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Cultural association needs help with the upkeep of the site

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The experience

Our Cultural Association preserves and promotes Villa Pianciani and its historic park. We offer volunteer opportunities in gardens and olive groves with pruning, trimming, maintenance and cleaning. Manual skills, energy and a positive spirit are welcome. Minimum stay: 3 weeks. We provide full board accommodation. In free time, volunteers can explore Umbria’s treasures such as Spoleto, Assisi, Perugia and Lake Trasimeno.

What you offer

25 hours of help per week

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

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

Farming: Plant crops, sow seeds and help in outside tasks.

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.

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.

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 or Intermediate French

Between 18 and 70 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

We do not have a fixed program, as activities change with the seasons and circumstances. As a general rule, work is from Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., but we can allow some flexibility to meet specific needs. The work changes with the seasons; it mainly consists of gardening, maintenance, and tidying up, and sometimes cleaning both outdoor and indoor areas.
We can host a small number of volunteers in single or double rooms with a shared bathroom. The kitchen is shared, and each volunteer is responsible for preparing their own meals. We provide the food, but we cannot take care of the cooking

Activities & Shift

We need great help for gardening and in some seasons pruning and trimming in the park and in the olive groves; setting up and cleaning in the garden and in the field. We must say that we need some experience to manual work and we do appreciate skills for small maintenance work as painting or tailoring or small carpentery and cleaning when necessary. We could need some help also in cleaning indoor the Villa before events and for some turism.
We work hard and a good energy and attitude would be greatly appreciated .
In the good season we could have also some support activities for events happening at the Villa

Rules

The general rules are: good manners, kindness, fairness, sincerity and honesty, a positive attitude, and respect for agreed schedules. Smoking is not allowed inside the Villa or in any indoor spaces.