Transforming my farmhouse into meeting place and event location

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  Description

  Looking for people to give me a hand reorganising and reanimating a large farmhouse and its garden on its own hill in the Maremma, in southern Tuscany, Italy. I am English but have lived here on and off since 1989.
  
  As of this year, we hold concerts and events in and around the farmhouse, and in its own open air amphitheatre. The neglected garden is becoming a park with footpaths in the woods, two vegetable patches, the first of several sculptures, a tree house, lunch under the shade of a great oak tree ... and plenty of unexploited potential. At the moment, the events are every Sunday, with a lunch followed by a concert, a book presentation, a debate or something "cultural". In summer there will be bigger events at least once a week and many smaller happenings on weekdays - courses, English conversation, games.
  
  We're nearer to Rome than Florence, and 40 kms from the sea and the Argentario. The house is walking distance from the nearby town of Manciano (famous for the Saturnia thermal baths) and a very good place to learn Italian, understand the Italian countryside and farming (but not from me, I'm no farmer) and appreciate (or not) the slow pace of rural Italy.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  Cuisine/repas pour la famille

  Entretien général

  Aide à la maison

  Accueil / tourisme

  Pratique d’une langue

  Aide informatique/internet
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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  Plenty of contact with Italian speakers.
  "Real" Italy - we're not dominated by tourism.
  Unspoilt and uncontaminated countryside, but with plenty of current issues - e.g. the return of wolves.
  Increasing organic farming in the area.

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  Projets impliquant des enfants

  Ce projet peut impliquer des enfants. Pour en savoir plus, consultez nos directives et conseils ici.

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  Aide

  The more help I have the more activities we can offer here. I am hoping to find some or all of the following:
  - getting the house ready for events, food preparation, assistance with visitors
  - gardening and maintenance
  - developing content on the Internet in as many languages as possible
  - conversation in your own language(s) with locals and/or visitors
  - stimulation with new ideas for activities and communication
  - art/music/performance

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  Langues parlées

  Anglais: Courant
  Italien: Courant
  Français: Débutant

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  Hébergement

  The accommodation would be a double bedroom with its own bathroom in the house. The house has its own website, which I can show you once we're in contact.

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  Autres infos...

  We're half an hour away from the sea and not far from Mount Amiata. Some of the important places (Siena, Rome) for sightseeing are more than an hour away, but it is all very beautiful here. I'll show you some of the sites, introduce you to friends and I can lend a car for local driving.

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  Informations complémentaires

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    Accès Internet

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    Accès Internet limité

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    Nous avons des animaux

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    Nous sommes fumeurs

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    Familles bienvenues

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Deux

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  Nombre d'heures attendues

  Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

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