The community extend Gillian much love and best wishes in her future adventures.
Gillian was the driving force behind the development of our projects.
We sincerely hope that her new place of employment is full of fun and happiness and we all thank her for her time with L’Arche Belfast.
Our projects all came together over the summer months on a Wednesday evening for this new social event which was a huge success! Starting off at St Johns church community pizza event the teams walked down to the Pavilion Bar for a night of fun and laughter.
A big thank you to Brian for organising this new event.
Watch this space for a new project emerging!
The annual trip to Rathlin was great fun and we were blessed with fantastic weather which even allowed games on the beach!
We have moved! Our head office is no longer in The Good Shepherd Centre. This is our new address:
54 Knockbreda Road, Belfast.
Come visit us!
Dec 2018: With the support of the two Johns, a very excited group of 12 of us went to Manchester for the weekend to see Manchester United play at Old Trafford.
The December weather could not have dampened their spirits and with a win for Man Utd it was an amazing weekend. Rumour has is there are plans to return!
Oct. 2018: Our much loved volunteer Andrew (wearing the hat in the picture) has returned to America. We will miss him very much, but are delighted to hear that he is continuing his L’Arche journey in Chicago.
We’re pleased to announce that L’Arche Project, In Other Words has been shortlisted for the Co-op Local Community Fund.
As a Co-op member, every time you shop at Co-op, 1% of what you spend goes to the Co-op Local Community Fund. We are asking you to please go online and vote for In Other Words.
Vote immediately if you’re a Co-Op member or you can become a member easily by signing up online or in any Co-Op shop.
The more votes that In Other Words gets, the more funding. And the more funding, the more valuable sessions we can deliver. 
On 6th February L’Arche, Root Soup, Grow Cook Cater and a whole group of new volunteers joined forces to cater for the 4 Corners Festival Belfast closing feast in Belfast City Hall. It was an honour to cater for the group of carers who were invited by the Lord Mayor for a three course dinner in the grandeur of the City Hall.
What an amazing team! Root Soup, led by Alison Pettigrew, were preparing food all day with many of their regular, loyal, volunteers and some new volunteers such as local chef Jason Harris. In the afternoon the Grow Cook Cater team arrived to set the tables, a mammoth task which they completed to an absolute professional level. More volunteers kept arriving with Thomas, Andrew and Vinny from the Hearth L’Arche house completing the finishing touches on the tables. Some of us were taught how to pour wine for the guests while the another team of young volunteers from the Clonard area assisted the Root Soup guys to serve and clear up.
Special respect to the dishes team, slogging away in the background and the last ones standing at 10.30pm!
Thank you to everyone for your help and to the 4Corners Festival for the opportunity. See you next year!
L’Arche Belfast have two new projects and we are looking for adults with disabilities in the Belfast area to apply for places. COMMUNITY GROWTH is to begin in February so get in touch soon! Details below. And don’t forget GROW COOK CATER is still looking for more participants as well!
