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The Findhorn Ecovillage 21 Your Feedback on This Material Is Welcome FINDHORN FOU N DAT ION Welcome Contents A heartfelt welcome to the Findhorn Foundation Welcome 3 We hope this booklet will help you explore our community and understand General Information 4 your options for further programs in the community after Experience Week, About the Findhorn Foundation 8 either now or in the future. Common Ground 11 Messages from Eileen and Peter Caddy 12 The booklet also contains a brief history, a description of the networks and Park Map 14 initiatives that are part of our community, and a collection of inspirational Messages from Dorothy and David 16 passages by our founders and other community members. Satellite Communities in Scotland 18 Please feel free to take this booklet home with you and share it with your Global Networks 19 family and friends. The Findhorn Ecovillage 21 Your feedback on this material is welcome. Please add it to the personal Reflective Exercise 24 feedback sheet you will receive at the end of the week. Follow On Programmes 25 Support Us 26 We wish you an inspiring experience and a fruitful ongoing connection with Thank You 27 yourself, the world, and the Findhorn Foundation. With many blessings, findhorn.org The Guest Department Team General Information Meditation General Enquiries and Essential Services Group meditations are held every weekday in various sanctuaries. You are welcome The Park’s General Office (open from 9.00am - 12.15pm, Monday - Saturday) sells to join these meditations if you wish but please do not enter if the red light is on laundry tokens. The mail room, open all day and evening, displays information on above the door. If you attend, please stay for the full length of the meditation. public transport, shopping, banking, health and other local services. Outside these times, all sanctuaries are open and available for private meditation unless the red light indicates a special session in progress. Cluny Reception (open 9.00am - 12.20pm, 1.30pm - 5.00pm, Monday and Friday and 9.00am - 12.20pm Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday) sells stamps, 6.30 - 7.30am Silent meditation (Cluny Sanctuary, Park Main Sanctuary) postcards, laundry tokens and items on display in the hallway. You can also leave 7.45 - 8.10am Taizé singing (Cluny Sanctuary) valuables in the safe, or arrange to use the photocopier or printer. 8.00 - 8.25am Taizé singing (Nature Sanctuary in The Park) 8.35 - 8.55am Guided meditation (Cluny Sanctuary, Park Main Sanctuary) Internet Access 5.40 - 6.00pm Guided meditation (Cluny Sanctuary, Park Main Sanctuary) Free wi-fi connection is provided in most Park buildings and in the Cluny cyber- Sauna and Hot Tub lounge and lounge. No password is needed. As it is a shared network, please do not download huge documents or watch films. The Community Centre at The Park The Cluny sauna is open on Wednesday and Saturday evenings from 5.00pm has wi-fi but please do not use it during mealtimes. Mobile phone reception varies -10.00pm; Women only on Saturdays between 5.00 - 7.00pm, and Wednesdays Men across both The Park and Cluny sites. Cluny asks that you do not Skype or make only from 5.00 - 7.00pm. The cost is £3 - £5. There is a changing room down the hall phone calls in the Lounge. and showers within the sauna area. You can choose to wear swimwear, but please be aware others may not. Towels are provided. At The Park, the hot tub behind Meals the Universal Hall is open from 5.00pm - 11.00pm (closed Monday; Women only on Tuesday; Men only on Wednesday). £4 is charged for use of facilities, and towels All meals served in the Cluny Dining Room and the Community Centre (CC) in The can be hired for 50p. Park will be vegetarian. Dishes containing garlic, dairy, sugar or gluten are usually labelled as such. There is usually a vegan alternative and/or dairy, garlic, sugar and Mail gluten free options available. Outgoing mail can be placed in the outgoing mail box beside Cluny reception. At At Cluny, breakfast is served in the Dining Room. At The Park, breakfast ingredients The Park, use the red post box beside the Phoenix Shop; collections are at 4.00pm are provided in your bungalow. You can replenish these supplies from the Guest Monday - Friday and 7.45am on Saturday. You can buy stamps at Cluny Reception, Food Shed. Please ask your focaliser for the door code. the General Office or at the Phoenix shop. Incoming mail addressed to guests will be delivered to the site in which they are staying. Please collect your mail from Minor emergencies & repairs either the Park General Office mail room or the mail wheel beside Cluny Reception. If you find something wrong with your accommodation (for example a leaking tap, a Emergencies blown fuse, etc) please contact your focaliser or leave a note for maintenance at the mail room in The Park, or on the noticeboard in Cluny. For Fire, Police or Ambulance use any phone and dial 999. You do not need coins or phone cards for this service. To reach the Forres Police station for non- Smoking emergencies dial 101. Smoking is not permitted within any Foundation or community building. Sheltered Forres Health Centre 0845 3371120 Raigmore Hospital, Inverness 01463 704000 smoking areas are provided in the gazebo in the Community Centre garden, and in the shelter near Cluny’s front door. Forres Dental Care 01309 673553 Dr Gray’s Hospital (A&E), Elgin 01343 543131 4 5 Laundry Taxis There are laundry facilities at both Cluny and The Park. Tokens for the washing ABC Taxis 01309 672 292 Denny’s Taxis 01309 672 180 machines can be purchased at the Park General Office and from Cluny Reception. Please note that Park and Cluny tokens are not interchangeable. The Cluny dryers Forres Taxis 01309 672 353 Len’s Taxis 01309 673 363 require 50p coins. You can also purchase tablets of laundry powder at the General Office for The Park washing machines. Laundry powder is provided at Cluny. Mac’s Eco Taxis 01309 673 305 Mundole Taxis 01309 672 354 Opening Times Park Laundry Cluny Laundry Fares are about £10 between The Park and Forres and around £45 - £36 to Inverness airport. Telephones Monday 3.30pm - 10pm 5pm - 10pm In The Park, there are payphones in the Community Centre and outside the Phoenix shop. In Cluny, there are payphones in the corridor behind reception. The pay 3.30pm - 10pm 12.05pm - 2pm & Tuesday - Friday phone numbers at Cluny are: +44(0)1309 672584 or +44(0)1309 676804. 5pm - 10pm Saturday 11am - 10pm 12.05pm - 10pm The Living Machine and Cluny Waste System Sunday 9am - 10pm 10am - 10pm The Cluny Hill Hotel was built in 1864. and The Park has a natural sewage treatment plant called the Living Machine. Both waste systems are dependent on Phoenix Shop and Cafe your cooperation and consideration. Please do not flush any inorganic material, chemicals or foreign objects down the toilets. There are no public tours of the Living In The Park, the Phoenix Shop (open Mon - Fri 10.00am - 6.00pm; Sat 10.00am Machine which is run independently by a company called Biomatrix. Private tours - 5.00pm; Sun 11.00am - 5.00pm) offers a wide variety of organic foods, snacks, can be arranged with advance notice. The Visitors Centre has a five minute video natural remedies and toiletries, plus gifts, crafts, music and books. At the Universal which is available for visitors to view on their desktop if of interest. Hall, the Phoenix Café (open every day from 10.00am - 5.00pm) offers a range of freshly made organic food and a selection of hot and cold drinks. Departure Bus Timetable As new guests will arrive immediately after you leave, we appreciate your help in making the transition as smooth as possible. Please change your bed linen (clean Cluny to Park to Cluny to Park to linen will be provided) and tidy up where necessary. At The Park, used linen and Park Cluny Park Cluny towels can be placed in a pile in the kitchen of your accommodation. At Cluny, 8.15 am 8.00 am 8.55 am 5.20 pm used linen and towels can be placed in a pile outside your door. Please vacate your 1.30 pm 1.15 pm 9.55 am (via 10.25 am accommodation by 9.00 am on Saturday as Homecare will be coming in to clean. In station) the Park, you may leave your luggage in the CC. At Cluny, your luggage may be left Monday - 5.05 pm 11.10 am (via 10.45 pm 5.20 pm in the cloakroom on the ground floor. Thursday station) 7.15 pm 11.40 am (via 7.30 pm Saturday station) Staying on after your programme 9.45 pm 10.00 pm 1.15 pm 8.15 am 8.00 am If you wish to stay on at the Foundation as a participant in a programme, you are Friday 1.30pm 1.15 pm most welcome to do so provided accommodation is available. See findhorn.org for 5.05 pm 5.20pm more information and talk to your focaliser about the different options. 6 7 Landmarks in the Evolution of the Findhorn Foundation 1962 November 17 - Peter and Eileen Caddy, their three boys 2000 170 acres of land gifted by Duneland Ltd to the Findhorn and friend Dorothy Maclean arrive with a caravan at the Dunes Trust, a new body made up of representatives of Findhorn Bay Caravan Park, intending to stay a few months Findhorn village as well as the Findhorn Foundation and community: the village and the Community came together in a joint project for the first time 1968 Main Sanctuary and first bungalows built; Findhorn Trust Eileen, Peter and Dorothy Land Allocations established as a charity 2001 Findhorn Foundation College established to develop 1969 Community Centre built, extended in 1970 and 1987-1989 vocational, accredited higher education programmes and build bridges with mainstream universities 1970 Universal Hall area gifted to the Findhorn Trust Findhorn Foundation
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