Self Employed - Champing Host - Old Langho, near Blackburn

Champing at Aldwincle

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Job Title - Self Employed Champing Host – Old Langho, near Blackburn

Duration - Self Employed – March - November

Hours - Part Time - approximately 2–12 hours per week, depending on bookings 

Salary - £40 per guest booking (includes setting up and taking down Champing kit)

Location - Old St Leonard’s Church, Old Langho, near Blackburn (BB6 8AW)

As a Champing Host, you’ll play a vital role in delivering Champing, our unique overnight camping experience in historic churches. Every booking helps raise essential funds for the conservation of historic churches across the country. 

You’ll be part of a small, friendly team and enjoy flexible part time work that suits those living in Old Langho and the surrounding areas - ideal for anyone looking to earn additional self-employed income. 

Overall job purpose

This is a paid, seasonal, self-employed role running from March to early November. 

You will be the onsite point of contact during the Champing season (April–October), ensuring the church is prepared, welcoming, and well cared for. Your responsibilities include:

• Preparing the church and setting up Champing equipment. We ask that you set up for bookings by 3pmon the first day of the booking, and take down the equipment promptly, from11amon the last day of the booking, including on weekends.
• Cleaning the church and servicing the separating toilet to a high standard
• Being available during the season, and notifying CCT of non-working days in advance. We will provide at least four days’ advance notice of any upcoming bookings.
• Being on call during stays should issues arise.
• Providing excellent customer service to guests.

What We’re Looking For 

We’d love to hear from you if you are:

• Reliable, motivated, and available to start inMarch.
• Comfortable working independently.
• Available and willing to communicate with the Champing team and with guests over email and on the phone.
• Sympathetic to the care and conservation of historic buildings.
• Experienced in cleaning or hospitality (desirable).

We have recently published our TRUST values, which outline the behaviours and expectations that act as our foundations at CCT. You can view the pack here , outlining each value, which we will also be using as part of our shortlisting and interview process to find the right candidates that align with our values.

How to apply

Please send a CV and application of interest to champing@thecct.org.uk 

Please note, this role will stay open no longer than 31st March 2026 and may close earlier if a suitable candidate is found.

All successful applicants must be over 18 years of age will be subject to a basic DBS, two employment references and right to work checks, at the expense of CCT.

Please note: You will be responsible for managing your own tax and National Insurance contributions. Payment will be made on an agreed rate per booking, and no employee benefits (such as holiday pay, sick pay, or pension contributions) are provided. You will be required to invoice for your services and ensure compliance with HMRC requirements

We are a Disability Confident Committed Employer. Candidates who declare that they have a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the job will be offered an interview. 

If you have any queries about this role, or if you have a disability and wish to request a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact us. 

We are an inclusive employer and offer equal opportunities to all regardless of an individual’s age, disability, gender identity, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.

We are not a licensed sponsor at this time. Any offer of employment will be made subject to valid right to work in the UK being provided.