At Mas Les Vinyes we like to open the doors of our project and receive people interested in learning and sharing knowledge. Therefore, since 2014 we have been fortunate to have the support of dozens of volunteers from different parts of the world. 

Right now we are working with the European Solidarity Corps (ESC) volunteer program.

For the next 2023, we offer:

  • 4 places for an individual volunteering during the period May-November within the ESC program. 
  • Who can apply? People between 20-30 years old who have the nationality in one of the countries accepted by the program (can’t be Spain, see the list). 

Deadline for applications: 28/02/2023 – You can apply here

Information about ESC program

Mas Les Vinyes is a non-governmental organization that was born 9 years ago with the aim of creating a system that would become a more sustainable way of living that respects nature and, at the same time, it represents a formative and demonstrative space of an ecological and regenerative system for people.

We are an intentional community with 4 adults, 3 youth, 3 dogs, 2 cats, ducks, chickens and sheep. We are also looking for new families to increase our little community.

We can all speak Catalan, Spanish and English, although our mother tongue is Catalan and sometimes it is hard to speak another language between us. We speak mainly English and Spanish with the volunteers.
As we live on a farm and we are compromised with food sovereignty, we follow an omnivorous diet. We won’t be able to host vegan people as we also eat eggs, milk, cheese, honey, etc.

Our farm is located in El Lluçanès, in the middle of Catalonia (Spain). It’s got 24 hectares and it’s also a training center where we follow the principles of permaculture to design the farm where food production (biodynamic agriculture, food forests and integrated livestock) coexists with the community life, regenerative forest management and resilience.

As for the volunteers, we have hosted tens of them coming from different places of the world. For the last 3 years we have been participating in the European Solidarity Corps (ESC) programme and we hosted 7 ESC volunteers. For this 2023, we would like to host 4 ESC volunteers to help us with animals, gardens, forest management, natural building, maintenance of the spaces, cleaning and cooking, etc. A volunteer works 30 hours per week and gets a little pay from ESC (150€/month approx).

When a person wants to become a volunteer in the project, we analyze their profile, valuing knowledge in different areas that may be interesting for the project: biology, beekeeping, agriculture, livestock, forestry, as well as knowledge or interest in permaculture, collaboration with non-profit organizations or experience in similar projects on farms. Finally we value the personal motivations of the volunteers to ensure that the profiles will fit. During the selection process, each specific case is evaluated according to the needs of the project at each moment

So if after reading all this you are still interested in applying for a position, please send us a motivational letter explaining who you are, your background, why you are interested in taking this position, etc. We also need that you fill up the next form.
In a few weeks we are going to let you know whether you get to the next step of the selection process or not. Please, be aware we might take a bit of time as we get a lot of applications.

Deadline for applications: 28/02/2023 – You can apply here