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LEAP is the Findhorn Foundations staff
intake programme.
We welcome you to come here in the
Findhorn Foundation and contribute your
own unique gifts and skills, so that together
we can co-create a more loving and
sustainable world.
Once accepted onto LEAP you engage
with the joys and challenges of daily lifein a spiritual
community, education centre
and eco-village. We invite you to join in
the practice of being present in every
task and interaction, and to choose to live
everyday life as a spiritual path with us -
based on our core spiritual principles of
inner listening, work is love in action and
co-creation with nature. You join in a work
department, participate in community
meetings, engage in spiritual and personal
development, and have regular reviews.
This programme is a commitment to serve
in this centre. We ask you to contribute
a full working week with some weekend
rotas, and we will provide you with food,
basic accommodation and a supportive
learning environment.
Prerequisite:
Experience WeekExploring Community Life or Spiritual
Practice or equivalent like Eco Village
Training or English in Community
Minimum of 2 months Living inCommunity Guest Programme (LCG)
We also recommend the Foundation
Programme.
Flexible entry - you can join LEAP almost
any week of the year.
Application Procedure:
You fill in an application form (available
[email protected]).
Applications are subject to the needs of
work departments and availability of living
space at the time of your application. You
are encouraged to connect with work
department focalisers to get their support
for your application.
Once you have filled out an application
form we may offer you an interview.Please note that your
application may
come at a time when all our work
departments are fully staffed in which case
you may be put onto a waiting list.
We welcome you to join:
* Short term LEAP (2 - 6 monthscommitment):
You commit to full time work and you join
weekly group time and have reviews.
* LEAP for a longer term (6 months andover):
You commence the journey towards
becoming a staff member by being
welcomed to a three-day induction time
and a threshold ritual. You will have a
mentor for monthly meetings and engage
with a self-directed learning path. There will
be education sessions available and you will
join weekly group meetings.
Every 6 months you will have a review
with your mentor and work department
focaliser. These meetings are to provide
support and space for feedback and to re-
evaluate your commitment.
The induction days take place 3-4 times a
year.
Programme Fee:
A sliding scale of 50 - 350 per month
for the first 6 months, thereafter free.
You will also need to pay a council tax
contribution.
Visa requirements (Non EU):
Once you are accepted onto LEAP we
will provide you with the necessary
information. You will need to apply for
your visa from you home country.
Although LEAP is ourstaff intake and
training programme, staff positions arelimited and there is no
guarantee of a
staff job at the end of the programme.
Normally we would expect someone to
have completed at least one year of LEAP
before applying for a staff position. The
maximum time for being on the LEAP
programme is normally two years.
LEAPLiving Education Apprentice Programme
An Agreement To Serve
