Volunteering in Europe

Ireland

Cultural exchange

Help with gardening and DIY in Cobh in Cork harbour, Ireland

We are Patrick (87) and Daniela (33) living near the town of Cobh in Cork harbour. We have two cats and about 70 quail hens. (Patrick is a retired artist.) We try to grow as many vegetables and fruit as we can in our garden, which is about three ......

Poland

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Teach English to our homeschooled kids and help us with our garden in the south of Poland

We are a family of four, with two homeschooled girls who are 12 and 13 years old. We live just outside the city of Opole, in the south of Poland (also not too far from Wroclaw). We had lived in the United Kingdom for 10 years and have now moved ......

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Poland

Cultural exchange

Help with DYI and garden projects in our organic healing oasis in Gdańsk, Poland

Hello dear Workaway people! This year we are doing everything in German & Polish. (I'm currently translating our profile) We are opening our natural oasis for a new season! I would like to introduce you to our “Natura Medicum herbal oasis”. Last ......

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Italy

Sustainable project
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Learn about traditional roof building in our off-grid community at the foot of the Alps in Issiglio, Italy

Actually we are open for up to 5 people, who would like to stay with us for longer term - at least 1 - better 2 months or more. We invite you to share our communal life at an really extraordinary place in the middle of the forest. Live with us, ......

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Hungary

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Help us with our self-sufficient place in Western Hungary

We're a belgian couple, Wouter (40) and Leen (35) with a 5 year old boy, Emil and a 2 year old girl, Frida. We have been building up our farm for the last 11 years. We started out with a couple of goats to suply ourselves, but this grew into the ......

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Hungary

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Help me with gardening and experience traditional village life in Nagyszékely, Hungary

Hi, I have moved recently to an eco-village in Hungary. I am alone with my dog and the house and the garden both need a good start, as noone has lived here for 10 years. So tender loving kindness is needed: such as maintenance, starting an organic ......

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Ireland

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Help with gardening and DIY at my old cottage in West Cavan wilderness, Ireland

I live in West Cavan. It's a very old cottage. My garden is fairly wild. I am an artist and teacher, musician and a Buddhist. My training is in horticulture so there are lots of possibilities but I haven't heaps of time or energy with the big tasks. ......

Iceland

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Join our family in Hella, South Iceland

Hello all we are currently not hosting at the moment We are Thelma and Fjalar and have 3 boys aged 9,6 and 3. We live in Hella on the South coast of Iceland. We run a tourist buggy company and other things on the side of that. We have a house with ......

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Ireland

House / pet sitting
Cultural exchange

Learn permaculture skills volunteering off-grid in West Cork, Ireland

Hi everyone, I'm uncertain if I will host any volunteers this summer ('24). The caravan is under renovations and I will be off site a good bit. I'll see how it goes and update here if there are more definite plans one way or another. Best, Paul ......

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Denmark

Sustainable project
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Learn about permaculture, self-sufficiency, small animals, gardening and cooking at Radstedgaard, south east Denmark

We welcome you into our small permaculture-community. We are working on minimizing our economy by becoming self-sufficient, producing vegetables, eggs and meat for ourselves. We do not sell anything. We are going through a lot of changes workwise, ......

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Ireland

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Experience family life and help with babysitting and gardening in Newmarket, Ireland

My name is Leonora I'm married to Denis , I'm a law graduate currently full time mom and help on the farm in any way I can. Denis is a farmer. We have three children Willow who is 5 years old; Beatrix who is 3 years old and Donnacha who is a two ......

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France

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Storm help needed close to Normandy Landing beaches, France

=================== We have been badly affected by storm Ciaran and are looking for help clearing storm damage mainly to trees on an ongoing basis. This is the main work available at the moment We arenow full untill the end of August. We will open ......

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Spain

Sustainable project
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Organic herb farm near Villaviciosa, spain

Hi there! I have an organic herb farm. I bought the place ( a house, cuadra, panera and 1.5 hectares of land) in 2019. The goal is to produce herbal infusions, herbal products like oils, salts and vinegars and herbs for restaurants and veggies and ......

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Sweden

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Gardening and maintenance for our old Vicarage in Central Sweden

I am retired, my wife works and we live in central Sweden. We have a 17 yr old son living at home, and an older daughter in Gothenburg. 12 years ago we emigrated from UK, so we are a part English/ Swedish family. Our home is in a tiny village ......

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France

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Come and help us with our self-sustainability pursuit, in our beautiful farmhouse, in Cotentin, Lower Normandy, France

A well travelled and experienced family living in the heart of the French countryside, Nick, Polly, Thomas, Jessica and Christine welcome you to come and stay with us to expand your knowledge, experience and understanding of a wealth of ......

Sweden

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Explore the Swedish countryside and wildlife in Jämtland, Sweden

We're a young family living 45km north of Östersund. Julia is a veterinary nurse/teacher while Bengt is a carpenter with his own company. We have 2 daugthers born -19 & -21 and a bunch of animals; 2 dogs, 3 horses, 2 goats and a cat living with us ......

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Italy

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Speak and play in English with two teenagers, help with the house chores, learn or improve your Italian in the beautiful green and central region of Umbria, Italy

We are a very nice and cheerful family of 4 people: me, Alessia, 45, a teacher, a mum and an imprò-actress; Giorgia, 17,a nice,curious girl, lover of reading stories and drawing ;Matteo, 13, a strong, funny, lively good sweet boy, and my boyfriend ......

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Serbia

Sustainable project
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Help on the ecological permaculture project of the Endowment, Serbia

The place represents the aspiration of united people from different spheres business and interests to establish an environmentally sustainable community that will be gradually developed in accordance with the given possibilities in terms of natural ......

Poland

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Eco -construction and forest protection in wild Carpathian Forest, Poland

We are a couple of biologists and teachers who live in the middle of the wonderful wild Carpathian Forest, which is classified as one of the most precious wild places in Europe. We have a project of cob house (eco-construction with a mixture of ......

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Sweden

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Learn about Agroforestry and Holistic Management on a family farm near Sunne, Sweden

Hi! We, Joakim and Lisa (38 years old), live with our two children (aged 1 and 5 years) on a farm in rural Sweden. Currently we live here with our cat Frank, 13 chickens and 5 ducks. We moved from city life three and a half years ago and are ......