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
Camphill charity fund-raiser for homeless people
Camphill Newton Dee are seeking funds to help the rising number of homeless people in Aberdeen. The charity is preparing to bake to support the 150 homeless people supported by the Care Hub Aberdeen. Newton Dee Confectionery bakers, which includes adu …
Vacancies and Volunteering
Live in/short term co-worker
Type of vacancy: Live in/short term co-worker
Are you thinking of taking a gap year? Do you want to do something rewarding that makes a difference? We are a large land based community where we live together with adults with learning difficulties. We farm, bake, build, cook, put on plays and create …
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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