Volunteers for local culture and heritage non-profit in Clonbur, Ireland

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  Description

  Who We Are:
  Our registered charity supports culture, heritage, the Irish language, and the arts. We are housed in a repurposed 1860s gothic stone church, nestled at the foot of two wonderful hillwalking locations, and between Lough Corrib and Lough Mask, in the West of Ireland. We have been a destination for fishing for at least 200 years, an area rich in deep history and culture of Ireland, scattered with castles, ruins, woodlands and lakes, sheep, and cows.
  
  We are seeking creative, enthusiastic and independent people with who would like to help us grow into a centre of excellence for creative and heritage practices connecting artists, performers, craftspeople, authors, and academics with their audiences in a relationship that benefits creators and community mutually. We are an all-volunteer organization. We have a busy calendar of high-quality programmes and experiences that nurture practice development, engagement, and access to heritage, Irish language, culture, and the arts.
  
  Our location simply cannot be beat for absolute beauty of the huge lakes, the inviting hills, the open green fields, and the many historic ruins. You have easy access to swimming, cycling, hiking, socializing in pubs, and with some preplanning, venturing out via public transportation to the wider sites and attractions of Ireland.
  We look forward to meeting you and sharing the peaceful beauty that is Western Ireland.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Bénévolat

  Aide informatique/internet
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  Being part of our Culture and Heritage Centre will give you the opportunity to meet local artists, writers, musicians, crafts people, heritage practitioners – and our wonderful local community here in the west of Ireland.
  The Heritage Centre holds several meetings a month for Writers, Artists, etc. You are welcome to attend these if you have a writing or artistic practice. There are many Art Exhibits, literary, Irish language, heritage, and musical events scheduled through the year.

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  Aide

  Help Required 15 - 29 June 2024:
  
  We have a wonderful Summer Solstice/ St John's Eve Event planned for our community, and need some logistical and event help:
  VOLUNTEERS for EVENT SET UP
  chairs, lights, gazebos, etc
  VOLUNTEERS forEVENT DAY SUPPORT
  set up seating
  ticket taking
  guide visitors to seating
  post -event break down and cleaning
  
  We ask 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week from our Workaway helpers. Our day starts at 9:30 am, leaving you lots of afternoon and evening to enjoy our beautiful surroundings.

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  Langues parlées

  Anglais: Courant

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  Hébergement

  Accommodations:
  We have a clean, bright, and welcoming home with a separate clean, neatly furnished self- catering apartment on our property for Helpers. It is suitable for one person, or a couple. You will have your own kitchen and bathroom, but are also welcome to join us for meals. There is wifi, clothes washer and dryer as well as clothesline, bicycles, kayaks for the walking-distance lakes (good swimming!), and you are welcome to go along to the gigs where my husband plays music in pubs 2-3 nights a week.
  
  You will be expected to keep your rooms, kitchen, and bathroom clean and neat, and clean them prior to leaving, so they are tidy for the next Helper, but you will not be asked to share in the general cleaning of the house or grounds.
  We are a non-smoking household, no smoking or vaping is permitted on our property.
  Our accommodations are for one person or a couple, there is one bed in the bedroom, and plenty of storage for your things. We cannot host any pets or children.
  
  We live as sustainably as possible, making all our own soaps, shampoos, laundry soaps, hand creams, etc. (I used to own a handmade soaps and cosmetics company). We forage and preserve the bountiful fruits around us in season, and grow as much of our other fruits and veg as possible. We keep a small flock of hens for their eggs. If you are interested in learning to make as much of your own foods as possible, this is the place for you! We make our own bread, yogurt, cheeses, pasta, jams, jellies, cordials, the list is long. You will eat delicious, healthy, freshly made food from an international cuisine. We are omnivores but have spent years as vegetarians, so are open to varied life choices around foods.
  We are a very creative family, artists, musicians, crafting, sailing, kayaking, and caravan camping – activities we would be happy to share with you! There is a lot of music in our house (do you play? join in!) We try to have at least a half day for painting and art every week.

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  Autres infos...

  There is a small village with store, award winning bakery/coffee shop, bus stop, and three pubs 1.7 km from the house. We are 50 minutes from Galway City, 25 minutes from a moderately large village, 45 minutes from Castlebar, 45 minutes from Claremorris (nearest train station) 50 minutes from Westport, 3 hours from Dublin.
  Ireland is a country of moderate weather, generally on the cool side. You will need layers even in summer, and an absolute requirement is rain gear. You must have footwear for rainy weather (wellies are good). With the proper outerwear, Ireland is enjoyable most days, with some intermittent stormy weather or rainy patches. Expect some short rain showers most days, that then clear to bright crisp days. We often have days where it mists lightly all day. That’s where all the rainbows come from!
  It stays light in Ireland until 10 pm or later during the middle of summer, gets dark at around 4 in winter, so we tend to work to use the light when it’s there. We will encourage you to use the long days to explore the beauty of our area, soak up some culture, and learn about Ireland.
  You are welcome to stay with us over the weekends, but if you prefer to travel, we can help you get to public transportation, with sufficient notice and as long as it does not conflict with our other obligations.

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  Informations complémentaires

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    Accès Internet

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    Accès Internet limité

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    Nous avons des animaux

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    Nous sommes fumeurs

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    Familles bienvenues

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  Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads

  Stable internet connection. We both spent over 20 years in high-tech, so understand the digital work life.

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  Cet hôte a de la place pour les vans.

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Deux

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  Nombre d'heures attendues

  Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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