Our Lives: Past, Present and Future
17th to 21st November at Hartington Hall, Derbyshire.
A Camphill England & Wales Self-Advocacy Conference
Organised by Camphill community members for Camphill community members
and supported by Camphill Families & Friends
THE FULL conference programme and details of workshop and outing choices have now been published for the conference. There's lots of information available and you can get it by clicking the links in the panels down the side of this page
This latest Our Lives conference is is an opportunity for Camphill community members to get together to swap news and views about Camphill community life, catch-up with old friends and make new friends, learn new things, gain confidence and relax and have fun.
Conference organisation has been led by a group from communities in the South West who have been joined by community members from Delrow, the Lantern and Milton Keynes. The planning group has organised a busy schedule of conference sessions, groups and workshops with time included to see the local countryside or visit nearby attractions. There is a lively social programme planned for the evenings too.
CONFERENCE THEME
The conference theme will allow us to look at our lives in Camphill communities and discuss where we've come from, where we are today and our hopes for the future. There will be music & singing, arts, crafts, drama, films and a dance with a local rock band. See the Conference Programme and Conference Workshops for all the details
ACCOMMODATION
Accommodation is at Hartington Hall Youth Hostel (pictured right) and in nearby holiday cottages, all within 5 minutes walk.
COST
The cost of attending the conference is £150 per person. If someone wishes to attend but cannot afford £150, we may be able to offer financial help through our fundraising.
LINKS
Use the links in the panel on the right to find out more and download all the conference information.
IMPORTANT: All the conference documents available via the links are in pdf format. You need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader already installed on your computer to open and display the documents. You probably already have this program on your computer. If not, you can download it free of charge at http://www.adobe.com
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
FROM registration on the afternoon of Monday 17th November to departure at the end of the Conference in the morning on Friday 21st November, our Conference Timetable has all the details.
Click here to download the Conference Timetable.
CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
OUR Conference Workshops programme offers something for everyone, so that everyone can get involved and take an active part.
Take a look at what's on offer and make sure you send in your choices by 17th October.
Click here to download the Conference Workshops programme
Click here to download the Workshop Choice Sheet to fill in and send to the conference secretary.
CONFERENCE OUTINGS
ON the Wednesday afternoon of the Conference you'll have the opportunity to see something of the surrounding area. There are outings available to Buxton town, Pooles Caverns, Bakewell town, Tissington Hall, Abor Low & Nine Ladies Stone Circles, and Dovedale.
CLICK HERE to download the outings booking sheet for return by October 17th.
CLICK HERE for some additional information about the outings.
OPERA OUTING - we hope to make up a group to visit the opera in Buxton on Tuesday evening.
CLICK HERE for more details.
Travel information
CLICK HERE to download our travel information sheet with details of how to get to Hartington Hall.
CLICK HERE to get the bus timetable for Buxton to Hartington
FOR MORE INFORMATION about our conference venue visit the hartington hall website
GET THE T-SHIRT and ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
GOING to the Conference? Order your conference T-shirt now and it will be waiting for you when you arrive at registration.
CLICK HERE for a T-shirt order form.
DON'T FORGET that if you are going to the conference, you need to provide 4 passport photos.
CLICK HERE for details.
DON'T FORGET the things you should bring to the conference.
CLICK HERE for a handy reminder.
INVITATION
Conference Registration
CAMPHILL community members who wish to attend the Our Lives conference 2008 should register NOW. Read the invitation letter which you can download by clicking the link in the panel above.
Then complete and return the registration form.
CLICK HERE to download the registration form.
It's Your Conference
The Our Lives Conference 2008 is organised by Camphill Community members for Camphill community members.
We want you to help us plan the conference by telling us what you'd like to talk about at the conference.
CLICK HERE to get the form on which you can tell us what you want to talk about at the conference.
Send in your suggestions NOW.