Life here is BUSY, challenging and not always easy, but over the years thousands of volunteers have found their time here worthwhile, enjoyable and enriching. If you do decide you would like to join us please down load the and return the application form. We will then acknowledge the form, letting you know the date by which you should hear whether or not we could offer you a position. These provide hospitality and an opportunity to extend horizons and forge relationships through sharing an experience of the common life in worship, work, discussion and relaxation. The Abbey provides neither retreat nor conference, but an opportunity to share in Christian community with people from many different backgrounds and places in the world.
Accommodation is mostly in bunk-bedded rooms.
That's what the Iona Community did when it took a bold decision to replace the old Youth Camp with a new, award winning building designed to help young people, families and people with disabilities celebrate Community together. The spacious, light-filled building, opened in 1988, sits just up the road from the Abbey. The 'Mac', as it is known, had accommodation for 50 guests in four, six, and ten-bedded rooms, cleverly designed to give space and a degree of privacy as well as community. Guests and staff come from many backgrounds, traditions and countries to experience community life together through sharing in worship, work, activity and relaxation. A major feature of the building is its beautiful, well-equipped, north facing craft room.