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Join us for Volunteer Week at YHA Canterbury!

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The experience

We're looking for 6 individuals to stay with us for 6 days from Sunday 25th January - Saturday 31st January, working and living together as a group to help redecorate some of our more outdated bedrooms and communal areas that haven't received the care and attention they deserve. We are interested in people who are very creative and enjoy painting for long periods of time, and who are comfortable spending a lot of time interacting with new people

What you offer

25 hours of help per week

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

What you get

1 day off per week

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

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.

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

Certificate: Get a certificate of completion after you finish your experience.

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

Requirements

Intermediate English

Over 18 years old

Only hosts solo volunteers (doesn’t accept couples or partners)

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

Volunteer week at YHA is a program ran across all the hostels in our network, aimed at providing an opportunity for a group of individuals to bond together and foster core memories from their experience working together in a project organised at the hostels.

Activities & Shift

Our volunteer week in Canterbury is going to be organised around mostly painting and decorating our older, less recently renovated rooms that could do with some work to get them back to looking their best! Shifts will typically be around 6 hours long, finishing in the early afternoon. After that time you will be able to go out, either as a group or by yourself, and explore the amazing places Canterbury has to offer!

Rules

We have very few rules for our volunteers when they stay with us. Smoking is allowed outside of the building, however no drugs are allowed on premises at any time, and as a licensed venue we don't allow externally bought alcohol to be consumed on site. But above all else, we just ask that everyone treats other with the respect and kindness that they deserve!