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Volunteer at a Buddhist Centre in London 🧘‍♂️🌿

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The experience

Help with publicity distribution, marketing, cleaning, gardening, and more while enjoying free meditation classes, delicious vegetarian meals, and cosy dormitory accommodation in the heart of London.

🌸 Be part of a warm, welcoming community.
🧘‍♀️ Access a serene meditation room to deepen your practice.
🏠 Stay in comfortable shared accommodation with vegetarian meals.
📖 Enjoy free meditation classes, courses, and retreats.

What you offer

30 hours of help per week

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

Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens

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

Cooking: Choose the menu, pick ingredients and cook delicious dishes.

What you get

2 days off per week

Shared Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other travelers.

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 Events: Get free entrance for the best events in town.

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

Basic Internet Access: Basic speed internet for you to work remotely

Requirements

Intermediate English

Over 18 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

What we offer:

🌸 A peaceful and welcoming community of residents from all walks of life.
🧘‍♀️ A beautiful meditation room to deepen your practice.
🏠 Comfortable and cosy dormitory accommodation and bathrooms.
📖 Free meditation classes, courses, and retreats for volunteers.

Who we are looking for:

We welcome volunteers who resonate with our values and are open to community living, meditation, and helping with the daily running of the Centre.

If you're looking for an opportunity to immerse yourself in a spiritual environment, contribute to a meaningful cause, and experience the tranquillity of a Buddhist lifestyle in the heart of London, we’d love to hear from you! 🙏✨

Guests will enjoy our warm and friendly community, and be able to join our weekly meditation classes and study Modern Kadampa Buddhism. Meditation classes can help calm your mind, improve your mental clarity, reduce feelings of stress and tension and give you perspective on your life.

Initially we can only offer volunteer opportunities for two weeks. As a volunteer, you will receive free access to our meditation classes and weekend events. We do have some basic rules, such as no alcohol, drugs (including tobacco/vaping), TV, loud music, or meat/fish on-site.

In your free time there are many ways to relax; we are close to local parks and beautiful Hampstead Heath. Golders Green tube station (northern line) is only 5 minutes walk away with excellent links into central London, and there are also many bus routes and a National Express coach station.

Activities & Shift

We are looking for enthusiastic volunteers to support the Centre in a variety of ways. Many of the roles are practical and hands-on — such as distributing publicity around London, preparing rooms for visitors, cleaning, cooking for fellow volunteers, gardening, redecorating, and maintenance. These tasks can sometimes be physically demanding, but they are also very rewarding. Other opportunities include assisting with social media and marketing, and welcoming attendees to our meditation classes and events.

Rules

Our Centre has four houses and guests stay in shared rooms with shared bathroom. Vegetarian meals are provided as part of your stay. Please note, no alcohol, drugs (including tobacco/vaping), TV, loud music, or meat/fish is allowed on-site.