Region: Midi Pyrenees

Nina and Ian live in the pyrenees have renovated the house in our small mountain farm. We have ongoing building work, landscaping and gardening projects. Nina is a yoga instructor and Ian (background in architecture and theatre) is a woodturner/builder maker. Having moved here last autumn we are now completeing the “yoga barn” which needs floor tiling, some external pointing and some zinc guttering work and a timber deck. Also 15 donkeys will arrive after the summer and we need to prepare the electric fencing and get the land ready for them, this will include making our own stakes from chestnut and acacia trees, staking out and wiring the grazing areas. In the autumn we will build a shelter or shelters for them. There are brambles to be strimmed/slashed, trees to be cleared up etc. Its mostly outdooor work and physical, we like to do it as and when we feel like but usually in short bursts, a few hours at a time leving time to read, snooze and generally enjoy the nature and environment here. If you feel attracted to coming for a week or two to help out we would love to hear from you. Thanks for your visit. Ian and Nina.

Region: Languedoc

Our Chateau is a 6 bedroom home running activity holidays and retreats in the spring and autumn. It is run by me, Julia and my partner Philip. We both enjoy welcoming volunteers to help with the many tasks such a big enterprise involves. Volunteers are treated as part of the family and invited to join in when we spend time exploring the amazing Languedoc countryside. We have bikes available for Helpers to use in their time off so that they can explore locally and visit the different villages with their shops and bars. We are always happy to take you to the train station on your days off if you want to venture further afield. We are often able to invite our Helpers to join in certain events with course guests ( if there is room in the cars) such as a local visit, a wine tasting or an evening reading of poetry or prose. As you will be sharing our home you will , of course, have access to WiFi internet, laundry, TV room and a large library of books and games. During Spring 2013 we will be running courses in cookery, poetry and creative writing and we will need Helpers to help in the kitchen, serving food to the guests and helping me to make sure that our guests are happy. Other tasks will be those needed to make sure that the house is running smoothly - cleaning, laundry etc There will also be some outdoor work helping Philip in the gardens where we are landscaping a new area and putting in new plants and a new watering system. We are now looking for Helpers from mid April to the end of May 2013 and then again from mid September to early December 2013

Region: Lassay-Les-Chateaux, Pays de la Loire

Workaway volunteers needed for 5th May 2013 Come and help us transform our mud patch into a lovely eco-cottage garden, assist with the final finishing works on our character cottage (painting/decorating, carpet fitter, plumbing and or interior design/ upholstery/sewing help urgently required!) - We are trying to finish renovating a cottage and garden to create a safe haven and calm retreat for our high-functioning autistic son and my wife who has the long-term debilitating condition CFS We are looking for help between 5th May and 6th July 2013. We are an English family living in a 1750's traditional French character cottage in lovely Lassay-les-Chateaux. Lassay les Chateaux is a beautiful village in the north of the Mayenne Department of France, with a 15th Century chateau, medieval garden and a beautiful rose garden (over 200 varieties of roses). There are plenty of shops, cafes, bars and restaurants to enjoy in this charming old town. A three minute walk from our cottage finds you in the centre of Lassay. We have two children of nearly 6 and nearly 5. Animals are a big part of our life - we have two friendly dogs (Gracie, a King Charles Cavalier and Sasha, a Cotton de Tulear puppy of 7 months), two kittens and 6 chickens in the garden. We also help with rescue kittens and foster them during kitten season for a local animal charity here in France until they can find loving forever homes! We like to eat homemade fresh food and spend lots of time outside. Our interests include home-cooking, nature, organic gardening, photography, culture and travel, walking, animals. The children love arts and crafts, baking, going to the river beach and playground, riding bikes and helping in the garden! We are an easy-going, welcoming family eager to learn about other people's lives and cultures and have fun through this exchange programme and hope to make many friends along the way!

Region: Sardinia

My name is Antonio, I work in social jobs with handicap, using art (mainly theatre)... I live alone in a town of 1500 people, 10 km to the west coast Sardinia's beaches and all around is country sides and mountain (Montiferru Chains). My house is not at all a luxury house, is very simple but cozy, with basic stuffs. There is only my bedroom and a studio where I can host people (and kitchen, livingroom and toilet). Cold enough in winter time (I can offer some warm blankets). First of all, at my place I try to: -avoid wasting >>>food, paper, water, light -share mine and your supplies -host people older than 25 years who know how to live indipendents