Where your money goes

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

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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

In a world that rewards success and winning, L'Arche communities are places where people can take time to explore who they are, not just what they can do. Apply to be an assistant here.

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.

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Summer in the Forest is a full-length feature film about our founder Jean Vanier and the L’Arche communities in Trosly, France and Bethlehem. It tells how two L’Arche communities, though quite different from those in the UK, share our common values.

London - support assistant

40 hours per week. Permanent contract. Immediate start - Spring 2018.

Community life

What makes L’Arche different is the attention we pay to building relationships and creating a sense of belonging within our Communities.

L'Arche Manchester 10k Run

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

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