published CQC report revealing the detainment of people with learning disabilities and autism in ATUs (Assessment and Treatment Units), once again reveals the appalling mistreatment and abuse experienced by some of society’s most vulnerable people. Read more
Reflections from L’Arche Kolkata. Read more