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| Happy
Hands - Jobs available all the year round in Germany.
Enjoy life in the country, on farms or in country hotels,
living with the family, looking after children and/or horses,
farm animals. The project Happy
Hands is suitable for gap year students from EU countries
wishing to perfect their knowledge of the German language
and help the families. |
| Agriventure
- Working exchanges to Australia, New Zealand, Canada, USA
and Japan on farming or horticultural enterprises.
Applicants must be aged 18-30, have no dependants, be British
citizens, have a full driving licence and good practical
experience within agriculture, horticulture or around the
home. |
Links |
| Accion
Internacional de Ayuda Accademica - Au pair agency
in Madrid. Also information on horse jobs. Site is in Spanish. |
| Acer
Recruitment - Cater to those looking for work in
the north west of England. Visa information for South Africans,
Aussies and Canadians is given. |
| Agriventure
- Run by the International Agricultural Exchange Association,
Agriventure arranges working exchanges to Australia, New
Zealand, Canada, USA and Japan on farming or horticultural
enterprises. Applicants must be aged 18-30, have no
dependants, be British citizens, have a full driving licence
and have good practical experience within agriculture or
horticulture or around the home. Programmes depart
all the year around (applications required approx 2 months
minimum before departure). Programme costs start at around
£1700 and include: return flights (and transfer to
host family), full travel and work insurance, work permits,
job placement, departure information meeting, seminar in
host country and full emergency back-up through offices
in hosting country. Programmes are also available to Americans,
Canadians, some Europeans, Australians and New Zealanders
through offices in their own country. |
| Animal-job - Worldwide animal jobs, career advice and volunteer opportunities for those wanting to work with or volunteer to help animals. Jobs with dogs, jobs with horses, wildlife jobs, zoo jobs, animal charity jobs, veterinary jobs and more. |
| Aranga
Holiday Park - Fruit picking, packing and general
orchard work is available to backpackers in Kerikeri, New
Zealand all year round. |
| ATTRA
- Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas (ATTRA)
is the US national sustainable farming information center
operated by the private nonprofit National Center for Appropriate
Technology. Why is this of interest to us? Because they
have a huge list of internships on alternative farms and
small holdings. |
| Au
pairs and Horsejobs - Place au pairs and people
that want to work with horses in Ireland. |
| Blooming
Good Jobs - Temporary, gap year and full time
jobs in horticulture and agriculture in the UK
and worldwide. |
| Blue
Dog Adventures - Provide voluntary work opportunities,
adventure internships and equestrian experiences around
the world such as learn to lead horseback safaris in South
Africa, breaking in colts in America's west and tall ship
sailing from Canada to the Caribbean. |
| Canvas
Holidays - Are looking for enthusiastic, resourceful
people to work as Wild
& Active Couriers at European campsites. Applicants
will need to have a relevant qualification in Countryside
Management or a similar field, and have had experience of
leading guided wildlife walks and working with children
of all ages. |
| Career Log - Careers information site with useful tips and resources including graduate advice, voluntary and paid work involving animal welfare and jobs abroad. |
| Chandler
& Dunn Ltd - Farming and Fruit Growing company
with two farms in east Kent. |
| The
Dorset Blueberry Company - Casual work picking and
packing blueberries occasionally available. |
| EIL
UK - Good looking site from an organization that
has been arranging educational exchanges for over 60 years.
Part of an International Federation, with contacts in over
25 countries worldwide, EIL operate a wide range of projects.
Can only administer programmes for British citizens
or permanent legal residents in the UK. Non
UK nationals can find EIL offices in their home countries. |
| Equine
Promotions Classifieds - Employment section with
Help Wanted and Position Wanted ads. |
| EquusConnect
- Links for horse lovers. Includes links to stables and
farms. |
| Exis
- Supply Danish farmers with strawberry pickers. |
| The
Farm Backpackers -A South African company which
runs a cultural exchange program aimed at people who wish
to stay for a decent amount of time and truly experience
the South African way of life, but don’t have the budget
to do it independently. The Farm Backpackers is a tourism
based operation which includes backpacker accommodation,
an adventure centre and a farm restaurant offering open
air, bush style meals. The work is intended to be flexible
and give plenty of time off for exploring the local area.
Fees
run at around 200 Euro per month but accepted candidates
will receive all accommodation and meals for free and will
be taught a wide range of things from how to run a tourism
based business, guiding hikes and day trips, to bush cooking
and recreational farming. |
| Farm
Helpers in New Zealand - Sell a booklet listing
over 190 farms throughout New Zealand that are willing to
offer food and board in exchange for 4 to 6 hours work a
day. |
| Fruitful
Ltd - Student/backpacker jobs on farms in the UK
and, occasionally, Europe. |
| Fruit
Picking Jobs - A job board of fruit picking jobs
around the world. |
| Happy
Hands - Jobs available all the year round in Germany.
Enjoy life in the country, on farms or in country hotels,
living with the family, looking after children and/or horses,
farm animals. The project Happy
Hands is suitable for gap year students from England, and
all students from EU countries wishing to perfect their
knowledge of the German language and help the families.
However they do not accept unemployed people receiving unemployment
benefits or stays for less than two months. Preferably 3-6
months is ideal. Accommodation, meals and pocket money provided. |
| The
Horse People - Riding centre and residential childrens
camp in Ontario, Canada. |
| Institute
for Earth Education - Organic internships. |
| Mast
International - US based organisation. Voluntary
work in various countries, mostly Europe, in agriculture,
horticulture and forestry. |
| Murray
Valley Fruit Harvest - Information on the grape
and stone fruit harvests in Mildura, Swan Hill, Robinvale
and Wentworth. Includes telephone numbers of local labour
offices, weather conditions and pay rates.. |
| Organic Facts - A source of factual information on different aspects of organic living including articles on WWOOF and a report on WWOOF fundaments; its aims, benefits, etc. |
| Organic
Volunteers - Make organic chocolate in Costa Rica,
build with adobe in Mexico or grow organic coffee in Peru.
These are just a few of the opportunities offered through
Organic Volunteers. For a small membership you
can use the online database to find many different educational
opportunities in sustainability throughout Latin America.
The network also contains opportunities in the USA. Part
of the WWOOF volunteer network. |
| Seasonal
Work in New Zealand - Assistance with finding seasonal
work on the NZ harvest trail. |
| Skea
Organics - Vegetable work sometimes available during
the summer in Scotland. |
| Student
Recruitment - Tax free farm working holidays in
the UK for students. Site hasn't been updated in years. |
| Sunseed
Desert Technology - A low tech research and experimentation
centre based in southern Spain whose main interests are
appropriate, smallscale technology, tree nursery techniques,
dryland regeneration and organic gardening. |
| Visitoz
Scheme - Jobs on outback cattle and sheep stations,
farms and host farms for up to three months with any one
employer is available in Australia. The scheme is open to
anyone between the ages of 18 and 30 years able to get an
Australian Working Holiday Visa or a Student Visa which
allows some work. |
| WWOOF
Australia - Provides lists of organic farms willing
to accept volunteers. |
| WWOOF
Austria - Working vacations on organic farms in
Austria. Under construction last time we looked. |
| WWOOF
New Zealand - WWOOF allows volunteers to stay on
organic farms, exchanging labour for a bed for the night. |
