From: United Kingdom
Couple account
Canada
21/06/2017 - 15/07/2020
511
Hello there, my name is Tom, my girlfriend and I are an English couple in our mid to late 20's, who have previously used Workaway when travelling through South and Central America throughout 2017 & ‘18, having loved workawaying in Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica & Canada. We are now coming back to Canada once again with working Visa and looking to get involved with Workaway projects before possibly settling in Canada longer term, exciting times.
When we learned of Workaway, we thought what a great way of enriching our travels meeting new people and helping local families\business'.
PREVIOUS VOLUNTEER PLACEMENTS: So far in Brazil we have enjoyed gardening, planting seedlings and caring for plants and trees. When in Colombia we helped decorating a neglected hillside mansion in the coffee region; this included scraping, sanding and then painting walls and ceilings.
We also worked in the gardens and running errands driving the property owners jeep. In Colombia we helped with a bio construction project, plastering the walls of a bamboo house which we enjoyed very much!
Most recently we carried out tile grouting, filling voids in walls, building a boundary fence and cleaning a property ready for holidaymakers checking in.
Below I will tell you a little about my professional experience, interests and passions; most recently Abi and I have ran our own painting and decorating business in the UK, Prior to this I was an Aerospace engineer with a degree in Manufacturing Engineering, I have experience in milling, turning, grinding and adhesive bonding. I very much enjoy hands on 'do it yourself' projects both indoors and outside and have a 'can do' positive attitude towards life and work. I enjoy and play sports, football, cycling, golf climbing, hiking and gardening, carpentry & DIY. I have a UK drivers licence (10 years) and am happy to drive a car if required.
That is enough about me, please see more about my girlfriend Abi below;
Hello, my name is Abi, back in the UK, I was a water quality analyst (prior to running our decorating company) for the local utility company and have experience in various customer service roles. With a degree in geography, I adore nature, wildlife and am keen to gain some experience in conservation\ecology. I am proficient working with computers and also keen to do some more 'hands on' tasks, whether that is gardening, building, decorating, cleaning etc. In my spare time I enjoy cycling, hiking, gardening and also enjoy painting.
We are both proud of the skills we have gained to date but are also very keen to learn new skills, trying out different things, as we might discover a new passion we didn't know about.
We are both in the early stages of learning Spanish and are keen to practice and improve during each placement. We are also happy to help others with their English skills :-) .
Thank you for taking time to read our profile, if you feel we would be of help to your family or business please do get in touch :-)
For our planned locations over coming weeks, please see the 'Other Info' section. We will update this regularly :-)
Kind Regards, Tom and Abi
Gardening
Building
Babysitting / child care
Elderly Companion
General Maintenance
Cooking / shopping
Farmstay
Other
Help with Eco project
Help in the house
Animal care
Helping with Tourists
Charity work
Language practice
Art project
Help with Computers / internet
Teaching
People skills, communication, engineering, Handy man\woman, painting, decorating, tile grouting, void filling, basic carpentry, creative arts, gardening, IT \ computer skills, cleaning. Speaking, reading & writing English.
English
30 & 27
English
We are landing in Canada in early September 2019 and looking to get involved with a Workaway project in or around Vancouver City. Note: We’ll update this section with our plans and whereabouts regularly.
Smoker
Driver's licence
Allergies
No
Special dietary requirements
Abi is vegetarian
