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Get Involved and Get Inspired: Volunteering at a Family Home

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The experience

I've lived in italy for 20years, I am a designer by trade, and work between both places... This is my family home and there is always work to be done, painting doors, windows, fences, sewing, chopping wood, exchanging recipes & music...

There is always work for architects, carpenters, visual designers...

We are 2miles from nearest village, but I can do drop off to train stations/buses to to some tourist activities when the weather is good

What you offer

25 hours of help per week

Arts: Help with painting, graffiti, sculpting or drawing.

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

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

Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens

What you get

3 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.

Get free drinks or beverages.: Drink up! Get free and tasty drinks for yourself.

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

Pick Up: We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.

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

Requirements

Intermediate English

Between 27 and 75 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

Generally to work when the weather is not good, when it's good get a train and do some tourism. I work from home, its quite relaxed, who cooks doesn't wash up... When you arrive we would do a shop to get the groceries you like for breakfast etc.

Activities & Shift

Very flexible to work with weather, there is always something to do, I would like some help to paint/decorate a few rooms in the home... make furniture, painting (interior exterior), walls, windows, garden, fencing, chopping logs, fixing, cleaning sheds... BBQs, and other things may happen or fall in the mean time... ... I work as a free-lance designer, and generally pitching work regularly - I often need help in graphics and motion graphics projects.

Rules

No rules really... keep warm