About the community
Newton Dee is a Camphill community in Aberdeen, Scotland. We offer a home, meaningful work and opportunities for personal development to adults with learning disabilities and other special needs.
In all some 200 people live and work within Newton Dee community. Around half have special needs. The others are mainly co-workers and their families. The ethos of Newton Dee is to support everyone to engage in meaningful work and to reach their fullest potential.
Newton Dee’s home life is based around large and small households ranging from four to 16 people. In addition we have some shared houses, apartments and bed-sitters.
Community News
Still Thriving at 80 – behind the scenes of our new film
In early 2020 we were excited to be working with media co-op to create a film about life in Camphill in Scotland in 2020. The year 2020 marks the Camphill movement’s 80th birthday, and our film was meant to celebrate this impressive milestone and to hi …
Vacancies and Volunteering
Dairy Team Leader for bio-dynamic farm
Type of vacancy: Long term co-worker
Newton Dee, on the doorstep of the City of Aberdeen, is a vibrant Camphill Community, with 180 people living and working there. The community members live together in households of varying sizes. The Farm is an integral part of our Community and a team …
Real life stories
Archie and Juliet
Archie and Juliet live semi-independently with two others in Newton Dee. They live next door to Akiko, who helps them to prepare meals and supports them in other ways, but in the evenings they live alone and at weekends they make their own meals. They …
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