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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 6.5) and Inca (3) relocating from London to Somerset to live in the buzzy market town of Frome.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
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.
Projects involving children
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Help
We are looking for help with childcare and some family/household admin over the summer (with the potential to extend for longer) 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. grocery shopping, keeping on top of children's supplies, research local activities for the girls)
- enjoys simple cooking to prepare healthy yummy meals for the children and get them involved with baking, cooking too
- is clean and tidy to help with children-related tidying, laundry and light cleaning (we have a cleaner)
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
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 beautifully 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.
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.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
