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The house was named The Skein, after the flocks of wild geese seen over Leith,
In April 1998, we opened our community resource, The Noust (which means 'boat shelter'), above the office. It is a place to stay and eat, to meet and to pray. It is available for members to use for a few hours and as a place to stay overnight. |
expectation and planning by a group of people which included members of the contemplative Community of the Transfiguration, at Roslin near Edinburgh, and others who became the nucleus of the Local Committee and Support Group. From 1986 to 1991 they met regularly to share, plan, dream, discuss and pray. With the help of L'Arche in the region, plans moved forward and the community began in 1991 welcoming four members with learning disabilities who were moving out of the local long-stay hospital, Gogarburn.
a celtic symbol of the Holy Spirit. In times of struggle, we take heart from the fact that living out the values of community can sometimes feel like a wild goose chase! Yet God's faithfulness helps us persevere. In the spring of 1995, we prepared for the opening of our second house, Creelha, which means a 'simple home' in Scots.
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L’Arche Edinburgh does not have a workshop. Instead, during the day, members with learning disabilities go out to a variety of day programmes run by other agencies in Edinburgh. In recent years we have begun to respond to people’s changing needs and have started to provide 1-1 individualised day services to two people for part of the week and another person for the whole week. We are planning further growth of the community.
