Who We Are

This site is owned by the NFA (New Findhorn Association), the community association for individuals and organisations within a radius of 50 miles of the Findhorn Foundation Community, who acknowledge to live and work by a set of Core Values laid out by the community, which we call our “Common Ground”.

The site has been created by a team of volunteers and consultants working since August 2021 to provide an online home for people with a deep and special connection to the Findhorn Foundation Community – our “Family” – and for a collective autobiography of the Community as told by them in their stories. It also provides information on the Community’s 60th Anniversary in November 2022. The website offers a members’ area where the family can share, have discussions and meet each other.

Acknowledgements

We are most grateful to the volunteers and consultants who have made this site possible. They include the following:

Abbott Chrisman – Metadata/tagging
Abdul Otman – IT, online events, social media
Amanda Haworth – Community Kids list
Avalon Santos Willmott – Brand Designer
Carly Newfeld – In Memoriam, global
Cornelia Featherstone – Concept & structure, Newsletter
Dell Horler – Submission Guidelines, liaison with Findhorn Foundation Comms
Dürten Lau – Birthday Celebrations, NFA liaison
Giles Christian – Timeline
Janet Limb – core group and sponsoring Logo design
Kathryn Kusa – In Memoriam, local
Kevin Featherstone – Project Management support
Laura Pasetti – Events coordination
Leona Graham – Birthday Celebrations, Members’ area host, Media Group
Liza Hollingshead – Members’ Stories & Community Kids list
Lorraine Rytz-Theriault – initial core group, NFA liaison
Mark Richards – Photo editor
Megan Searby – initial core group, liaison Findhorn Foundation leadership team
Richard Elen – Copywriter
Sabine Weeke – Resources
Shaun Pollak – Website concept
Sylvia Robertson – Admin&Finance
Val MacLennan – Web Developer
Val Whistler – initial core group, event management
Yasko Takahashi – Media Group

We are also deeply grateful to Mike Scott for all his extraordinary work with the Community History up to 2007 – which laid the foundations for many aspects of this site – and his support from the very beginning of this project. Adriana Sjan Bijman and her team have given us the blueprint for the concept of the website and 156 wonderful stories.

The creation of this website has been made possible through the financial support from The Park Ecovillage Trust who received the funds from the following:
John Clausen and Hygeia
Lisette Schuitemaker
John Talbot
Sylvia Robertson
Cornelia Featherstone
Patricia Andersson
Richard Elen
and two other individuals who wish to remain anonymous.
Thank you for believing in this project from the very early beginnings. We could not have achieved it without your trust and support.

Copyright

Story creators retain their copyright to text, images and other media unless otherwise stated. NFA holds the copyright on the site overall. For many historical documents, images and other materials included here the Findhorn Foundation has copyright and we acknowledge their generous permission to allow us to use them.

What’s In A Name?

The answer is “quite a lot”. Findhorn is a Scottish village located on the Moray Firth. The spiritual community which was born in 1962 on a caravan site in Findhorn is often referred to, erroneously, by the same name, and “Findhorn” has also become the name of the concept of community culture embodied in the Community. This has caused confusion, and at times distress, in our local relationships. We apologise for this and endeavour to move forward with sensitivity and respect for all involved. An initial step has been taken in agreeing to refer to the aspects of the Community based at The Park as “The Park Ecovillage, Findhorn”, and we hope to build on such agreements over time. We currently refer to the Community as a whole as “The Findhorn Foundation Community”.

One Incredible Family

The phrase itself is the title of a song written by noted Australian musician Hans Poulsen in the early 1970s during his time living in the Findhorn Foundation. It was often sung by him and Lynn Whyte (Zidanic) in the Community Centre, on picnics and at other events and over the years has become a kind of anthem for the Community. Today, we are using the phrase to identify and celebrate the Findhorn Foundation Community “Family” – the many people around the world who have a special, deep connection to the Findhorn Foundation and Community.