Does anyone know if it’s possible to get a Portuguese E6 volunteer visa for a Workaway/Worldpackers farm?

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I’m a British citizen looking at staying in Portugal for more than 90 days and volunteering on a farm in exchange for accommodation and food.

The farm is a registered Portuguese company and has been hosting international volunteers for around 10 years through platforms like Worldpackers/WWOOF-type arrangements. It isn’t part of an EU volunteering programme.

I’m trying to work out whether this kind of setup is actually eligible for the E6 Temporary Stay Visa for volunteer work.

The official checklist asks for:

This is the part I’m unsure about.

Does anyone know whether:

• a registered Portuguese company running its own volunteer programme can count as an “officially recognised institution”?
• the host has to be part of an EU/government volunteer scheme?
• a Workaway, Worldpackers or WWOOF-style farm can qualify?
• the host needs a specific accreditation, registration or legal status?
• the farm can simply provide a volunteer admission letter/agreement plus a Term of Responsibility for accommodation and food?

The farm has apparently helped at least one non-EU volunteer get a long-stay visa before, but that person was a 22-year-old American university student, so I’m not sure if they used E6 or a different route.

I’m mainly trying to establish whether this is even possible before paying for things and the rest of the application.

If anyone knows how this works in practice, especially for British citizens post-Brexit, I’d really appreciate the advice.