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INTRODUCTION:
Stay at our horticulture & conservation charity close to some of the best tourist sites in England. Hosting students from over 15 countries since 2017, it's a friendly, mellow, rural atmosphere: to explore England, learn skills and enrich your outlook.
Volunteer activities include: horticulture, d.i.y., wildlife, landscaping, conservation, fish pond & wetland, herbs/vegetable/fruit areas. No previous experience required. Stay from as little as 10days. You do not need a visa (4b below)
1. Male students age 18-28 only.
(2. Female accommodation depends on local host families).
3. Flexible schedule enables 4-day weekends off for excursions.
4. Charities are exempt from restrictions for visitors volunteering up to 30 days. (See: Gov.UK website Standard Visitor Entry).
WHAT WE DO:
●Maintain a charity conservation garden. ●Make videos. ●Publish books. ●Conservation remote projects 7 UK universities. ●E.U. placements. ●Library: (conservation, art, history, horticulture, heritage)
SPORTS: On-site Gymnasium (twin weight stack/fixed weight/3 seating position system + free weights). Good countryside for jogging. Use of a bicycle.
Links with local sports clubs: football/volleyball/basketball.
Bowood golf resort is a short walk away.
VILLAGE FACILITIES:
General store, post-office, village hall, 2 pubs, church, golf resort, woodcarving club, football club, river, Bowood House & Gardens.
Chippenham (8minutes by bus) has:
night club; lots of pubs; good range of shops and sports facilities.
Calne (2 minutes by bus) has: skateboard/bmx park; good restaurants; motor museum, volley ball.
PLACES TO VISIT NEARBY: Major attractions include: Stonehenge; Roman Bath; Bristol; Malmesbury; Longleat House; Lacock Abbey; Salisbury Cathedral; Avebury Stone Circles; Bowood House & Gardens; Cotswold Water Park; Somerset coast; South Wales castles & mountains.
Railway station (direct from London) is Chippenham. Bath= 11 minutes by train, Bristol= 23mns. Nearest airport : Bristol.
Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre
Bénévolat
Projets artistiques
Aide avec des éco-projets
Compagnie pour pers. âgée
Jardinage
Bricolage et construction
Aide à la maison
Entretien général
Aide informatique/internet
Objectifs de développement durable de l’ONU que cet hôte essaie d'atteindre
Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre
Gaining a wide range of skills & insights in horticulture, landscaping, garden crafts, art & design.
Improving self reliance, initiative, confidence.
Developing an understanding of English heritage, traditions, history, society.
Explore this part of England and its wide range of historical and cultural attractions.
Opportunity to interact with the local community and events, incl the church, sports clubs, and wood carving club.
Join training sessions with local football, volleyball, basketball clubs.
YOUR HOST:
Stephen is a gardener/
designer/conservationist who created a registered charity. He has made an unusual garden from a field.
He has written many hundreds of articles on: history, heritage, design, gardening, conservation, wildlife, climate change, and education. He is now writing a series books on horticulture, conservation, and well-being.
Registered charity
This host is a registered charity in the UK and is looking for help with their charity project. Guidance on charity worker sponsorship by a UK registered charity, can be found here.
Aide
1. Gardening- all types.
2. Wildlife & conservation.
3. Decorating/DIY
4. Repairs/outbuilding maintenance
5. Landscaping
6. Helping out generally
Also if interested help with
7. Digital platforms/social media
8. Video making & photography.
We seek to enhance individual life skills & experience and improve international friendship.
VISAS:
1. No visa required if volunteering with us for up to 30 days.
2. At present we are only accepting applications from citizens of the European Union/EEA.
Langues parlées
Anglais: Courant
Hébergement
Accommodation is in a traditional English rural house (built 1885).
Simple vegetarian meals 3 times a day (but milk,cheese,eggs are used) Tea/coffee breaks during the day.
BEDROOM: Small single/private. Wifi. Small table. Big window.
OTHER: Large fish pond in garden + aquarium in house.
No smoking household. Low energy usage & ecological living. Organic gardening.
You can also use the acoustic guitar, and bicycle. Very good collection of contemporary and classical music, films, books, Satellite tv. Unlimited wifi/internet.
Nice big fully equipped summer/study house & additional library at bottom of garden.
Autres infos...
Bus from Chippenham/Calne/Swindon stops outside the house every 20 minutes. At Chippenham you can get a bus to many other places; or use the main-line railway direct to: London, Bristol, Oxford, Wales and all over England.
Many interesting walks and lovely English countryside with views of the Avon Vales and the Wessex Downs, & River Marden Valley.
The famous Bowood House & Gardens (and its acclaimed Golf Resort) is a 12mns walk away.
Locally there is also:
Fishing. Cycling. Jogging. Basketball. Volley-ball. Tennis. Museums. Golf. Bmx bike & skateboarding park. Cycle Track Chippenham to Calne. Several Football pitches. Football clubs. Swimming. Friendly church. Walking groups. Wood-carving club in the village.
If you have any particular hobbies/interests we will try to find connections/outlets for you.
Informations complémentaires
Accès Internet
Accès Internet limité
Nous avons des animaux
Nous sommes fumeurs
Familles bienvenues
Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads
There is a garden room for the student to use for online studies in complete privacy. It has a desk and chair, table lamp, wifi access, day bed etc.
Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?
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Nombre d'heures attendues
Timetable is flexible. Allow yourself 4 hours Mondays to Friday.
Feedback (14)
Francesco is a very good house guest and very quiet, you would hardly know that he is in your home and is very… read more
He's a big, tall, strong lad with tons of stamina , energy, enthusiasm and good will. He’s been of great help dealing with major construction and reorganization projects, including demolishing dilapidated pool shed and erecting new one,… read more
My name is Tyge, I am 20 years old, I come from Denmark and I stayed with Stephen from August 28'th to October 14'th.
I was starting my second gap year with the dream of exploring the whole world, and with a decision to join Stephen in his garden I got the blast I dreamed of!
My first evening in the house was also my predecessor, Luis',… read more
He was a great help with garden maintenance and
quickly picked up an understanding of what had to be done and just got on with it. He was very good house guest , very quiet and amicable and we got on well and had great conversations over at dinner… read more
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Francesco is a very good house guest and very quiet, you would hardly know that he is in your home and is very… read more
He's a big, tall, strong lad with tons of stamina , energy, enthusiasm and good will. He’s been of great help dealing with major construction and reorganization projects, including demolishing dilapidated pool shed and erecting new one,… read more
My name is Tyge, I am 20 years old, I come from Denmark and I stayed with Stephen from August 28'th to October 14'th.
I was starting my second gap year with the dream of exploring the whole world, and with a decision to join Stephen in his garden I got the blast I dreamed of!
My first evening in the house was also my predecessor, Luis',… read more
He was a great help with garden maintenance and
quickly picked up an understanding of what had to be done and just got on with it. He was very good house guest , very quiet and amicable and we got on well and had great conversations over at dinner… read more
Amongst other things he was of immense support taking up an old wood decking, transporting sand, and laying in porcelain… read more
Since my brother had already been with him as a workawayer, I knew Stephen beforehand, which made life easier together and we quickly… read more
He undertook many excursions and by reorganising the… read more
Stephens garden is one of the finest I've seen, and working in the garden didn't really feel… read more
WORK
Work was usually only for a couple of hours a day on weekdays and involved what you would expect from Stephen’s listing: helping out in the garden (digging out old roots, planting new plants, etc.) and… read more
Jonathan is very polite, sociable and amiable and has respect for the household and the house rules. He fitted… read more
He got to know the area… read more
I have enjoyed my time here sooo much. I was able to come down, sort out my thoughts, and prepare for the coming studies. Derry Hill is very small and cozy which can be a welcome change to a city life. The area is perfect for walks, hikes or to go jogging as I did… read more
And a superb colour sense: he suggested improvement to all the arbours by painting the trellis sections in different/complementary colours then carefully painting them. I was surprised and delighted by his… read more
I liked to tell him that he didn’t have the hang of hosting workaways: Instead of making them… read more
He has excellent skills at and passion for woodwork. He made five… read more
He was my new host!
He made me feel very welcomed and at ease. That was our first meet.
After I was getting to know about him. He was garden-lover. He was not only knowledgeable but also tried to give me understanding for the future.
His purpose is to live with nature and other… read more
He enjoys being able to converse as often as… read more
with Stephen for 6 weeks.
It has been a big new experience to help Stephen in his garden and
with his charity. Stephen has a terrific personality, so living with him for those 6
weeks was wonderful.
He has such a great humour, so we were making jokes all the time... It
was… read more
Thank you very much for your help, your host and your joy ! You were a sunshine wich crossed the clouds and the snow this winter !
He worked very hard and diligently in the garden and understood new tasks very quickly. Theo… read more
Stephen is such a great guy. He will take care of you. The Garden is beautiful and will continue to build popularity in the community as a place to visit. I truly had all the time I needed to do the things… read more
Once a task is explained to him he can be left to get on with it unsupervised, make a good job of it and cleans up afterwards. He is… read more
He integrated quickly and very well into the life and routine of the house and the work of the Trust. He is good company, gentle, pleasant and courteous. We found him to be very homely and good natured. At work he was diligent and… read more
He was very intressted in my well beeing and as he knows a lot about history I learned a lot about the English history and… read more
He quickly saw possibilities for improvements to the garden and also created proposals for future development. He has a sharp eye to quickly assess a given situation or job to both carry out a task and to see potential for development.
David very quicly… read more
