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18a St Radigunds Street

Canterbury

Kent

CT1 2AA

Tel: 01227 643025

Email: [email protected]

For all general enquiries please email or call the office using the contact details above.

David Bex

Community Leader

Email: [email protected]

Gosia Szukala

Registered Manager

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Ismayil's story

‘I think L’Arche is one of those places where you can change the world, and changing the world starts with changing yourself.’
Henri Nouwen

In the summer of 1985 Henri Nouwen left his role as a professor at Harvard Divinity School and joined the L’Arche community in Trosly-Brueil, France. Henri spent nine months living and sharing in life with people with and without learning disabilities. At the end of this period of discernment, Henri joined the L’Arche Daybreak community in Canada to serve as their pastor, where he lived until his death in 1996.
Thérèse Vanier

Thérèse Vanier established the first L’Arche community in the UK, in Canterbury, in 1974. In the 1960s she became the first female consultant at St Thomas’ hospital in London. She was a pioneer in palliative care, working with Cicely Saunders at St Christopher’s Hospital in London. Colleagues agree that it was Thérèse who did more than anyone else to bring the principles and practice of palliative medicine to a wider francophone world.

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Spend a year as an assistant at L'Arche Kent and we will give you an experience of difference that will change your life.
What is L'Arche

At L’Arche Kent we celebrate people with learning disabilities and build circles of support around them. We go beyond basic needs to attend to people’s emotional and spiritual lives.
Community life

What makes L’Arche different is the attention we pay to building relationships and creating a sense of belonging within our Communities.
Shared living

L’Arche Kent has two homes in Canterbury where eleven core members share a home with live-in assistants.
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Day activities

At L’Arche Kent we have our very own brewery, as well as a popular gardening project, and craft studio.
Supported living

We have four supported living houses in and around the city of Canterbury.
Volunteering opportunities

We always welcome people to join L'Arche Kent in a volunteering or friendship capacity.
Join us as an assistant

Spend a year as an assistant at L'Arche Kent and we will give you an experience of difference that will change your life.
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