For churches

Churches and faith-based organisations are at the heart of L’Arche. We rely on people within communities of faith to share the work of L’Arche and communicate to others what it is that we offer the world.

L’Arche speakers

Over the years, thousands of people have been touched by the vision and experience of L’Arche. Our communities in the UK want to continue to share with others what L’Arche can, and does, offer. If you would like to welcome a L’Arche speaker to your church, or to a group you are involved in, we can help. We have ambassadors for L’Arche all over the country who can give inspiring talks and sermons about L’Arche’s message of radical hope in our world.

Tea breaks and coffee mornings for L’Arche

In L’Arche communities around the UK, tea breaks and coffee mornings are an integral part of the day’s rhythm. Sitting together over mugs of tea and coffee is a way in which we learn more about each other’s lives, while helping us to build a sense of community and togetherness.

Could your church or community group host a fundraising coffee morning for L’Arche? We can provide a speaker who can come along and share more about the work and vision of L’Arche. We can provide your group with films to show and inspiring stories of change to tell.

Latest

Running the length of UK, 825 miles

I work as a support worker for L'Arche Liverpool since 2017, running is my hobby and I would like to join this two things to help raise money for L'Arche.
"Our friendship is not on hold, it is lived in a different way"

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.
L'Arche: This is us

In L’Arche, people with and without learning disabilities live together - as friends. We made a video about what that’s like.
Camino de Nottingham

L’Arche is an organisation that brings people together. Throughout the UK and across the world it brings hope and community.

Live-in assistants

L'Arche live-in assistants live and work in our Communities with and alongside people with learning disabilities. They provide them care and support. 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 eleven L’Arche Communities based across the UK, where persons with and without learning disabilities live together. Volunteers and care workers are providing support. They try to promote Jean Vanier philosophy. All faiths are welcomed.
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.
Statement from L'Arche, following the verdict at the inquest into the death of Joe Ulleri

Speaking outside the Coroner’s Court in Manchester, Kevin Coogan, Community Leader of L’Arche Manchester, read out the following statement on behalf of L’Arche.
Jean Vanier: Biography

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 was an inspiring teacher whose life was testament to a radically different way of living and being in the world. He created a Community where people with and without learning disabilities were living together.
Summer in the Forest

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, and shows how people with learning disabilities and assistants / care workers that support them are living together.
L’Arche statement following the recent BBC Panorama documentary and the release of the CQC report into the detainment of people with learning disabilities

The Panorama programme aired by the BBC on Wednesday 22nd May 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.
Supported living

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.
Support Assistant, L'Arche London

40 hours per week. Permanent contract.