You will work on clearing the Rieu, small stream situated below Saint-Lazare. The technical supervision will be made by the team of the Mixed-Union of the Vézère: you will clean, and reveal the banks and brook and facilitate the access. During your stay, the artistic event "Saint-Lazare Déambule" will take place, allying several live performances in the hamlet: you will be actively involved in the organization of this festival, in partnership with the association " La Ruche à Brac".
Accomodation & food:
In a shared room, in the former school of Saint-Lazare, with kitchen and sanitary facilities access.
Location & leisure:
Le Lardin-Saint-Lazare is 25km away from Brive-La-Gaillarde and 50km away from Sarlat-la-Caneda and Perigueux.During your free time, you will be able to walk around on the hiking trails and discover the hilly landscapes of Dordogne. You will be able to benefit from the Vézère river and go canoeing, swimming or participate in the different outdoor activities as well as visiting castles, churches and villages. Terrasson, a close city, offers several times a week, different activities about heritage, arts and crafts and live music.
You will work with volunteers, children and, youth of the Beaufief leisure center, on the preparation and the implementation of the festival. The work will consist of cleaning the park and making it attractive, and setting up the stages and stands. During the festival, you will be required to host the public and help the volunteers, and you will have the chance to perform on an open stage. So artists, get ready! After the event, you will help on cleaning up the site. Following the festival, you will organize exchanges with children from the leisure center. Activities, games, and moments of sharing and living together will enrich this cultural experience!
Accomodation & food:
In tents, on the campgrounds of Mazeray
Location & leisure:
Mazeray, Charente-Maritime, 1h from La Rochelle.The volunteers of Beaufief Leisure Centre will organize several activities to help you integrate into local life. They will accompany you to discover the richness of the area's historic heritage. Other attractions in the surrounding area include the artificial lake of Bernouet and its open-air-cafe.
You will work on rennovating one of the two wooden wash houses of the village. You will learn different techniques of carpentry, and you will learn the basic theories and techniques that allow one to complete the first stage of assembly. You will also learn how to use hand tools, and you will do some paint, clean-up, and landscape work. One technical supervisor will coordinate the workcamp schedule, and will work with you on the work to be done.
Accomodation & food:
In groups, indoors, on the village's festivities hall.
Location & leisure:
Sousmoulins, Charente-Maritime, between Bordeaux and Angoulême.Staying in a village amid numerous small villages in the south of Saintonge, you will have the oppotunity to enjoy the local heritage of the multiple roman churches. During you free time, you will participate in festival events: the National Holiday, night markets, and local farmers markets where you will get to taste their local products. Trips to Bordeaux and Angoulême and a day at the beach, may be organized. The fench vineyard cities of Cognac and St. Emilion are also very close.
You will take part in the preparation, as well as in the daily animation of several stands. During the fair, you will be asked to dress-up in medieval costumes, and to prepare the pauper soup, or to wait the tables during the banquet. At the end of the festival, you will help with clearing the location. You will be involved in all phases of the process: assembly, animation, disassembly and clean up.Attention, this will be a very intense week of work. This workcamp is a challenging experience which will require a lot of energy and flexibility. Certain evenings, the stands will be open until midnight!
Accomodation & food:
In a dormitory. Food will be provided, and meals will be prepared by rotating groups of volunteers. In the afternoons, you will eat with the other festival volunteers.
Location & leisure:
Souvigny, located 10 km from Moulins-sur-Allier.You will have time to explore the region on the last week of the workcamp. During the weekends, you will mostly be occupied by the fair, but you will be able to take advantage of the activities at the fair.
You will decorate costumes and floats as part of the "Fête de l'Oie", the annual festivity of Coulaures which celebrate a new topic every year, with an international dimension. "Journey through dance" is the theme of this year: in addition of the creative part, you will work on choregaphies in order to cheer up the festival, and will be involved in the global organization of the event!
Accomodation & food:
In a shared room in the town's hall of events with kitchen and sanitary facilities acccess. Food is included, and you will cook in turns.
Location & leisure:
Coulaures is 15km away from Thiviers, 30km away from Périgueux, and 8km way from Excideuil.During your spare time, you can discover the magnificent landscapes of Dordogne, visit the castle of Excideuil, or Périgueux city, full of History. The workcamp will take place during the summer time, a lively season: you will be able to meet the local residents at the farmers' markets, during the festival and during the traditional international meal that you will share with them.
As a volunteer in this camp, you will work with local young volunteers from various partner organisations to help to prepare the event. The work will first consist of preparing the place where it will take place, as well as building some furniture using recycled material. You will also help to promote the festival in the local community and to host participants. After the event, you will help clear the site of the event, and celebrate the end of the project with the local partners!
Accomodation & food:
You will sleep on mattresses in a local sociocultural centre. Please bring a sleeping bag with you. The centre has bathrooms and showers, as well as a kitchen. Food will be provided and cooked by the volunteers in turns.
Location & leisure:
Torcy is approximately 30km east of Paris. The project is organized in the centre of Torcy.You will have the opportunity to meet many other young people from the community of Torcy and its surrounding areas. Some activities will be organized with the support of local partners and associations. You will also be able to arrange other activities according to the opportunities and the available budget.
During this workcamp, following on from the former workcamps of 2015 and 2016, you will renovate one room of the magnificent "Montard House", along the Dordogne river. The main part of the project will be dedicated to the "Book Festival", organised by the municipality: you will help with logistical aspects, and will use your creativity to be involved in this local project, and express yourself. This event will be a great occasion to share and exchange about your culture with locals!
Accomodation & food:
You will be hosted in the municipal campsite, in shared bungallows, and will have access to all the equipements (kitchen, sanitary facilities...) Food is included, and you will cook in turns.
Location & leisure:
Lalinde is 25km from Bergerac, and 50km away from Sarlat-de-Caneda and Perigueux.During your free time, you can walk along the Lalinde Canal, and discover the beauty of the Dordogne valley. You will also be able to do canoeing, swimming... There are many castles, roman churches, beautiful villages to see and, in agreement with the other participants, you will plan activities to explore and discover the region. The traditional international meal, a very convivial time, will be the occasion to share a dish from your country with the locals.
With the guidance of a team of workcamp leaders, you will participate in the logistic support to the festival, in the catering and the greeting of the public, mostly in the evenings. You will also be helping the implementation of the voluntary space of the festival and its decoration. In addition, you will meet the locals from the neighbourhood for moments of sharing.This workcamp being set up on a festival, schedules are atypical: the mission will take place essentially in the afternoon and the evening from August 25th till September 02nd.
Accomodation & food:
You will be accommodated in a building. You will share the various daily collective tasks with the other volunteers. The workcamp leaders will be given a budget and you will take part in the shopping and the preparation of meals, favouring local and healthy products.
Location & leisure:
Located in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, in the Butte du Chapeau Rouge Park.
Age:
18-99
Location:
Paris
Language(s):
English
Airport:
CDG: Charles De Gaulle (Paris, France)This project is suitable for disabled volunteersVegetarian food will be available
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