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Help us at home and discover Ullapool and the Highlands

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The experience

-We are a couple living in Ullapool center. We are looking for some help regarding general help maintaining our house and the garden.

You will have a cabin for your own and we will provide food allowance money for you to make your meals.

Each day I will tell you the activities and explain you how to do them.
With the volunteering activities, we have a Slf catering cabin and if you help with the changeover, you will get paid for it.

What you offer

25 hours of help per week

Painting & Decorating: Help with painting or decorating the property facilities.

Cleaning: Help clean the kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms and common areas.

Building & Repairing: Help with a wide range of repairs or building.

Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens

What you get

2 days off per week

Private Room: You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.

Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.

Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.

Dinner: You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Free Tours: We’ll take you on tours and rides around town. For free!

Free Hiking Tours: We’ll take you on excursions and hikes around town. For free!

Bikes at your disposal: You can use our bikes any time you want.

Language lessons: Take free language classes at our place.

Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.

Fast Internet Access: High-speed internet for you to work remotely

Dedicated Workspace: Specific space for you to work remotely

Requirements

Intermediate English or Intermediate English

Between 20 and 40 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

The help we need at home and in our garden is regarding their general maintenance. I will tell you what the activities for each day. Most of it is simple work and you will be given good and clear instructions on how to do them. We will discuss which skills you have to make the best of your time.

You will find with us activities working outside as well as inside the house, making some reparations, construction, painting and arranging some stuff.
We have a small number of laying hens and we share the eggs. You will be asked to feed them.

As we have been having volunteers for the past 25 years, we have good experience at making people feel at home .

Activities & Shift

Activities usually start at 10am , stop for lunch at 1 pm and stop at 4pm, or earlier sometimes. We are very flexible about working hours and we can arrange according to your need to explore the town and the surroundings. you will be able to chose your free days so you are able to go hiking or traveling.

The first days we will start with easy activities to learn about your skills and strengths. We will find out too some things you can learn. Most of the times, I will show you how to do each thing and then it will be unsupervised work, however, if you have any doubt, you can always ask as many times as necessary.

Rules

We expect a clean cabin when you leave and in general to be respectful with everyone. There is a lot of freedom so we just expect common sense of living around other people :) in 25 years, we have had only 2 minor accidents, but we expect you to have medical or travel insurance to prevent any indesirable situation!