Help our registered charity with retreats and community events in Sutton Courtenay, UK

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  Beschreibung

  We’re looking for volunteers able to join us from November onwards. Preferably people with housekeeping experience, carpentry and DIY skills, cooking skills (and able to follow food safety rules in the kitchen).
  
  We get a lot of applications - so take your time in applying carefully or we won't consider you. Thank you.
  
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  We are a registered charity, housed in a beautiful English medieval manor with an ancient courtyard and a magnificent timbered Great Hall, dating from the 13th century. It is situated in extensive grounds where deer roam freely and where there is also a walled garden.
  
  Over the past 40 years the charity has run a range of group activities including retreats and other spiritual events, lectures, concerts, yoga classes, creative workshops, community projects and group meetings. Guests and visitors are warmly welcomed.
  
  Following a period of temporary closure we are currently recruiting Workaway volunteers to join and to help us run activities (see the calendar to see if we are currently recruiting). We are particularly interested in volunteers with housekeeping (including ironing) and hospitality experience, ground maintenance, gardening, growing vegetables, cooking, cleaning, DIY and so on.
  
  The minimum residential volunteering period is 1 month and the maximum is 3 months.
  
  Volunteers from outside the EU must have a valid tourist, out of which they can volunteer for a maximum of one month. They must have a good understanding of spoken English.
  
  The Abbey (which is not and has never been an Abbey) is situated in Sutton Courtenay, a small village in the countryside 10 miles south of Oxford and 60 miles from Central London. If you want to be a Workaway volunteer please write to us saying why you are attracted to the Abbey and what you hope to contribute. Please do not on any account turn up without us having agreed to have you - as we will not be able to accommodate you.
  
  The Abbey is a quiet and peaceful place, well suited for rest, reflection and respectful communication. It isn't a place for late night parties, illegal drugs and a city lifestyle -- but if you like being surrounded by nature and meeting new people from different cultures as well as living and working together in a friendly relaxed environment, then this is the place to be.
  
  PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING ABOUT APPLYING:
  1. Do not apply if our calendar is full (brown) for the time you want to come.
  2. Let us know the dates between which you are looking to volunteer.
  3. Let us know which of the skills that we need that you can offer and any experience or qualifications you have with these.
  4. If you are travelling from outside the UK let us know the nature of your visa and if there are restrictions on how much time you can volunteer for.
  5. If we accept you and you change your mind - please let us know as soon as possible. Don't just not turn up.
  6. We will need two references if you don't have any reviews, and we will also need to do a DBS check and an identity check (passport and visa) when you arrive.

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  Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten

  Karitative Arbeit

  Gartenarbeiten

  Heimwerker- und Bauarbeiten

  Zubereiten / Kochen von Mahlzeiten für die Familie

  Hausarbeiten

  Handwerkliche Arbeiten
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  UNO-Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung, die dieser Gastgeber verfolgt

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  Was ist das?
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  Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten

  Do come and join our small and cheerful team of volunteers in order to help run this beautiful ancient Medieval building. In exchange, you will have a lot of freedom and time for yourself as long as the work is done and the house rules are respected.

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  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.

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  Arbeit

  We expect Workaway volunteer to help 25 hours per week. The work won't be the same from one week to another except some specific tasks. You must be able to help flexibly, both independently and as part of a group, and without us having to chase you. Most of the help is very straight forward and does not require special skills. But please note that we are expecting from our volunteers to help with whatever is needed rather than what they want to do.

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  Gesprochene Sprachen

  Englisch: Fließend
  Französisch: Fließend

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  Unterkunft

  You will have your own unique room in this ancient building. We also have one twin room suitable for friends traveling together. The rooms are not en-suite but there are showers and toilets nearby. The majority of the rooms have beautiful views of the Abbey's extensive grounds where deer roam freely. We only cook vegetarian meals.

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  Was noch ...

  We are in the village of Sutton Courtenay, 10 miles south of Oxford, and 60 miles from central London. Both are renowned for their tourist appeal and we will be happy to advise you about what is on offer there and also in our locality. You may also be able to attend some of the events that are arranged here during your stay. We are surrounded by beautiful countryside and there is a 10 minute walk to the Thames river and a place where you can wild swim.
  
  Coming by car: we are thirty minutes from the M4 Junction 13 and M40 Junction 7.
  Coming by rail: Culham is the nearest station, useful if traveling with a bicycle, but there are no direct transport links from Culham to Sutton Courtenay. Didcot Parkway rail station is on the main line from London Paddington. Taxis are available from outside the station (10 minutes away) and regular buses run from Didcot to Sutton Courtenay.
  Coming by bus use: Thames Travel X32/X33/33. Buses of the Thames Travel X1 service run through Sutton Courtenay via Didcot, Abingdon and Oxford.

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  Etwas mehr Information

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    Internet Zugang

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    Eingeschränkter Internet Zugang

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    Wir besitzen Tiere

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    Wir sind Raucher

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    Familien möglich

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  Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal

  mehr als zwei

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  Arbeitszeiten

  Maximum 5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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