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The Camphill Movement is an international movement of therapeutic intentional communities for those with special needs or disabilities. Unsalaried workers and their families live with people with special needs in village communities. The movement was founded in Aberdeen, Scotland by the Austrian paediatric Doctor Karl König in 1940. It is inspired by the philosophy of Rudolf Steiner.There are over 100 Camphill Communities in twenty-two countries around the world.
Communities in the UK
There are a number of Camphill Communities in the UK, namely Botton Village, Larchfield, Newton Dee, Beannachar, Blair Drummond, Ochil Tower, Delrow, The Mount, and Pennines Community.
External links
- The Camphill movement in North America
- The Camphill movement in the United Kingdom
- Official history
- Staffansgården - personal impressions of living in a Camphill village in Sweden
"Camphill Movement"