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Join ColivingLiguria in rural Liguria and bring your own flexible, self-directed project into an early-stage community among historic houses, gardens and forest. Learn, create and share daily life at your own pace. Before applying, please read the full volunteer page and watch the guide: https://colivingliguria.pages.dev/offers/volunteer https://youtu.be/n-OXSYcbVDU
25 hours of help per week
Arts: Help with painting, graffiti, sculpting or drawing.
Painting & Decorating: Help with painting or decorating the property facilities.
Building & Repairing: Help with a wide range of repairs or building.
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.
Discounts on Restaurants: Get discounts at nearby restaurants.
Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.
Free Events: Get free entrance for the best events in town.
Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.
Certificate: Get a certificate of completion after you finish your experience.
Basic Internet Access: Basic speed internet for you to work remotely
Fluent English
Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers
Travel insurance
Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa
Welcome to ColivingLiguria, an early-stage rural community project in Cairo Montenotte, Liguria, surrounded by historic houses, large gardens and forest.
This is a flexible community experience rather than a fixed job with compulsory shifts or required results. Before arrival, we make sure expectations, safety, permissions and the practical arrangement are clear for everyone.
🌿 WHAT CAN YOU DO HERE?
There are five main areas you can explore, depending on your interests, experience and the projects happening while you are here:
🔨 Restoration, DIY & personal learning
Learn about the care and gradual restoration of old Ligurian houses through suitable personal projects. There is always plenty to improve, repair, organise or create. If you already have relevant practical experience, you may also be authorised to use some of our tools and equipment, always within the applicable safety rules and permissions.
🌱 Gardens & outdoor spaces
We have extensive gardens, paths and outdoor areas. You can work on gardening, plants, vegetable growing, outdoor organisation, landscape improvement and other nature-based personal projects.
🍕 Cooking & community life
Shared kitchens and meals are an important part of everyday life. You can cook together, experiment with recipes, use our traditional wood-fired oven and take part in spontaneous community moments.
🎉 Events & shared moments
You can participate in or propose dinners, workshops, cultural evenings, language exchanges, outdoor activities and other informal events that bring people together.
📸 Content, social media & portfolio
Photography, video, Reels, social media, storytelling, writing and creative documentation are especially welcome. ColivingLiguria is constantly evolving, so there are many opportunities to create genuine portfolio material while documenting real spaces, events, restoration and community life.
IMPORTANT PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Food is not included. Everyone normally buys their own groceries and uses the shared kitchen. Grocery shopping in a small Italian town such as Cairo Montenotte can be very economical, and people often choose to cook and eat together.
A €200 refundable security deposit is required. This is a guarantee deposit, not a programme fee or payment for accommodation. It is returned according to the Membership Agreement, provided the applicable rules are respected and subject only to any deductions legitimately permitted under the agreement.
You are responsible for having the appropriate health coverage for your situation. Health, emergency and insurance matters are governed by Attachment H. Where Schengen travel-medical insurance requirements apply, adequate insurance with at least €30,000 coverage including repatriation is required. EU/EEA/Swiss participants should have the relevant public/EHIC or other adequate health coverage where applicable.
Any use of tools or DIY activities depends on experience, safety and the permissions applicable to the individual participant. Please do not assume that every tool or type of work is automatically available.
📚 PLEASE CHECK THESE RESOURCES BEFORE APPLYING
🎥 First, watch the complete volunteer introduction video. It answers many of the questions we are most frequently asked and gives you the best overview of the experience:
https://youtu.be/n-OXSYcbVDU?si=MwhZvY5slWvtDF8y
🌿 Then read the full volunteer page carefully:
https://colivingliguria.pages.dev/offers/volunteers
📄 Membership Agreement (ConM) — please read the rules governing community access, conduct and the security deposit:
https://colivingliguria.pages.dev/Rules/Contracts/Living/ConM_Membership
🏥 Attachment H — Health, Safety, Emergencies & Insurance:
https://colivingliguria.pages.dev/Rules/Contracts/Allegati/Allegato_H
📸 Instagram — highly recommended if you want to understand what the place actually looks and feels like. Here you can see videos and photos of our common spaces, gardens, events, dinners, ongoing projects and everyday community life:
https://www.instagram.com/colivingliguria/
Please watch the video, read the website and relevant documents, and look through our Instagram before contacting us. Together, these resources answer most questions and give you a much more realistic picture of ColivingLiguria than a short platform description can.
📲 ONLY AFTER CHECKING ALL THE RESOURCES ABOVE:
If you have read and watched everything, are genuinely considering coming, and still have a specific question that is not answered there, you can send me a WhatsApp message.
Please send a message — do not call:
https://wa.me/393396379372
Tell me who you are, when you would like to come and what you would be interested in exploring or creating while you are here.
