Join our surf hostel team on the beautiful west coast of Ireland, Connacht

Ireland

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25/02/2020
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2020

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We are a small team focused on offering a positive and memorable experience for all of our guests and staff. We work hard to keep everybody's energies positive and in harmony. We have two buildings, one is the hostel, the other is our lodge and in between we have a surf shed that works as surf school.

We bring groups of people in and we offer them surf, accommodation and connect them with other activities around the village. Our main goal is to help our guests experience the charm and beauty that we love about our little coastal village.
Type of help
Gardening
General Maintenance
Help with Eco project
Help in the house
Language practice
Art project
Help with Computers / internet
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
There are a number of beautiful things to see in the area that are easy to reach on foot. You will be able to surf and explore the area during your free time. Surfing is a big part of the culture and community here and you will be able to experience the power and energy that comes from being on the water in the Atlantic. There is also live music at the pubs within walking distance almost every night.
Host offers a wage in line with the minimum wage
This host offers accommodation and payment.
Help
We are a surf school, hostel, and lodge and we are looking for people with good vibes, young travelers who are adventurous and keen to help and enjoy the our charming seaside village.

We mainly need help with housekeeping: changing beds, doing laundry, cleaning, etc. However, we do also need people for outdoor work, gardening, reception, handyman projects, painting, surf instructing (if already certified), community management, and IT development.

If you are not an EU citizen you need a proper work visa to volunteer with us.
Languages spoken
English, Portuguese, Spanish
Accommodation
Workawayers will stay in twin bunk rooms in the hostel with access to a shared staff bathroom.
What else ...
Our village is one of the most beautiful places in Ireland. We are surrounded by sand dunes, Knocknarea Hill - a 330m tall "mountain" with beautiful views of Donegal, Sligo, and Leitrim Counties. It is also the site of several Megalithic Tombs, including Queen Maeve's Tomb. We are at the heart of a seaside surfing village and our property is a two-minute walk from the beach.
We are just 8km outside of Sligo town which has connections by bus and train to the rest of the country. There is a bus stop that is also a two-minute walk up the road with easy access by bus into town every hour.
A little more information
- Internet access
- Limited internet access
- We have pets
- We are smokers
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
24 hours a week

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04/01/2020

Left by Workawayer (Rebekka) for host

I stayed here for 4 weeks last Summer (sorry for the very late feedback by the way) and I can not recommend this place enough. I just had an awesome time. We were a large group of volunteers and it never got boring. The work itself is not hard and we had a lot of free time to go to the next pub, visit Sligo, watch movies in the common room, do… read more

(Excellent )

14/11/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Federico)

Federico is pure class,

When Federico came we were really busy and I didn't have the time to showed him everything properly but the rest of the workawayers did. He was an extremely helpful and keen todo stuff sort type of person, all the crew loved him we had so much fun together. Unfortunately he just stayed for few weeks because he had to go… read more

(Excellent )

15/09/2019

Left by Workawayer (Federico) for host

Amazing experience! This was the first time I tried workaway. I stayed in the hostel for almost 3 weeks. in hindsight, I would have stayed much longer. Everyone was friendly and they make you feel like part of a second family. Zuhe, the manager, welcomes you in the best way and makes you feel comfortable although you don't know anyone and the… read more

(Excellent )

14/11/2019

Left by host for Workawayer (Hannah)

Ohh Hannah,
Remember the day she arrived went to the bus station to pick her up in the middle of the night because the bus was delayed or something. As soon as she got in the car I knew she was the right person. She was always cool and keen to do stuff, always keeping on top of her duties and things in general, she is really keen to learn new… read more

(Excellent )

03/11/2019

Left by Workawayer (Hannah) for host

Where should I start.

It`s just an amazing place there. I planned to stay for 1 month and ended up staying 2 1/2 months!
Strandhill is a lovely village and the hostel is literally located in the perfect spot, you need 30 sec to walk to the beach, how amazing is that? You have the beach in front of you and the mountain Knocknarea behind you. It's… read more just beautiful.
Across the street is a super nice pub with very good music and pizza and other nice food places, and around the corner is a lovely coffee shop, called shells.
Every sunday there is a super nice market 20 minutes walking distance at the airport, with good quality food, coffee, handmade honey, nice tee, clothes and other stuff.
Another pub called the dunes is also not too far away, I liked this one even more - it's smaller, also always good music and atmosphare, and every monday they have an open mic, wich is always good fun.
You have a lot of live music everywhere and everybody is into music. Young and old.
The work is not too hard, it's always 21 hours per week, and when it really happens that you need to work a little more, cause there's too much to do, you get your hours back.
So you have enaugh time beside work to go for nice walks, go surf, go to sligo (the next bigger city), go with the bus or hitchhike to see other places, play football, read, what ever!;)
The normal work consists of cleaning shifts( making beds and clean) and reception shifts and sometimes other stuff like gardening or paint etc...
You can go in all the surf lessons and once you are good enaugh, they let you go alone.
There is everything to eat in the staff fridge what you need and even more, we cooked loads of super nice meals.
Zuhe the manager, is a funny and cool person and in my opinion really the perfect manager, wich is not an easy job.
It's really and honestly important to him, that everybody is happy, and that it's a nice vibe in the hostel and he cares.
Of course he wants the volunteers to do a proper job, and is checking everything - he is super fair, and when we had a lot to do, he helped us cleaning, even though he had enaugh managing and paper work to do already.
Also with most of the other workawayers it was a really nice crew, and in my whole time there I met amazing and super special people and charakters, who have a big place in my heart now. We had crazy, funny, deep, class experiences together and I'm gratefull to have met them.
I started to really fall in love with surfing there in Irland and now I keep on traveling and want to improve and learn as much as I can about surfing! So thanks, thanks, thanks for showing me!

Hope to see you soon,

Hannah

(Excellent )

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