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Belgium & the Netherlands
The region “L’Arche Belgium and the Netherlands” encompasses seven communities. Read...
Germany
With only three communities, L’Arche in Germany is rather small. German L’Arche communities cannot provide their own workshop because of legal regulations. People with intellectual disabilities therefore attend workshops outside of L’Arche. Read...
Ireland
In 1978, the first L’Arche Community on the island of Ireland was opened in Kilkenny. Today there are also communities in Cork, Dublin and Belfast. Read...
Poland
In Poland there are three communities in Śledziejowice (two houses and a therapy workshop), Poznań (two houses and a therapy project) and in Wrocław (one house). The three communities are home to of 31 persons. Read...
United Kingdom
The first community in the UK was founded in 1974 in Kent by the sister of Jean Vanier, Therese Vanier. Besides the one in Kent, there are currently seven other UK communities in Bognor Regis, London-Lambeth, Ipswich, Liverpool, Preston, Inverness, Glasgow and Edinburgh. Read...
