Editing Findhorn Foundation (section)

==2021 fire, lockdown and transitions==
In April 2021, a fire destroyed the Findhorn community centre and its sanctuary building. The fire was deliberately caused by the community centre’s manager who had lived and worked at Findhorn for 16 years.<ref name=":0">[https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/findhorn-foundation/ “Trouble in paradise as fire and redundancies provokes ill-will at famously peaceful Findhorn Foundation”]  Sunday Post, 18 July 2021</ref> Scotland’s ''Sunday Post'' newspaper reported that he had been distressed to learn that because of restructuring plans he was one of 50 staff who would have to leave Findhorn, where many had worked long-term for housing, food and minimal wages. This restructuring was only partly due to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the newspaper's report. It quoted other redundant Findhorn staff as affirming widespread “hurt and anger” within the Findhorn community about these restructuring plans.<ref name=":0" />   

The fire and the impact of COVID-19 lockdowns forced the Foundation to cease its educational activities by September 2023,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wildhunt.org/2023/09/findhorn-foundation-closes-educational-programmes.html |title=Findhorn Foundation closes educational programmes |publisher=The Wild Hunt |access-date=}}</ref> marking a significant shift in its operational model. As the Foundation grappled with the financial strain of these compounded crises, it announced the decision to sell part of its properties<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/moray/5984503/findhorn-foundation-reveal-current-model-no-longer-financially-viable-with-staff-at-risk-of-redundancy/ |title=Findhorn Foundation reveal current model no longer financially viable with staff at risk of redundancy |publisher=The Press and Journal |access-date=}}</ref> in an effort to stabilize its financial situation. Further, it stated in July 2023 that it might have to let go of some of its 50 staff members.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/moray/5984503/findhorn-foundation-reveal-current-model-no-longer-financially-viable-with-staff-at-risk-of-redundancy/ |title=Findhorn Foundation reveal current model no longer financially viable with staff at risk of redundancy |publisher=The Press and Journal |date=July 2023 |access-date=11 January 2025}}</ref>