Become a Partner

Partners is a regular, committed giving initiative which will allow the special culture of L’Arche to thrive. As a Partner, each year you will receive:

Invitations to annual Partners events
A personalised annual Impact Report from L’Arche UK’s National Leader
Jean Vanier’s letters
L’Arche UK’s bi-monthly e-newsletter
Opportunities to support urgent and significant appeals and projects

The minimum gift is £500 per year, payable as a one-off donation or in regular instalments. If you make a one-off donation, L’Arche will contact you to remind you when it is time to renew your commitment. Ideally, we ask that you join for a minimum of three years.

L’Arche has several projects that urgently need support. These include:

Developing new programmes to recruit, form and sustain L’Arche assistants in our UK communities
Strengthening the infrastructure of L’Arche in India
Support for L’Arche communities in Africa, where there is no State funding

The most precious gifts to any charity are those that can be directed where they are most needed. However, we are more than happy to discuss with you how your money will be used and to provide regular updates on developments and the difference your gift is making. Please leave a comment with your first donation if there is a project for which you would prefer your money to be used.

Ways to become a Partner:

Donate by credit/debit card/CAF charity card or set up a standing order by calling 0161 438 2832.
Pay online here.
Send a cheque (payable to L’Arche) with your contact details using FREEPOST L’ARCHE (nothing more) as the address on the envelope.

Pay online to become a Partner

Latest

Join us as an assistant
House Leader, L'Arche Manchester

£19,570 - £20,634 (40 hours a week) Offered as a permanent role
Become a Partner

L’Arche Mission Partners is a regular, committed giving initiative which will allow our culture to thrive. As a Partner, you are invited to choose where you would like your gift to be used. L’Arche will keep you updated about developments and the difference your gift is making.
Become a partner

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.
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.
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.
Support Assistant, L'Arche London

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.
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.
Shared living

Across our twelve Communities in the UK we offer a range of high quality, person-centred residential support to more than two hundred individuals with learning disabilities.