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The Camphill Movement is an initiative for social change inspired by anthroposophy. Camphill communities seek to enhance the lives of people in need of services and supports for daily living, as well as people committed to service, by building intentional "life-sharing" communities where the spiritual integrity of every human being is upheld.
The movement was founded in the 1940s by Austrian pediatrician Karl König near Aberdeen, Scotland with his establishment there of a small residential school for children with special needs.[1] It was König's view that every human being possessed a healthy inner personality that was independent of their physical characteristics, including characteristics marking developmental or mental disability, and the role of the school was to recognize, nurture and educate this essential self.[2] The communities' philosophy, anthroposophy, states that "a perfectly formed spirit and destiny belong to each human being."[3] The underlying principles of König's Camphill school were derived from concepts of education and social life outlined decades earlier by anthroposophist Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925).[2] Today there are over 100 communities worldwide, in twenty countries, mainly in Europe, but also in North America and South Africa.[3][4].
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Austria
- Camphill Liebenfels
Botswana
- Camphill Community Rankoromane
- Motse Wa Badiri Camphill
Czech Republic
- Camphill České Kopisty
Estonia
- Pahkla Camphilli Küla
Finland
- Myllylähde yhteisö
- Sylvia-koti
- Tapolan kyläyhteisö
France
- Foyer de Vie: Le Béal
Germany
- Camphill Dorfgemeinschaft Hausenhof
- Camphill Dorfgemeinschaft Hermannsberg
- Camphill Dorfgemeinschaft Lehenhof
- Camphill Dorfgemeinschaft Sellen e.V.
- Camphill Lebensgemeinschaft Königsmühle
- Camphill Schulgemeinschaft Bruckfelden
- Camphill Schulgemeinschaft Föhrenbühl
- Camphill Schulgemeinschaft und Hof Brachenreuthe
- Camphill Karl-König Schule Nürnberg
- Lebensgemeinschaft Alt Schönow
- Markus Gemeinschaft e.V.
- Thomas-Haus Berlin für Heilpädagogik und Sprachtherapie e.V.
Hungary
- Camphill Magyarország, Velem
Netherlands
- Camphill Gemeenschap Christophorus
- Camphill Gemeenschap Maartenhuis
- Camphill Gemeenschap Orion
- De Noorderhoeve
Norway
- Det Økologisk Hus
- Hogganvik Landsby
- Jøssåsen Landsby
- Kristoffertunet
- Solborg
- Vallersund Gård
- Vidaråsen Landsby
Poland
- Wspólnota w Wójtówce
Republic of South Africa
- Camphill Farm Community
- Camphill School
- Camphill Village West Coast
- Cresset House Camphill Village
- Novalis House
Sweden
- Camphill Häggatorp
- Staffansgårdens Camphill bygemenskap
Switzerland
- Fondation Perceval
- Stiftung Humanus-Haus
UK
Camphill Aberdeen City and Shire
The entire Camphill Movement takes its name from Camphill Estate in the Milltimber area of Aberdeen, Scotland, where the Camphill pioneers opened their first community for children with special needs in June 1940. Camphill Estate is now a campus of Camphill Rudolf Steiner Schools.[5] There are six Camphills in the Aberdeen area including:[6]
- Newton Dee
- Beannachar
- Camphill Rudolf Steiner Schools[7] was noted in the HMI/Care Commission report for 2007 as meeting "very good" to "excellent" (sector-leading) standards,[8] with special praise for the "quality of pupils’ learning experiences along with the planned approach to promote self esteem, communication and social skills."[9] The school also holds Autism Accreditation from the National Autistic Society.[10]
England and Scotland
Botton village received the Deputy Prime Minister's Award for Sustainable Communities in 2005; the award cited the community's dedication to the ethos of sustainability and mutual respect, as well as their concrete achievements in these areas.[11]- Larchfield
- Blair Drummond
- Ochil Tower
- Milton Keynes
- Delrow
- The Mount
- Sheiling School Ringwood
- Sheiling School Thornbury
- Pennines Community
- Grange Village
Wales
- Coleg Elidyr
- Glasallt Fawr
Northern Ireland
- Camphill Community Glencraig
- Camphill Holywood
- Camphill Community Mourne Grange
- Camphill Community Clanabogan
Republic of Ireland
There are 16 Camphill Communities in Ireland, at:
- Ballybay
- Ballymoney
- Ballytobin
- Callan
- Carrig-on-Suir
- Dingle
- Dunshane and The Bridge (separate but one in and one near Kilcullen, the former with Ireland's only Anthroposophical bookshop),
- Duffcarrig near Gorey, one at three locations around Jerpoint and Thomastown (one of which is the Watergarden tourist attraction),
- Greenacres in Dundrum, Dublin
- Ballytobin and Kyle near Callan (the former also runs the KCAT art and study centre and a biogas plant), and near Carrick-on-Suir
- Grangemockler and the Carrick-on-Suir Community, which also runs the Journeyman Programme at Ballinagrana.
United States
California
- Camphill Communities California, founded in 1998, is located on six acres of land near Santa Cruz between the north shore of Monterey Bay and the Santa Cruz Mountains. [1]
Minnesota
- Camphill Village Minnesota, Inc. (founded 1980) [2]
Missouri
- Oakwood Life-Sharing Services near the small town of West Plains in southern Missouri. [3]
New York
Pennsylvania
- Camphill Special School Beaver Run (founded 1963) [6]
- Camphill Village Kimberton Hills, Inc (founded 1972) [7]
- Camphill Soltane (founded 1988) [8]
Vermont
- Heartbeet Lifesharing (was founded in 2006). Is a fast growing community located on about 160 acres of farm in Hardwick, Vermont. [9]
Canada
Ontario
- Camphill Communities Ontario (founded 1986) [10]
- Camphill Nottawasaga (acquired in 1987). Nottawasaga is a rural community for adults with several homes and workshops (woodwork, pottery, forestry and a vegetable garden.
- Camphill Sophia Creek, an urban initiative in downtown Barrie, opened its doors in 1997. Camphill Sophia Creek provides residential workshops in an urban environment in Barrie, one hour north of Toronto.
British Columbia
- The Cascadia Society in North Vancouver, founded in 1984, provides residential home care and daytime activities in an urban setting.[11]
- The Ita Wegman Association of BC in Duncan was founded in 1984. The Ita Wegman Association operates Glenora Farm,[12] a rural, agriculturally-based community for adults with special needs.[13] Glenora is a biodynamic farm.[14]
Quebec
- In Quebec, Maison Emmanuel Centre Educatif, located in Val-Morin, Quebec (one hundred kilometers north of Montreal) was founded in 1982.[13] It serves about 24 adults and adolescents.[15]
Russia
- Camphill Svetlana (Founded in 1992)[14]
Latvia
- Camphill Village Rozkalni
References
- ^ Robin Jackson, The role of social pedagogy in the training of residential child care workers, Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2006 Vol. 10, No. 1, 61-73 and Holistic Special Education: Camphill Principles and Practice. 2006. Floris Books,Edinburgh
- ^ a b Marga Hogenboom,Living With Genetic Syndromes Associated With Mental Disability, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2001
- ^ a b Busalle, Rebecca, Cornelius Pietzner, and Stephan Rasch. "The life of the soul". Aperture, Summer 1996 n144: 26(10).
- ^ Todd Saunders, Ecology and Community Design: Lessons from Northern European Ecological Communities, Alternatives Journal, Vol 22, Apr/May 1996
- ^ Report Demonstrates Standards of Excellence at Aberdeen Special Needs School, press release, 12 September 2007. Retrieved on 2008-03-28.
- ^ Camphill Aberdeen City and Shire. Retrieved on March 23, 2008.
- ^ Camphill Rudolf Steiner Schools. Retrieved on March 23, 2008.
- ^ HM Inspectorate of Education, Inspection Report: Camphill Rudolf Steiner Schools, 12 September 2007. Retrieved on March 23, 2008.
- ^ "Celebrity Supported Special Needs Centres Praised for ‘Sector Leading’ Standards", AllMediaScotland. Retrieved on May 21, 2008
- ^ Autism Services Directory: Camphill Rudolf Steiner School. Retrieved on March 23, 2008.
- ^ "The Deputy Prime Minister's Award." Learning Disability Practice 9.2 (March 2006): 26(1)
- ^ Camphill Communities of Ireland, retrieved on April 17, 2008.
- ^ Camphill in North America. Camphill Communities. Retrieved on August 6, 2007.
- ^ Glenora Farm. Retrieved on August 6, 2007.
- ^ Maison Emmanuel. Retrieved on April 12, 2009.
External links
- Camphill movement website
- The Camphill movement in Norway
- The Camphill movement in North America
- The Camphill movement in the United Kingdom
- Official history
- Camphill Communities of Ireland
- Camphill Special School in Glenmoore, Pennsylvania
- Camphill Aberdeen City and Shire
- The Camphill School of Curative Education
- The second community at Newton Dee, Aberdeen
- Camphill Coleg Elidyr, a Further Education College in Wales
- Camphill Ballytobin in Kilkenny, Ireland
- Camphill České Kopisty, Czech Republic
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