Volunteer in a B&B in Dordogne

Area: England

Looking for workers to join us for our second year with Workaway Family of 3, me, husband and daughter (11) 3 dogs, 1 cat, 12+ chickens and a great sense of humour! We would like you to stay with us initially for up to 2 weeks and can consider a longer stay provided we all get along and if we have no other commitments. Ideally we want someone with good English, a sense of humour and to be part of the family. During spring and summer months there is lots of outdoors work to be done, painting, tidying the garden, maintaining the vegetable garden, looking after the chickens; feeding, cleaning and help with walking our three excitable dogs. People who are willing to help with housework, cooking. Some occasional help with our daughter's homework would be appreciated and maybe experiee with selling on EBay could be useful, though not essential! We don't smoke and we are not vegetarians, we do love our meat, and enjoy good traditional home cooked food as well as dishes from around the world, so may be you could cook us your favourite dinner! We live in the Surrey Hills near Leatherhead and Dorking, in a semi-rural location, down a muddy track. We have recently renovated our house and detached cottage but there is still plenty of work to do. We have approximately 1.5 acres of garden and woodland meadow, pond and a few outbuildings and a vintage caravan! We are just a short walk from the village with a few useful shops, supermarket, chemist, chinese and indian take-away and restaurants. In the other direction, at the end of the road you will find yourself on over 500 acres of woodland with rare butterflies and some bird watching if you're interested! There are a variety of historical National Trust properties, an world award winning vineyard, the London Olympics cycle road race course, theme parks and other areas of interest all in this area. We are amongst some very beautiful English countryside to explore but also near some larger towns if you want to explore the shops! We have a main line train station 15/20 mins wals, 1k walk from the house, running to local towns and direct to London, so you can be in central London in under one hour. We are also within one hour's drive to the coast. Gatwick and Heathrow airports are also only 45 minutes drive. So we have it all here!

Area: Hamburg

Welcome in Hamburg ! We are a young family living in a beautifull nature where we founded an eco-project early this year near by a nature reservat . Although you will not believe when you see the beautifull landscape here, we are still inside Hamburg. We always need help with farming , restauration and other things you possibly like to do here. We have enough space for ideas, or simply enjoy the beautifull atmosphere while helping to develop this project. We wish you would stay at least 2 weeks, and you can decide if you live more seperate with own cooking and housing or close to us in the main house. We are at the beginning with this eco project - and many things will be done the first time. If you like - let´s contact via Skype, let´s see if we have free space in your prefered time period. Yours Vera, Louisa, Anna, Arnd

Area: Ulster

We need house and garden help in exchange for room and food, some building experience would be good.

Area: San José

We are a family of five, and a host of dedicated staff, living on a beautiful ridge top, in the region of Pérez Zeledón Costa Rica. We practice & teach permaculture, host events, gatherings & workshops, have several plans & initiatives for how we can positively impact our region. We welcome harmonious hardworking friends to join us in the mission. We have 4 years experience hosting guests and building infrastructure, and are moving our volunteer program into a more educationally-focused internship opportunity. We have room to support a few people who are willing to show up and make a genuine contribution to the cause. While the internship positions are more of a hands-on guided experience, we have some volunteer/staff positions available for reliable self-motivated individuals with specific skills. These opportunities are reserved for individuals who can commit to a 3-month minimum stay.

Area: Lower Normandy

Registered UK charity and French association. providing care for ponies, donkeys and horses that have been mistreated or abandoned. we also provide a safe house for equines when the owners can no longer care for them. The refuge cares for 80 ponies and horses with around 30 in residence at any time.