Help with a creative events centre in the beautiful nature of Upper Franconia, Germany

Detalles

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  Descripción

  Once upon a time there was a forgotten farm, with broken roofs and a dense thicket of nettles all around the buildings. One day, along came a very brave couple. They had no fear of being stung by the vicious nettles and strode bravely into the place. When they entered, they stood in amazement. The place had been abandoned and nature was its new owner.
  
  They waded through the tall undergrowth and came at last to a golden building. It was so lovely that they kissed each other. Immediately the spell was broken and the nettles began withering away to reveal a wondrous garden surrounded by a magical forrest and five splendid buildings, all in a state of good repair!
  
  Amidst great rejoicing, the couple were married and with their three beautiful boys and various animals, they could not fail to live happily ever after. Broken perhaps, tired, muddy and penniless but full of joy!
  
  Dear Workawayer/s
  
  Greetings from family Mitchell: Peter, Silka, Leonard 20, Edgar 18 and Erik 11, Django (dog), Thompson & Thomson (cats), 13 chickens and a family of kestrels returning to nest each year.
  
  After years of living in East London ensconced in the rat-race, we decided the time was right for a complete change of lifestyle. So here we are living in a remote farming village by the wild woods of Upper Franconia in northern Bavaria. A decision also prompted by the arrival of a new member of the family in Nov 2011. Erik was born in London but won’t remember much as he was only there for 40 days!
  
  Our mission is to turn what was a dilapidated farm into a creative hub which contributes to the discovery of this beautiful region through creative and healthy output. It's a fairly big task, which is why we're looking for help and enthusiasm.
  
  The place includes 3 acres of garden and woods with five buildings in various states of condition. We're looking for help with both the land and buildings, ongoing artworks and help round the house such as cooking, cleaning or playing with the boys. Jobs include building ‘natural fences‘ through the woods and preparing firewood for the winter, restoring the vegetable garden and maybe the order of our rather neglected house!, laying new floors in the barn, clearing the small beck, or unwanted trees from the woods, and much more...taking Erik to the pool!
  
  The area has a big scale about it, large wild forests, rolling hills and ruggedly beautiful landscape. Weissenbach is a small active village (approx 35 houses) situated at the end of the road, so there's no through traffic. The area beyond is forest and fields, other than the Buddhist Monastery, which is about a 30-minute walk through the woods. The nearest shops/restaurant/bar are in Wirsberg, 3km down the hill and there's a train station in Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg which is 8 km from our house.
  
  We're an open minded, well travelled family who love to work hard, eat well and have fun and we would like to offer volunteers the same in a beautiful place with good air and wonderful bird song.
  
  We have bicycles to lend for fantastic on and off-road cycling, including a lovely cycle path to the historic town of Kulmbach, famous for beer making and the Plassenberg Castle with the largest lead soldier collection in the world! We're surrounded by wonderful woodland walks and there's a great outdoor swimming pool and water slide nestled in the tree lined valley about a 15 minute bike ride from our place.
  
  This is a great place for anyone who wants to hear themselves think or get in touch with nature! The air is wonderful, the area is charming and I'd like to think we are a positive and fun bunch to work with.
  
  ps. we love music, food, games and laughter!
  pps. If you're interested in learning more send a message and ask fro our website address.

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  Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje

  Proyectos artísticos

  Ayuda en proyectos ecológicos

  Jardinería

  Proyectos de construcción y bricolaje

  Cuidado de animales

  Cuidado de niños y juegos creativos

  Cocinar para toda la familia

  Ayuda doméstica

  Mantenimiento general

  Ayuda con ordenadores/Internet
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  Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje

  Anyone interested in design and art can benefit from our experience of over 25 years working in this field. They can be part of the journey of developing a project aimed to benefit the local community and attract tourism to an area once well populated by visitors. We speak both German and English in the home and have travelled, lived and worked in a number of other continents.

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  Proyectos con niños

  En este proyecto podría haber niños. Para obtener más información, consulta nuestras directrices y consejos aquí.

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  Ayuda

  Renovation work in beautiful old timber barn
  Renovation work in beautiful old tiny house.
  Help with ongoing art projects
  Cutting dead trees out of woods
  Preparing firewood for winter
  Caring for the vegetable, fruit garden and chickens.
  Building living fences through woods
  Preparing barn & studio for next events
  Cooking & helping in the house
  Playing/doing homework with Erik our 10 year old!
  General landscaping work

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  Idiomas hablados

  Alemán: Fluido
  Inglés: Fluido

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  Alojamiento

  Two double bedrooms in small house.
  One double bedroom above Studio.
  Two ‘Hay hotels‘ in main barn which sleep 3-4 people each.
  Wide range of other tents and camping equipment
  Use of own kitchen, bathroom and toilet

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  Algo más...

  The local area is full of beautiful, unspoilt walks through sweeping valleys and huge pine forests. There is also a very small Thai buddhist monastery nestled within the woods, approximately 25 mins walk from our home, which offers daily group meditation sessions.
  
  Kulmbach is our nearest town, a one hour cycle away with a picturesque historic castle, beer museum and cobbled back streets. Bayreuth, famous for the Wagner Festival is a 15 minute train ride and worth a visit for shopping, the Wagner museum, Ermitage park etc. Bamberg, Kronach and Coburg are some of the other notable historic towns in the region and all within a 1.5 hour range of our home.

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  Un poco más de información

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    Acceso a Internet

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    Acceso a Internet limitado

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    Tenemos animales

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    Somos fumadores

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    Puede alojar familias

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  Puede acoger a nómadas digitales

  We gladly host digital nomads and generally our internet connection is good. We run our design business from here and rely on the internet. Mobile phone connection is not good, which is another reason we rely on the internet!

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  Espacio para aparcar autocaravanas

  We have a three space car car which would be ideal for camper vans. There's other options here too as we have a very large garden (approx 3 acres)

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  Podría aceptar mascotas

  Pets should be no problem. We have quite a few already!

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  ¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?

  Más de dos

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  Horas esperadas

  5 max/day (25 hours per week)

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