TL;DR I'm going to be setting up an initiative where I offer free stays in a 25-ish person hostel to EA groups for community-building / burnout-recovery purposes. Hostel is Pardshaw Quaker Centre in the northern Lake District, UK. Lots of nice views and lakes. Should hopefully happen by next year. Come along in August to check it out.

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I've noticed a lot of yearning for community in EA recently. Makes sense: if you're working on a world-shattering, life-destroyingly important problem, you'd best well not be doing it alone!

I thought I'd let everyone know about a new initiative I'm putting together to construct a residential retreat space EAs can use in the Lake District, UK. This is off the back of my work with the site as a Quaker, and also off the back of me running a fair amount of weekend events for my various hobbies.

Pardshaw [...]

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First published:
June 12th, 2025

Source:
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/by5nb8Nci6gm2GQxS/a-uk-residential-retreat-space-for-eas

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“A UK residential retreat space for EAs” by Kestrel🔸