HOME is designed to be built in two stages: a lean founding phase with one person anchoring each domain, and a full build-out where every domain is held by a team of three. The whole community participates in every domain throughout — the teams coordinate, they do not monopolise.
Phase one — The founding team
Minimal. Viable. Real.
HOME can begin with one person anchoring each domain. This is the founding team — lean enough to be achievable, complete enough to function. The wider community carries the rest. At this stage the total on-site community numbers around 15 people — 8 core staff, the founder, 2 families (roughly 6 adults), and their children.
1 · Birth Doula
Midwife-led. The anchor for conscious pregnancy and natural delivery. Supported by the community in the broader care of expectant mothers.
1 · Death Doula
Holding the end of life space. Keeping vigil. Accompanying the dying with presence and beauty. The most important role on the site.
1 · Kitchen coordinator
Holding the knowledge and the rhythm of the kitchen. Everyone cooks. This person ensures the food is what it needs to be.
1 · Farmer-gardener
Leading the land. Everyone works it. This person holds the knowledge of the permaculture system and the livestock.
1 · Builder-handyperson
Maintaining and expanding the physical fabric of the community. A generalist with wide practical skills.
1 · Doctor-healer
Broad-spectrum and naturopathic in orientation. Holding the health of the community with a light touch and deep knowledge.
1 · Sound and video technician
Operating the studio. Broadcasting the community's creative life to the wider world.
1 · Driver
Connecting the community with the surrounding world. Supplies, transport, relationships.
Phase two — Full build-out
Three in every domain.
As HOME matures, every domain grows to a team of three — so there is always someone present, always someone resting, always someone learning. At full build-out, with 3 resident families, end-of-life residents, fasting visitors, and birth guests, the total on-site community reaches approximately 40–50 people at any given time.
Birth Doulas
Team of three · Midwife-led
Guiding conscious pregnancy, natural delivery, and the full arc of early parenting. Overlapping schedules so someone is always available. A calling, not a job.
Death Doulas
Team of three
Accompanying the dying with presence, beauty, and permission. Coordinating final gatherings. Keeping vigil. Holding the fasting space with unhurried care.
Kitchen Team
Team of three
Coordinating the GAPS-inspired kitchen, the cold store, and the daily rhythm of communal eating. Everyone participates. The team holds the knowledge and the continuity.
Farmer-Gardeners
Team of three
Leading the permaculture garden, the polytunnel, and the livestock. Guiding the community's daily relationship with the land. Getting everyone's feet on the earth.
Builders
Team of three
General handypeople capable of working across all structural domains — building, maintaining, adapting, and expanding the physical fabric of the community.
Health Team
Team of three · One doctor
Broad-spectrum healers and nutritionists, guided by one doctor. Naturopathic and holistic in orientation. No routine medication. Deep experience with fasting and natural health transitions.
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Additional roles
Sound, Video and Light Technician
Operating the music and video studio — for recording, broadcasting webinars, and producing the creative content HOME shares with the world. An essential bridge between the community and the wider audience it serves.
Driver
Connecting the community with the wider world — collecting supplies, transporting residents and visitors, maintaining the community's relationship with the surrounding area.
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The families
Children are not a feature. They are the point.
HOME needs a minimum of two — ideally three — families with children living on site. Their presence is not incidental. The sound of children playing is the measure of whether the community is alive.
Early years
Children 0–6
A family home adapted for very young children. Close to the birth doulas. Embedded in the daily life of the community from the very beginning.
Middle childhood
Children 6–12
A home for children old enough to contribute meaningfully to community life — in the kitchen, the garden, the workshops. Learning by doing, alongside adults.
Teens
Children 12–18
A home for young people developing their own creative and intellectual lives within the community. Screen-free, homeschooled, and genuinely integrated into the social fabric of the village.
All families are committed to homeschooling and broad-spectrum education. Children are understood as teachers as much as learners. A childlike attitude to life — playful, curious, fully present — is one of the founding values of HOME.
A note on who this is not for
HOME is not for people who want to be looked after without giving anything back. Every member of this community — whatever their age or condition — plays a role in its life. Participation is not optional. It is the point.
Are you one of these people?
We are actively looking for founding team members — people who want to help build this from the beginning, not join something already finished.