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Help with housekeeping and some gardening on Scottish estate.

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The experience

This role involves mainly cleaning and laundry, assisting the housekeeper five days a week. This involves helping with off grid cabins and cottages scattered about the estate. Some gardening may be included from time to time.


What you offer

5 hours of help per day

Cleaning: Help clean the kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms and common areas.

Gardening: Help grow plants and cultivate gardens


What you get

2 days off per week

Private Room: You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.

Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.

Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, 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.

Bikes at your disposal: You can use our bikes any time you want.

Pick Up: We will pick you up when you arrive, and take you to our property.

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


Requirements

Intermediate English

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers


What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa


Program Details

Should have "right to work in UK". Volunteers may help indoors or out - weather permitting - with practical tasks - although we are always ready to accommodate any preferences and skills you may have. You will be helping to make our rewilding project work either directly, indirectly, by helping with the tourism business that supports our general aims.


Activities & Shift

The broad expectation is that people will volunteer for around 5 hours a day from Monday to Friday, during working hours, often assisting our handyman. Timings are flexible within that framework.


Rules

Should have right to work in UK. You will be given some guidelines on arrival. (eg keep your room clean, no muddy boots in the house, use the laundry only on certain days.)