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I am a social entrepreneur who has expanded my lovely 2 story house (plus outdoor tiny room made from recycled materials) into a great co-sharing space to accommodate an ongoing community of 3-4 workaways.
Our work is focused on bringing positive social change, well-being and peer coaching in healthcare, communities and schools. I really believe peer coaching skills can change your won world, if not the world!
At the moment we really need help with:
A graphic designer or someone with indesign skills to work on the Wellness activity books.
An editor/writer who is interested in health and wellness education.
I also appreciate people with skills in ebook creation & online education skills
Some one with carpentry skills to fix stuff!
I am very collaborative and we are an expanding social enterprise very open to the ideas and skills that people bring with them.
I also support the work of Daryl, whose house was burnt during the Black Saturday fires 10 years ago. He is building an awesome earthship in Kinglake - an hour from here. As well as for my partner who has a 1 acre block in south Gippsland where we are creating some permaculture food growing and off grid space.
Here are a few key areas in case you fit the description for any one or more of these:
BOOKS & DESIGN
1. Someone with great and humorous writing skills and editing skills for the books training people to share wellness in the health and wellness arena.
2.Design skills using Adobe tools (in Design) iBook author,
3. Online social media and marketing skills
3. Turning educational resources and books into ebooks for online learning.
THE HOME
1. Someone with building or renovation or painting and house maintenance skills.
2. We always need someone to care for the house cleaning, and love people who have uber organisation skills
3. We have our gorgeous loving 16 year old staffyx dog Shani who needs a little bit more walking and love from everyone.
We are an open, supportive and self motivated innovation loving, artistic and sometimes musical co-sharing community.
Many vegos and vegans pass through here. We dumpster dive veggies and fruit each week, and high quality sourdough bread. I eat whole food and am gluten free but you are welcome to be normal
We like people to connect and learn from each other about traveling Australia and doing farm work for extending visa. We have dreams of developing our current living model into an international nomad network where we can share the skills you will learn to do good! If you are interested in applying your skills to a volunteer shareholder activism or Earthship project that are in San Francisco - you may even want to go there as part of your workaway world tour. We see here as a place for you to build great skills to become an awesome volunteer.
We encourage personal wellness in our home in terms of your lifestyle and open channels of communication. We encourage drug and smoke free lifestyle, at least inside the home, but you are more than welcome to overdose on 80% dark chocolate. We also are generally alcohol free, except for special occasions.
We have been fortunate to have so many wonderful applying! My apologies if I don't respond as time is not my friend at this time, and we are very specific in our needs. I will definitely respond if you fit our needs and we have space at the time.
Thank you for your interest.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Help with Eco Projects
Teaching
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Meet people from all around the world who also live here and get oriented to life for travellers in Australia. I am a health and wellness coach so supportive of all my workaways and their interests and vision of their future. Supporting people to become health and welness coaches and educators if they have a health care background.
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
If you have writing, research, app or web development, editing, graphic design, drawing, film making skills that would be of great value to our wellness skill and health literacy education project.
We love innovative thinkers who can contribute to developing ideas and spaces.
If you have cleaning, cooking and especially organising my cupboards and rooms to maximise our spaces, carpentry or general building skills to help us make our spaces more usable that would be of great value to us too!
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Hebrew: Beginner
Accommodation
Either single or Queen size bed in various sized private bedrooms in a large lovely double story home with multiple outdoor garden spaces. One outdoor lovely tiny house bedroom but where the bathroom is indoors. 15 minute walk to eclectic and cool Carlisle St. Interesting and safe neighbourhood
What else ...
Self motivated people are good for our space, so are able to contribute without having to be asked to.
St Kilda East is a vibrant multi cultural suburb. We have bikes and are close to many forms of public transport and located 10 minutes drive/tram ride to the beach.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
Yes
Space for parking camper vans
In theory! Definitely at the spaces in Korumburra and Kinglake
Can possibly accept pets
Only in Korumburra
How many Workawayers can stay?
More than two
Hours expected
Flexible with 5 hours x 4 days/week.
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Jeanine is a very talented designer and sweet nature who did some lovely tasks for us.
Julian is a curious person has a range of talents and is always thinking about the best way to solve problems and work out how to make things… read more
Locationwise it's great, close to Melbourne by tram and pretty close to the beach.
The work that needs to be done is interesting, and she really tries to find jobs that fit your skillset.
We loved the fact that you share the place with other workawayers/renters, which… read more
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Jeanine is a very talented designer and sweet nature who did some lovely tasks for us.
Julian is a curious person has a range of talents and is always thinking about the best way to solve problems and work out how to make things… read more
Locationwise it's great, close to Melbourne by tram and pretty close to the beach.
The work that needs to be done is interesting, and she really tries to find jobs that fit your skillset.
We loved the fact that you share the place with other workawayers/renters, which… read more
I… read more
In the few… read more
This was our first Workaway and our time in Melbourne was an amazing, diverse and social experience (sharing with other… read more
I stayed in the house for two months and hope to visit again! The house is a small community that attracts the warmest people I've met in Australia. This is not just another workaway. it's a place that has shaped me and given me a feeling of belonging to a big family. The work on… read more
I came without a specific plan and ended up staying for 2 1/2 months. In these months I met a lot of beautiful and kind people in Eva's house and made unique experiences that will last for my entire life. Eva always… read more
Wanting to pass by for one or two weeks I did end up staying for 12 months and am not able to express how much magic happened during this time. Many moments were filled with love, friendship, support, music and growth for each other. It has been a unique experience in 5 years… read more
She… read more
Her home is modern and lovely: I stayed in the tiny recycled house mentioned in the description. There were quite a few… read more
Eva is an inspriring woman, who really cares about you. She's happy to hear your ideas and will help to realise them.
Tasks were challenging and fun at the same time, as we built a chicken coop made from recycled materials only, that we… read more
It was more than valuable to have him work on our illustrated activity book project as a graphic designer contributing his great talents and ideas.
He also showed strong determination to complete the many… read more
She brought warmth, storytelling, generosity, great knowledge, as well as sharing with us the most fabulous talent of her beautiful and clever illustrations for our wellness education books. More than we could have dreamed of!
Thankyou Diana for bringing your gifts into our home!
Eva is a very inspiring woman, always working on something, planning, organizing… read more
We still miss them!
I had a wonderful, intellectually stimulating, educational, inspiring and fun time with Eva, her beautiful two daughters and her excitable dog Sharnie! She welcomed me like I was one of the family and I felt very humbled and grateful by what she had to offer me.
I helped her with a lot of things in the home from cooking… read more
