It is worth keeping an eye on the websites of Mencap, Mind and the National Autistic Society. We have details of further websites which we will put on our website when it is up and running.
Camphill Pages Camphill Pages is the Newsletter of the Association of Camphill Communities, therefore, it is the paper for and from all Camphill communities in the UK and Ireland. It is produced twice a year and has recently been given a new look. The next edition is out soon and if you are not already a subscriber go to www.camphillpages.net .
New Lanark Conference Tues 22 – Thurs 24 May 2012 5th Conference on Community Building & Social Renewal This is an inclusive international conference attracting a broad range of participants including people with learning disabilities, families and carers plus representatives from a variety of organisations including global Camphill communities. The vision underpinning all New Lanark conferences is 'Community Building and Social Renewal'. Anyone with a connection to this vision through life or work is welcome to participate. This year our conference title "The Community Maze: Signposts to the Heart" emerged from experiences of striving towards clarity and truth in life and work, yet being constantly distracted by the complexities of social, professional and political direction. There is a simplicity we yearn for: to be the best we can be, to act with honesty and courage, to listen with tenderness, and to respond with love. How can we find the way to these qualities of the heart and allow their warmth to permeate our communities, whatever form or shape these communities may take? To register go to http://www.newlanarkconference.co.uk/register
What makes Camphill, Camphill? Two excellent resources are recommended to answer this question. The Challenge of Rudolf Steiner A documentary film by Jonathan Stedall Reviewed by Vivian Griffiths The DVD, which includes DISCs 1 and 2 costs £15 plus £2.50 postage and packing from http://rudolfsteinerfilm.squarespace.com Jonathan Stedall's film makes an awkward statement about Rudolf Steiner. Society can't do with him and can't do without him! With the perceived dilution and indeed attack on much of Camphill's ethos, this film couldn't have come at a better time. As we travel from Hyderabad to a Sussex farm; from a railway station in Austria, Rudolf Steiner's childhood home, to his college and university life settings in Vienna and Berlin, you begin to see just how important his contribution to society is from his practical life experience as a student and researcher at the