Camphill Open Day Sunday week

The annual Camphill Dunshane Open Day is being held on Sunday week, 24 June, and all are invited to go along and see the community's activities in farming, horticulture and crafts.

Attractions on the Open Day will include face painting, sheep racing, a wheelbarrow race, treasure hunt, games, raffles, crafts, bric-a-brac, food from different parts of the world and, of course, ice cream.

The event runs through the afternoon from 2pm, and signposts on all the roads in the area will help with access.

Life in the 18 Camphill Communities around Ireland, which are part of an international charitable trust, involves living and working with people who have intellectual disabilities and other kinds of special needs.

In Camphill, residents share their home, spiritual and working lives with those who are motivated to accept them as equals who need support and recognition for what they can contribute. Most of the people providing this support are volunteers, coming locally or from abroad. The ethos is one of self-sufficiency where possible for both the individual and the community.

DIRECTIONS: Drive out the Kilcullen Road from Naas, take the turn for Dunlavin on the left, turn immediately left again (100yards), pass GAA field on your right and keep driving to bottom of road. At T-Junction, turn right and we are the 3rd entrance on the left. There is a big stone engraved with Camphill Dunshane outside the entrance. Admission is free and free parking is available on site.