James

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Description

Hello, and thank you for taking the time to read my profile.

I’m a sociable, conscientious, and healthy individual with a wide range of practical and cognitive skills — from gardening and DIY to abstract problem-solving. I’m highly hands-on and enjoy physical work, but I also bring a number of digital and content creation abilities, including video and audio production, service and user experience design, and graphic design.

I also love cooking and have experience as the chef at a retreat centre, where I prepared tasty vegan meals for up to fifty people at a time.

Recently, I finished writing a self-help book and am currently looking for a publisher. I really enjoy new experiences — especially exploring different ways of living and working together.

I’m a qualified yoga teacher and trauma counsellor, and I hold a current DBS certificate for working with children and vulnerable people. (I also have government security clearance from previous work — although I doubt that will be relevant here!)

I’m based in the UK for the summer and heading to South America for the first time in October, which I’m really excited about.

In summary: friendly, fun, and multi-skilled!

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch. :)

Best wishes,
James

Interests

Cooking & food

Books

Technology

Gardening

Culture

Fitness

Drawing & painting

Writing

Videography

Photography

Art & design

Politics / Social justice

Self development

Vegetarian or vegan

Yoga / Wellness

Languages

Languages spoken
English: Fluent
French: Beginner

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Skills and knowledge I'd like to share or learn

Some knowledge of:  

DIY and building projects

Creating/ Cooking family meals

Charity Work

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Able to teach about:  

Teaching

Art Projects

More details about your skills

Practical Skills:

• Love gardening, digging and some hard graft outside. Pretty competent with most things except electrics or plumbing! Happy man with a strimmer : ) Not very experienced with growing veg, but would love to learn more
• Good at decorating, wallpapering
• Love to cook and consider myself a pretty skilled vegan chef

Teaching Skills

• Qualified (but not massively experienced) Yoga Teacher (Hatha) Also enjoy teaching meditation.
• Have done many many design workshops and am a professional level group facilitator.

Digital Skills

• Wide range of digital skills including design (branding, functional design) and video editing which I still really enjoy. (Less than no interest in social media!)

Age

52

Some more information

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  Smoker

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  Driver's licence

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  Allergies

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  Special dietary requirements
  Vegan