F?i
A WORKING COMMUNITY MENTALLY HANDICAPPED ADUL'5
Werthi13"
by Valerie
in "how to live all the time. In the workshops, under the ski' tuition of craft teachers, the J produce a variety of articles, products of the weavery, Batik, vV? b and metal workshops find a ready ? in many towns and cities. In addit' each centre has its own retail shop a the convenience of both visitors ? residents. Training for seven provided in the bakery, and the and buns made there are sold in j;
the the Newton Dee Estate, recognised by the Ministry of Labour as a sheltered workshop for the mentally handicapped. There is a fundamental difference between it and most other "sheltered workshops," for it is a social experiment, and all who are there not only share the working life, but live together as a really miles from Aberdeen, SEVEN Braemar, lies lovely road
on
supper.
to
The aim of that community is to provide facilities where the mentally handicapped adult can find the security of family life and the satisfaction of doing a job of work in a normal, healthy social background.
neighbourhood. The cobblery also v useful and steady work. J In the houses, the girl villagers are on-the-job training in cookery, and indeed all aspects of dome jf work, including minding the babythe summer, jam and juice-m^.; efforts provide extra excitement .
laun,tj,|
One of several It is one of several villages of the Camphill Village Trust, Ltd., perhaps
the best known of which is that at Botton in the Yorkshire Dales. Botton is also the "oldest" Camphill village, being established eight years ago, and its products include engraved glassware, dolls, candles and various types of woodwork which are now competing on the open market. Other villages, either established or in the process of being set up, are in Gloucestershire, America, South Africa and on the Continent. The Newton Dee Estate was established about four years ago. It comprises some 180 acres, of which approximately 110 acres is agricultural land, and the six houses on the estate provide accommodation for 76 people. This month, another large house is to be taken over, giving accommodation for a further 20 people. Under the guidance of houseparents, each house is run as a separate unit, the young men and women living in them going out to work daily and returning for meals. They bring back with them all the news of the workshops where are training, problems regarding work, descriptions of visitors, and on, to be shared during lunch or
their
so
on
peop'^.
integrated village community.
they
Training
gether" goes
training.
On the
farm,
people
ten young
jjJ
w
together with a trained farmer (who 0 ^ looks the planning and financial ments of the farm), and here the y? ; villagers are helped to develop a 1
arr^
the land, and to As on any other $ ^ the kind of produce is market demand, and the main derived from the milk supplied
responsibility for efficiently on it.
determine^
inco^j
dairy cows. Home-grown vegetables
are
J supP j
to each of the houses on the well as to many consumers in the
estate^; f
the gardeners, who v ^ five acres of land. During the farmers and gardeners combine to ^ the estate neat and tidy, and the steadings in good repair. ,m Our aim is to work not as indivio ^ but as members of a community ?' (k own free choice?on the land, i0 workshops or in the houses.
bourhood, by
Financial arrangements
intric^
To attempt to unravel the of our financial arrangements heIY almost impossible; sufficient for j 194
li
rP?se
to say that funds for
C ln? are 0rr> the
drawn
Ministry
everyday
deficiency-grants
as
of Labour
?ple registered with them
as
sheltered occupations)
(for
the
persons
from our own and workshops, donations made to the Trust, ^yne of the questions asked by visitors i "l^eed, it was the first I asked when the village as an N.A.M.H st dent in 1957?is: "Aren't these young pe of a higher grade than those in I, .training centres?" Irne and experience have shown the The integration into a coma .n'ty, the dignity derived from doing work, and the satisfaction of n? accepted as responsible human ^ have helped these handicapped adults to lead a normal, happy ar^ng nd
anHftS
*n
^from
^arm' garden,
ated 0u?Ple
^swer. td
y0^s
useful life.
villager demands lot; not 0nj?.be ln *he sphere of working but also a
in
i
a
others. The in this social are ^en reflected in the working
to live with tuning anc* achievements
livin life
^creation
of^0st evenings, there is
a
programme
sjn ctlvities to choose from, such as rece f' dancing, or a lecture, and our
^r0v*H Plan -S
established
Village Assembly
P^atf?rm from which general The care discussed and decisions made, of such evenings depends on t] of ?e active participation of each one Visits to town, evenings at homUs' nig Play performances, and, in sum a
thSUccess 1
'
games, and nature^lks' life 'na" help to make up our village ti0' Sundays a non-denomina1
is held and much attention Pa-HservicePreparation and celebration ?f
is
thl *?
religious
festivals. all our work and active interest of vii, e'ghbours and the parents of the But in spite of our increase in the lists of those vilia & hfe sheltered employment and as jn grows. In Newton Dee, t^le Camphill Villages, the ^?rkin a?d social life go hand in are
in fut\jre .P'ans^e^Ped the by OUr n
a~ers"
WaitjI^0rnrnodati?n, I-
A WORKING COMMUNITY MENTALLY HANDICAPPED ADUL'5
Werthi13"
by Valerie
in "how to live all the time. In the workshops, under the ski' tuition of craft teachers, the J produce a variety of articles, products of the weavery, Batik, vV? b and metal workshops find a ready ? in many towns and cities. In addit' each centre has its own retail shop a the convenience of both visitors ? residents. Training for seven provided in the bakery, and the and buns made there are sold in j;
the the Newton Dee Estate, recognised by the Ministry of Labour as a sheltered workshop for the mentally handicapped. There is a fundamental difference between it and most other "sheltered workshops," for it is a social experiment, and all who are there not only share the working life, but live together as a really miles from Aberdeen, SEVEN Braemar, lies lovely road
on
supper.
to
The aim of that community is to provide facilities where the mentally handicapped adult can find the security of family life and the satisfaction of doing a job of work in a normal, healthy social background.
neighbourhood. The cobblery also v useful and steady work. J In the houses, the girl villagers are on-the-job training in cookery, and indeed all aspects of dome jf work, including minding the babythe summer, jam and juice-m^.; efforts provide extra excitement .
laun,tj,|
One of several It is one of several villages of the Camphill Village Trust, Ltd., perhaps
the best known of which is that at Botton in the Yorkshire Dales. Botton is also the "oldest" Camphill village, being established eight years ago, and its products include engraved glassware, dolls, candles and various types of woodwork which are now competing on the open market. Other villages, either established or in the process of being set up, are in Gloucestershire, America, South Africa and on the Continent. The Newton Dee Estate was established about four years ago. It comprises some 180 acres, of which approximately 110 acres is agricultural land, and the six houses on the estate provide accommodation for 76 people. This month, another large house is to be taken over, giving accommodation for a further 20 people. Under the guidance of houseparents, each house is run as a separate unit, the young men and women living in them going out to work daily and returning for meals. They bring back with them all the news of the workshops where are training, problems regarding work, descriptions of visitors, and on, to be shared during lunch or
their
so
on
peop'^.
integrated village community.
they
Training
gether" goes
training.
On the
farm,
people
ten young
jjJ
w
together with a trained farmer (who 0 ^ looks the planning and financial ments of the farm), and here the y? ; villagers are helped to develop a 1
arr^
the land, and to As on any other $ ^ the kind of produce is market demand, and the main derived from the milk supplied
responsibility for efficiently on it.
determine^
inco^j
dairy cows. Home-grown vegetables
are
J supP j
to each of the houses on the well as to many consumers in the
estate^; f
the gardeners, who v ^ five acres of land. During the farmers and gardeners combine to ^ the estate neat and tidy, and the steadings in good repair. ,m Our aim is to work not as indivio ^ but as members of a community ?' (k own free choice?on the land, i0 workshops or in the houses.
bourhood, by
Financial arrangements
intric^
To attempt to unravel the of our financial arrangements heIY almost impossible; sufficient for j 194
li
rP?se
to say that funds for
C ln? are 0rr> the
drawn
Ministry
everyday
deficiency-grants
as
of Labour
?ple registered with them
as
sheltered occupations)
(for
the
persons
from our own and workshops, donations made to the Trust, ^yne of the questions asked by visitors i "l^eed, it was the first I asked when the village as an N.A.M.H st dent in 1957?is: "Aren't these young pe of a higher grade than those in I, .training centres?" Irne and experience have shown the The integration into a coma .n'ty, the dignity derived from doing work, and the satisfaction of n? accepted as responsible human ^ have helped these handicapped adults to lead a normal, happy ar^ng nd
anHftS
*n
^from
^arm' garden,
ated 0u?Ple
^swer. td
y0^s
useful life.
villager demands lot; not 0nj?.be ln *he sphere of working but also a
in
i
a
others. The in this social are ^en reflected in the working
to live with tuning anc* achievements
livin life
^creation
of^0st evenings, there is
a
programme
sjn ctlvities to choose from, such as rece f' dancing, or a lecture, and our
^r0v*H Plan -S
established
Village Assembly
P^atf?rm from which general The care discussed and decisions made, of such evenings depends on t] of ?e active participation of each one Visits to town, evenings at homUs' nig Play performances, and, in sum a
thSUccess 1
'
games, and nature^lks' life 'na" help to make up our village ti0' Sundays a non-denomina1
is held and much attention Pa-HservicePreparation and celebration ?f
is
thl *?
religious
festivals. all our work and active interest of vii, e'ghbours and the parents of the But in spite of our increase in the lists of those vilia & hfe sheltered employment and as jn grows. In Newton Dee, t^le Camphill Villages, the ^?rkin a?d social life go hand in are
in fut\jre .P'ans^e^Ped the by OUr n
a~ers"
WaitjI^0rnrnodati?n, I-
