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Hello! We are a small sustainable farm with livestock, holiday cottage BnB's, a renewable project in construction (micro hydro) and tourism. Inverlael farm is on the coast (owns 4 miles of the coast) of Loch Broom, near the tourist port of Ullapool, in the North West Highlands of Scotland. The farm has a large farmhouse, kitchen and buildings next to the sea, with a large static caravan and a smaller caravan for up to 2 guest workers.
20 hours of help per week
Cleaning: Help clean the kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms and common areas.
Housekeeping: Help with changing the bed linens and general housekeeping.
Reception: Help with check-ins, check-outs and guest assistance.
Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens
2 days off per week
Private Room: You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.
Shared Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other travelers.
Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.
Dinner: You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.
Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.
Free Tours: We’ll take you on tours and rides around town. For free!
Pick Up: We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.
Holistic Therapies: You can take part in any of our therapeutic activities for free.
Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.
Fast Internet Access: High-speed internet for you to work remotely
Dedicated Workspace: Specific space for you to work remotely
Intermediate English
Between 25 and 45 years old
Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers
Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa
Volunteers have their own dedicated space in a large static caravan with kitchen, with an additional caravan for private space for a second helper. On the farm the central requirement is cleaning and changing over the 4 tourist BnB's, which happens 1 or 2 times a week each, in peak season.
Other projects which are current in development is a off-grid hydro electric build, which volunteers would be welcome to learn and help. There is also occasional helping with cow movement around the farm, and fencing (with posts and gates, not swords). One of the main people on the farm is Jane, who is an fun elderly lady who has got to an age where she occasionally needs help with driving (at night) and cleaning, so volunteers who have caring characters as well as practical skills would be optimal. Other ongoing tasks are the management of the organic vegetable garden and polytunnel, apple, plum and berry picking and preserving in the summer and meal preparation, breadmaking and keeping the kitchen and farmhouse tidy. There are two rivers on the farm which sometimes produce fish, and there is a boat on the loch which in the summer is used for fun days out, catching mackerel and lobster potting. We also have an outdoor pizza oven, which is used in sunny weather. It is also important that applicants have a valid driving licence, be able to drive manual transmission and be over 25 years old for farm vehicle insurance.
The B&B changeovers are normally after 10am (checkout time) and take 2 or 3 hours, depending on property and tidiness. In all but 1 cottage the sheets are washed by a local company in Ullapool, so sheets need to be dropped off/collected twice a week. There would normally be around 4 to 7 changeovers a week in total. Managing the garden is one hour a day three times a week. helping with cow movement is about once every 2 months, and farm maintenance/ hydro project work is generally done on a day without B&B changeovers, several times a week. Other daily tasks are communal cooking, occasionally driving Jane in the evening and keeping the kitchen clean and tidy.
-To have a valid driving licence for farm vehicle insurance and be able to drive manual transmission.
-If smoking to smoke outside
-To cover fuel if farm vehicle is lent for volunteer excursions
