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✨ Offers a unique opportunity to experience Buddhist community life in the heart of Leicester. Some of your volunteering time will be spent supporting our café, other times will be helping in other areas like publicity promotion, cleaning, painiting, social media. The role is flexible, so depending on the needs of the centre, volunteers may also help with other practical tasks around the building.
30 hours of help per week
Cooking: Choose the menu, pick ingredients and cook delicious dishes.
Kitchen Hand: Help prepare, finish and serve meals.
2 days off per week
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.
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.
Get free drinks or beverages.: Drink up! Get free and tasty drinks for yourself.
Free Events: Get free entrance for the best events in town.
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.
Basic Internet Access: Basic speed internet for you to work remotely
Intermediate English
Over 18 years old
Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers
Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa
In exchange for 30 hours of volunteering, we offer:
- Meals
- En-suite dormitory accommodation (bunk beds)
- Access to all meditation classes and courses offered by the centre, outside working hours
- A fully equipped kitchen with a variety of food so you can prepare your own meals
- Lunch provided from our café on days when it is open, plus two free drinks from the café per day
- Full training in all tasks
- Consecutive days off (Sunday and Monday)
Volunteering takes place Tuesday to Saturday, 9:30 am to 4:00 pm, with a 30-minute lunch break. Sunday and Monday are rest days.
Tasks include cafe work, food preparation, serving customers, cleaning, and setting up the space. Publity and general cleaning
additional tasks such as general cleaning, household support, or painting may be required.
As a Buddhist centre, we follow a simple code of conduct:
-No meat or fish on the property
-No alcohol or drugs, and no entering the building under their influence.
-Respectful behaviour at all times (no lying, stealing, or inappropriate sexual conduct).
