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14 Jun 2026
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We are a warm, close-knit Christian vegetarian family of five living in a beautiful village near Bedford, overlooking a scenic country park. Family life is busy, joyful, and full of creativity, music, and good food. We especially enjoy cooking, playing live music, spending time outdoors, and sharing life with others.
Leon, my husband, is a teacher, and I work part-time in the creative arts while also caring for our three energetic boys — 7-year-old twins and our youngest, who is 5. The children love being outside and spend lots of time in the garden, at the park, or exploring nature. They also enjoy arts and crafts, reading, imaginative play, and spending time with people.
Our area offers plenty of opportunities for walking and cycling, with lovely routes along the River Great Ouse into Bedford town centre. We are also ideally located for exploring the UK — just one hour from London with easy access to Cambridge as well. We travel into London fairly often and are usually happy to offer a lift when possible.
During the week, the older boys are at school and the youngest attends nursery part-time. We are looking for someone who would enjoy becoming part of our family life and helping with day-to-day tasks such as household chores, food preparation, childcare, and general support around the home.
We have been part of the Workaway community for the past four years and have really enjoyed welcoming people from different backgrounds into our home. The experience has brought wonderful friendships and cultural exchange to our family life.
Our home can be lively and chaotic at times, but it is also loving, welcoming, bubbly, and full of laughter. We would love to host someone who is kind, positive, adaptable, and happy to join in with family life.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Light gardening
Creative DIY projects
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
Light maintenance
Interests
Politics / Social justice
Cooking & food
History
Movies & TV
Vegetarian or vegan
Culture
Writing
Plant care
Performing arts
Music
Gardening
Outdoor activities
Nature
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
If you are interested in music this might be a stay of particular interest to you. We are both musicians and between us play: piano, clarinet, saxophone, guitar, organ, drums and sing. Leon also works as a music teacher. We welcome those who would like to join in with the music!
We are also vegetarian/vegan cooking and love experimenting with new recipes. We consider ourselves to be good cooks:)
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Help
Primarily to help with housework and help with the children.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
French: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
We are keen for the children to learn Spanish. As we have close family living in Spain. Also, we speak a little French and would love to improve our language skills.
Accommodation
We do not accommodate friends or couples.
We host Workawayers in one of two rooms. Either a room with a double bed or a room with a bunk bed.
What else ...
We value having time together but also understand that with such a young family, you will also need time by yourself! Cambridge is accessible by bus and there is a direct train line to London, taking less than about an hour sometimes less.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have 'super fast' broadband internet and it is very reliable.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
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She is the first ever workaway to give us a presentation about her home town! It was great😀.
We wish Elena all the best with her travels!
I spent 5 weeks with Anthea, Leon and their three boys.
They are warm, kind and made me feel at home from the first day.
I mainly helped with the children and some light housework. Such a positive and enriching experience – highly recommended! ❤️
She had more energy than some younger people half her age and enjoyed really long country walks.
Our family wholeheartedly recommend Kveta and wish her all the best for the future. Thank you Kveta!
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She is the first ever workaway to give us a presentation about her home town! It was great😀.
We wish Elena all the best with her travels!
I spent 5 weeks with Anthea, Leon and their three boys.
They are warm, kind and made me feel at home from the first day.
I mainly helped with the children and some light housework. Such a positive and enriching experience – highly recommended! ❤️
She had more energy than some younger people half her age and enjoyed really long country walks.
Our family wholeheartedly recommend Kveta and wish her all the best for the future. Thank you Kveta!
By the time she left, Yuka was really beginning to understand our routine and was of good assistance. We wish her all the best in her travels.
Bedford is nice and peaceful place. there was a long river… read more
Melissa is one of a kind. Her housekeeping skills are nothing short of professional. She is pleasant, hardworking, great with the children, flexible… read more
We rarely accept to host for very short amounts of time, but I am so glad we hosted Taba. Gardening, painting, bread making, house tasks, were all done to the highest… read more
Eva was willing to engage with all task she is given.… read more
She did change the dates that she was going to stay with us and booked her ticket home without first discussing this with us. This was unfortunate and did lead to some… read more
Athina comes highly recommend by our whole family and we will definitely stay in touch!
Kit was absolutely amazing with our three children and helped me complete projects I had no dream of completing anytime soon!!
She fitted in so well with our family, that we still talk… read more
Anything I asked Adrielle to do, she did to a high standard. We were very sad to see her go and miss her!
We wish Adrielle God’s blessing for the future x x
Everyone who met Lea was charmed by her winsome personality and… read more
Working with 3 children requires a lot of energy, commitment, organisation, creativity and constant attention but in return you will receive a dose of love beyond your expectations.… read more
Anthea and Leon were gracious and accommodating as I toured England with Bedford as my home base. They lent… read more
My three kids love her and affectionately call her auntie. She has carried out all the tasks to a very high standard. This… read more
