Nurturing Positive Relationships between People from Diverse Cultural backgrounds at the Camphill Community Glencraig

Camphill Community Glencraig (Glencraig) was established in 1954 to provide a unique approach to supporting children, young people and adults with learning disabilities. Over the years, Glencraig has developed a reputation for providing a special holistic approach, which enables everyone to reach their full potential and live a content and meaningful life. Since the turn of the 21st Century Glencraig has developed from a community run by vocational volunteers to an organisation managed by professionals in paid employment.  Volunteering has always been a fundamental aspect of life at Glencraig. Each year 20 - 40 international volunteers come and live at Glencraig. Most of these volunteers came from mainland Europe but some came from other Continents, Ireland and other parts of the UK. Over the last year Glencraig has been exploring how to nurture relationships with Individuals, Organisations and Communities from the Global South. Our aim for the future is that 50% of our volunteers will be from the Global South and the other 50% will mainly be from Europe. Glencraig has also employed over 20 people from the Global South in the last year.  In this workshop we will explore how to nurture positive relationships between the volunteers and other people living and working at Glencraig through the Outcomes that Matter (OTM) approach, that was developed by Dr Leon Fulcher and Dr Thom Garfat.  Originally the OTM was developed for supporting people in a Care setting. Glencraig has adapted the OTM approach for the following reasons: • Support new staff and volunteers • Provide a Reflective Journal for new staff and volunteers • Nurturing the following virtues: To enable the volunteers and new staff based at Glencraig to record how they nurture Gratitude, Compassion, Responsibility, Peace and Kindness in their activities and interactions with other people.