General help around the family and spending time with our children in Forest Row, UK

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  Description

  We are a family of six. We have four children (20,18,14 year old boys and a daughter of 11).
  
  Our children are curious, energetic and playful. We have been home educating them for most of their lives, with a few periods of school for them to see if it was for them. It wasn't! Our oldest son Joseph has been travelling in India and has started a History of Art degree at Edinburgh University.
  
  We would love your help with cooking and preparing lunch and dinner, tidying the house a bit and generally being an extra pair of hands. We have a sweet 9 year old Boxer dog that always appreciates a walk on the forest (which is on our doorstep).
  
  We would like you to come and stay with us for at least two weeks, and if you enjoyed staying there might be an option to stay longer?
  
  Our previous experience of workaway's has been so positive. We love how in the past a new workaway has bought with them their culture, their personality and their way of seeing the world and shared it with ourselves and our children. We think it contributes enormously to their education and their young lives.
  
  You would have your own private room in our house with 80mb Wi-Fi, and the sole use of your own shower. We live in a unique part of the English countryside that is both exceptionally beautiful and unspoilt, yet only a 60 minute train ride into central London or the buzzing coastal town of Brighton. We live near the centre of our village of Forest Row, which is one of the most alternative in the whole of the UK! It is a centre for bio-dynamic agriculture and also for Rudolph Steiner education and Anthroposophy. Here one can attend everything from 5 rhythms dancing to sound gong baths and everything in between!
  
  Coming to spend time with our family would particularly suit someone who:
  
  * is interested in an alternative / spiritual lifestyle (we are interested in Eastern philosophy, healing, wellbeing, and spending time in nature!)
  
  *loves young people and has an optimistic and sunny outlook on life!
  
  * who knows how to cook lovely varied meals meals (with an emphasis on vegetarian) .
  
  *Is approximately 20 to 35 years old
  
  *does not smoke (incl. e-cigarettes)
  
  *someone who enjoys being near nature (we are on the edge of a beautiful forest called Ashdown Forest)
  
  We really look forward to hearing from you.
  
  Warmest regards, Gabrielle and Alex

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Language practice

  Gardening

  Babysitting and creative play

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  Help around the house
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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  Gabrielle is an English teacher and Alex enjoys practising Compassionate Communication by Marshall Rosenberg. We have home educated our children and have a unique perspective on life!

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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 would love someone who could share their passion and skill for cooking, and someone who can really inspire us towards more of a vegetarian diet (half the family eat meat and we are all working towards becoming more vegetarian).
  
  As well as walking our dog, your help would mainly involve preparing and cooking food and an hour of light housework per day.

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  Languages

  Languages spoken
  English: Fluent
  French: Intermediate
  Spanish: Beginner

  This host offers a language exchange
  My wife Gabrielle is a qualified English teacher, so speaks very good French and a little Spanish.
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  Accommodation

  You would have your own private shower room, and a private single room on the ground floor of our house. The house is equipped with 80 mb WiFi, so super fast.

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  What else ...

  You would gain excellent English tuition as I am a qualified English teacher! You would enjoy visiting London only a one hour train ride away as well as many beautiful National Trust properties in the area. You would have good conversation and have a lot of talking to do in English with our very articulate sons!
  
  You would have the use of a bicycle to get to the train station if you wanted to visit London, and also to explore the surrounding area. There are masses of lovely walks in nature that you can access from our front door.

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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

  Yes we have 80MB wifi

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  Space for parking camper vans

  We could accommodate a smaller campervan on our drive.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  One

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  Hours expected

  5 hours per day, 5 days a week.

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