Far From travel - an introduction to work-for-accommodation

FarFrom is a platform connecting rural property owners across the UK with volunteers who offer a few hours of practical help each day in exchange for private accommodation or a place to pitch. 

No money changes hands between members, it’s a non-monetary exchange. Hosts keep their site productive and get an extra pair of hands through utilising their underused or empty accommodation; travellers/volunteers get a way to travel affordably to beautiful rural locations, whilst using their skills, learning, making connections and doing meaningful work along the way.

If you own or manage a farm, estate, vineyard, or rural property, FarFrom offers a way to bring in motivated, skilled help, year-round or just in specific quiet or busy periods. 

If you have practical skills and have ever thought about travelling differently, work-for-accommodation may be exactly what you are looking for too.

We’ve partnered with FarFrom to bring you a webinar which will walk through how work-for-accommodation works in practice, their criteria to be a host, what kinds of volunteers are using it and why, and how the model fits within existing farming and land management operations. The webinar is about 20 minutes long, with a live Q&A at the end.