Help our family in the buzzy Somerset market town of Frome, UK

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  Description

  Tim is a chef, restaurateur & cookbook writer and Daisy runs a global communications agency for travel & wellness brands. We are a friendly, sociable and entrepreneurial family with two daughters Luna (aged 7) and Inca (3) recently relocated from London to the buzzy market town Frome in beautiful Somerset.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Babysitting and creative play

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  Live in an amazing part of England with the best of town & country lifestyle benefits at your finger tips and in a friendlier spot than London where it's easier to make friends and connect into the community. Epic countryside for active souls who love walking, exploring and adventuring. Living in a lovely home with a friendly, easygoing family who love cooking, travel, healthy active living and spending quality time with our friends and extended family.

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  Au Pair Help

  This host has let us know they’ll be complying with UK regulations for au pair stays.

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  Projects involving children

  This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.

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  Help

  We are looking for help with childcare and household chores and ideally someone who:
  
  - is playful, crafty and active with references from previous childcare experience
  - is kind, reliable and trustworthy to keep our children feeling safe and to support us as working parents
  - uses their initiative and imagination to plan fun activities with the children
  - has a driving license to drive the children to nursery, holiday camps, play dates, local activities etc
  - is organised and doesn't mind helping with simple household/family admin (eg. laundry, tidying, grocery shopping, keeping on top of children's supplies, research local activities for the girls)
  - enjoys cooking to prepare healthy family meals and get the children involved with baking, cooking too
  - is clean and tidy to help with children-related tidying, laundry and light cleaning (we have a cleaner)

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  Languages spoken

  English: Fluent

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  Accommodation

  Large 6-bedroom Victorian house located on Somerset Road which is one of the prettiest, most sought after streets in central Frome overlooking Victoria Park and the tennis club. You would have a newly decorated spacious double bedroom with views overlooking the park and a private bathroom.
  
  The house is in a prime location within walking distance to all the lovely shops, restaurants, markets etc of Frome and to the train station which has direct access to London (1.5 hrs), Reading, Bath, Bristol, Glastonbury.
  
  We would get you insured on one of our cars to give you independence to access to the beautiful Somerset countryside on our doorstep (for rural walking trails, national parks, heritage sites, quintessential countryside villages) and you could explore the South West coastline and the epic beaches of Dorset, Devon and Cornwall which is only 1.5 hours drive down south.

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  What else ...

  As above, we are located in a really thriving, buzzy, creative/entrepreneurial and up-and-coming Somerset town with an amazing location to explore the South West England including easy access to London and the South coastline for your weekends off.

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  A little more information

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  Can host digital nomads

  This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  One

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  My animals / pets

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