About De Ark Haarlem

De Ark is all about encounters: different people who meet and get to know each other with kindness and warmth. People who pay attention and take care of each other. People who together form a community, in which everyone is given space, is seen, appreciated and can flourish.

In the Arkcommunity Haarlem, people with and without intellectual disabilities live together every day in Arkhuis Pelletier. People with a distance to regular work come to work in our Workshop and Tuinderij. People who want to cooperate in the house, garden or workshop and people who want to sympathize with our housemates and participants together form a community. A community that is open to many and that is also inspired by them.

Enriching differences
People are different: every person has his own qualities, talents, shortcomings and limitations. We believe that dealing with people who are different is enriching. As far as we are concerned, this applies in particular to people with intellectual disabilities.