HISTORY
Camphill started in Aberdeenshire in 1939 as a community school for children in need of special care, pioneering the recognition of the potential in all children. The impulse to create communities with adults with special needs started in 1954 at Botton, Yorkshire.

Since then the Camphill Village Trust has established 12 centres in Britain; some land-based, rural communities and others in urban areas. All are based on the principle of “life sharing” and uphold the need for a real social and cultural life.

There are now Camphill communities all over the globe; both urban and rural. There are schools, adult communities and those working to provide a bridge between childhood and adulthood. For more information about Camphill Communities in the UK, go to www.camphill.org.uk

ETHOS
At the core of our ethos is the acceptance and spiritual uniqueness of each human being and the need to participate in a real and rich cultural and social life and to have satisfying and purposeful work. This creates a healing and a therapeutic environment but one which remains a real life.

We also hope to be a catalyst for change in the wider community; in the areas of organic farming and food, the attitudes to people with special needs, and as a celebration of the spirit of community.