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

Emilia: Reflections on my gap year in L'Arche

Emilia came to L’Arche Ipswich from Germany on her gap year. Before leaving the Community to study teaching, Emilia reflects on her growth as part of the Community.
These are the things I want to tell you about Joe Ulleri

Joe Ulleri was a much-loved core member in L’Arche Manchester. His death, three years ago, attracted national media interest last week when a jury inquest ruled that failures in his care, while in hospital, constituted neglect, which contributed to his death. In this reflective piece, Nem Tomlinson from L’Arche Manchester shares her memories and stories of Joe.
'If there’s space for everyone then there’s space for me and therefore there’s space for me how I am.'

Reflections from L'Arche Ipswich
Easter Appeal 2019

This year, our Easter Appeal is raising money for our Communities in India.

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.
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

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.
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 interview: belonging in a time of loneliness.

We interviewed Jean Vanier, the founder of L'Arche, at his home in the L'Arche Trosly Community in France. Listen to Jean as he reflects on ageing and fragility, loss and loneliness, and the mystery that compels people to L'Arche.
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.