Welcome to the WWOOF UK classified ads section. The place to discover new job vacancies, courses, festivals and other opportunities to connect with nature. Is there an event or announcement you’d like to share here? If so, please email us: editor@wwoof.org.uk
Oxford Real Farming Conference 2025
9th – 10th January 2025, in-person + online livestream
An alternative farming conference, the ORFC attracts farmers, growers, activists, policymakers and researchers from around the world who are interested in transforming our food system.
Tickets for the forthcoming ‘Glastonbury of farming’ have already sold out when it comes to attending the event in person but you can still buy the online tickets here.
Volunteer Officer Horticulture – St Werburghs City Farm, Bristol
Permanent: 6 Hours per week.
Salary: £24,702 (pro rata) per annum
We are looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated individual to join our expanding Adult Skills & Wellbeing team. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who thrives on delivering seasonal gardening sessions using organic techniques. The role involves engaging adult volunteers, many of whom are referred through social prescribing or are facing challenges such as mental health issues or loneliness. Your work will foster an inclusive, welcoming space where participants can develop skills, feel valued, and enjoy the therapeutic benefits of gardening.
Deadline for application: 5th January 2025
For more information about this job and how to apply click here.
Seasonal Assistant Grower – Growing Local CIC, Hereford
Full-time: Starting from mid-March until mid-October 2025
Salary: £25,500 per annum
We have a new position within our team for an Assistant Grower to support our head grower in cultivating multi crop vegetables for our veg box scheme and wholesale customers. This is an exciting, challenging and rewarding opportunity to support all aspects of running a commercial community supported agriculture (CSA) market garden in its infancy.
We are looking for someone who thrives on outdoor physically demanding but rewarding work, can work to deadlines and is practical and willing to work and learn as part of a team. Previous experience is desirable but not necessary. However strong motivation, fitness and a commitment to work the whole growing season are.
Deadline for applications: 5th January 2025
For more information about this job and how to apply click here.
Opportunity for individual or couple to move to the country
Part time gardening and maintenance in exchange for beautiful very-low-cost rural accommodation near Hay-on-Wye.
The cottage: The furnished cottage stands in 1 acre of organic garden with use of solar swimming pool.
Includes 1 (small) double bedroom, dining kitchen, hallway, shower room, use of small study and large conservatory, plus your own vegetable garden (and freezer for your produce!)
Rent is reduced to £289 pcm, plus energy and other overheads approx £110 pcm (total approx £400 pcm)
The work: 1 day per week – Developing and maintaining the organic growing systems and eco-buildings on the site as a demonstration for participants on the weekend courses. Training available on site.
Ideal for a creative individual or couple looking for a secure base with part-time job from which to launch their own career or work from home.
Responsibilities: Ensuring organic garden, solar swimming pool and eco-buildings are well maintained and comply with H&S requirements for hosting visitors. Success will be reflected in increased visitor numbers and satisfaction.
Qualifications: Good communication skills, experience of practical maintenance and ability to do basic practical gardening and repair work.
More info & contact: www.gaiapartnership.net
Co-Head Grower – Sutton Community Farm, Wallington, London
Permanent contract: 4 days per week
Salary: £32,700 FTE (£16.78/hour)
Key Responsibilities at a Glance:
Lead organic production across 7 acres (field, polytunnels, and agroforestry)
Co-manage Growing Team, including trainees and volunteers
Plan and forecast crop production
Coordinate produce sales (£70-90k annual value)
Deliver training programs and community engagement
Deadline for application: 5th January 2025 (by midnight)
For more information about this job and how to apply click here.
Growing Trainee – Sutton Community Farm, Wallington, London
Contract Type: Fixed 20-month contract (until November 2026)
Salary: £13.85/hour (London Living Wage)
Key Responsibilities at a Glance
Growing commercial-scale organic fruit, vegetables and salad crops (field and polytunnel)
Supporting volunteer groups in practical growing activities
Learning to operate farm machinery and maintain infrastructure
Assisting with crop planning and record keeping
Contributing to weekly harvests and crop management
Participating in training and development activities
Deadline for application: 2nd February 2025 (by midnight)
For more information about this job and how to apply click here.
Intro to Permaculture – Permacultureanna
1st February & 2nd 2025
Cost: £100 – £120 Early bird tickets £80*
This weekend course covers the basics, perfect for anyone interested in discovering what permaculture is all about.
With lively discussions & interesting examples, create a simple design, meet new people & find inspiration for a future that celebrates and connects to nature.
Hastings PDC 2 (Permaculture Design Course) – Permacultureanna
Want to go deeper & become a permaculture designer?
Learn ecology, managing landscapes, designing food forests, orchards & more | People centred community design | Engage with exciting projects, ideas & solutions from the world of permaculture
Cost: £440 – £470 Early Bird whole course £400* (includes intro)
Location Hastings & local permaculture farm.
Facilitated by Anna Locke, permaculture teacher, farmer & author of The Forager’s Garden.
See website www.permacultureanna.co.uk for more details or call 07946 228 110
(Early bird * before 31/12/24)
Trainee Grower – Blacklands Organics, South Oxfordshire
Full-time paid traineeship
Salary: £11.44 (rising to £12.21 in April)
Blacklands Organics is looking for a grower to join our team, starting February 2025 on a yearly contract. For the right person, this could be a long term position.
We have a 10 acre Organic certified vegetable farm in the beautiful Vale of the White Horse in south Oxfordshire, entering our 9th year of production on an established site. On the farm we grow a full range of veg on an 8 acre field, in a 1 acre market garden and in 12 polytunnels, we also raise all our own seedlings and have started saving our own seed. We sell our veg at a weekly farmers market, small box scheme and wholesale to the Oxford Colleges, we also have an honesty box shop onsite. Currently we have three full time growers, including head grower Jamie, and one part time grower.
Deadline for application: 6th January 2025
For more information about this job and how to apply click here.
Assistant Grower – Tyninghame Community Farm, East Lothian
Starts: April to November – 3 days per week
Salary: The real living wage, currently £12.60/hour
To support the Head Grower in the horticultural work of TCF during the growing season, working three days a week. The Assistant Grower will be responsible for assisting in all aspects of vegetable production in the field, polytunnels, propagation, and packing shed, working alongside the Head Grower and volunteers.
If it suited the grower, they could also work pro rata one day a week on Tyninghame Organic Orchard, although this work would be concentrated around seasonal tasks, especially pruning. This additional work is optional.
Deadline for application: 8th January 2025
For more information about this job and how to apply click here.
Short Course – Renewables for Households: Wind Turbines
Centre for Alternative Technology – Machynlleth, Wales
11th January 2025
Cost: £125 includes buffet lunch
Rethinking household energy provision – an in depth look at small scale wind turbines. Whether you’re thinking of installing wind turbines at home, in your community or for your business, this one day course will give you an in depth understanding of the factors you’ll need to consider. Through a mixture of lectures and hands on sessions, the course will cover wind turbine selection, operation and installation.
For more information and to book your place click here.
More short courses at CAT can be found here.
Goats For Beginners – FarmED course
Thursday 6th March 2025 9:45 – 14:00
Cost: £40 – £60 (tiered pricing)
If you have always wanted to get a few for your own we will be running our first ever ‘Goats for Beginners’ course in the new year… the perfect day for anyone who wants to learn what it actually takes to own a goat herd!
We will cover topics such as…
– Getting your goat and how to prepare to keep goats
– Choosing your preferred breed and sourcing goats
– Rearing goats for milk or meat
– Feeding and breeding
– Shelter and fencing including NoFence collars
– Legislation affecting goat ownership
– Goat health
For more information and to book your place click here.
Can you get WWOOF UK into an event?
We’ve got some funky zines which open out and turn into a poster! They’re designed to help spread the word about WWOOF UK. If you’re going to an event maybe you’d like to take some zines along? They might be seen by people who’ve never heard of WWOOF and, thanks to you, they’ll discover options in life they never knew existed!!!
Just email us with the name and size of the event and an address where we can post the zines: info@wwoof.org.uk
Is there a noticeboard, allotment group board, local food café or other public space where you might be able to display one of our zine/posters? We can send you a digital copy of the zine via email for you to print out or send you some copies to put on display. Email us at: info@wwoof.org.uk and we’ll email the files to you. Many thanks.
