Where your money goes

Support for L'Arche International

October 2018Read more

Refurbishments at The Ark, L'Arche Liverpool

October 2018Read more

Day activities at L'Arche Manchester

October 2018Read more

The Hive community kitchen in Manchester

Summer 2017Read more

Building a better future for Ipswich

Summer 2017Read more

A new house for L'Arche Highland

Summer 2016Read more

Changing attitudes to learning disabilities in Uganda and Zimbabwe

Summer 2016Read more

Latest

Sam Wells on 'being with' and belonging in a time of loneliness

In November 2018, L'Arche UK hosted a public event at the Wellcome Collection in London, exploring the role of intentional communities like L'Arche in creating places of belonging in a time of loneliness.

National Leader (Chief Executive)

Full time, UK wide £52,000-£56,000

When I’m at L’Arche I like my body

and, because of that, I’m learning to love it when I’m not.

Jean Vanier: Belonging in an age of loneliness

‘So as you’re stripped away from all that is not the primal innocence, there is something then which is the only thing which is at the heart of the universe, is what brings everything together, and that is love.’

Residential vacancies

L'Arche live-in assistants live and work in our Communities with and alongside people with learning disabilities. Apply here.

Join us as an assistant

Spend a year as an assistant and we will give you an experience of difference that will change your life.

L'Arche in the UK

There are twelve L’Arche Communities based across the UK.

What we do

In a world that values winning, L’Arche Communities are places where people with and without learning disabilities can discover who they are and not just what they can do.

Jean Vanier

Jean Vanier founded L'Arche in 1964, after becoming aware of the plight of thousands of people with learning disabilities who were institutionalised in France. He has been, and remains, an inspiring teacher. His life is testament to a radically different way of living and being in the world.Jean’s awards include the French Legion of Honour, Companion of the Order of Canada, the Rabbi Gunther Plaut Humanitarian Award 2001, the International Paul VI Award, and the Templeton Prize.

Where your money goes

Support for L'Arche International

Refurbishments at The Ark, L'Arche Liverpool

Day activities at L'Arche Manchester

Unity in diversity

The Hive community kitchen in Manchester

Archangel brewery in Kent

Building a better future for Ipswich

A new house for L'Arche Highland

L'Arche London's renovation

Changing attitudes to learning disabilities in Uganda and Zimbabwe