Every year people come to help out at La Faula in summer & autumn. Mostly, those who come are students, children of guests. Sometimes adults seeking to take time out or have a couple of months change of pace volunteer as well. Volunteers mainly help-out in the agriturismo & vegetable garden or, later in the autumn, with the grape harvest.

Volunteering, however, is not recognised by Italian law. Under Italian law no child under 16 years of age may undertake any work of any kind whatsoever. Under 16´s in Italy can only study or play. This means that La Faula cannot accept volunteers under 16 years of age.

Any European Community national aged 16 years or older who volunteers at La Faula must be properly employed by the Agriturismo. This is not particularly complicated, however, in the case of teenagers aged 16 or 17 years they must send, at least 2 weeks prior to their arrival:

• a certificate from their own doctor stating their fitness to undertake normal work
• a certificate/letter from the school / technical institute / professional college last attended that describes how many years schooling the student has had & the schools attended. (CLICK HERE to download the certificate)
  
• a certificate from at least one parent authorising the volunteering activity (CLICK HERE to download the certificate)
• a photocopy of their own identity card or passport plus tax number (if they have one) as well as a photocopy of the identity card or passport of the parent signing the certificate authorising the volunteering
  

La Faula makes the employment arrangements for volunteers & pays the required Italian social security contributions. Non European Community nationals cannot be employed in the absence of a valid Italian work visa.

Volunteers are provided with board & lodging & given a small stipend. As volunteers effectively have no costs during their stay at La Faula the stipend can be saved in its entirety & taken home at the end of the stay.

As a thankyou from us, the immediate family of anyone volunteering at La Faula get 3-nights all-inclusive at La Faula free!

We ask volunteers to bear in mind certain principles and follow some simple rules to make everyone´s stay at La Faula pleasant and rewarding (CLICK HERE to see)