It's the 8th year that we organize this nature workcamp in partnership with the "Communauté de Communes Ouest Amiénois" (community of the cities of West Amiens). During your stay, you will participate to various activities organized in the villages and in collaboration with the youth community center. Several exchanges are planned with the young from the community of villages.
WORK:
This year, we will work on the hiking trails of the community of villages to enhance its values: cleaning, cutting and moving green waste, making new signs will be planned.
LOCATION:
The community of the cities of West Amiens is organized in 18 small, different and rural villages like Picquigny or Breilly. Picquigny is located in the department of Somme (80), in the Somme Valley, 20 km away from Amiens which is the capital of the Picardie region and is labelled as an "Art and History" town.
ACCOMMODATION:
Under tents on a campsite.
TERMINAL:
Picquigny train station (SNCF). Airport: Paris.
SPECIAL REMARK:
This workcamp requires environmental sensitivity. Do not forget to bring waterproof boots and warm clothes with you, as the campsite is located near swamps. Nights can be cold.
After five previous camps in partnership with the municipality of Nogent sur Oise, Concordia carry on with a new project mixing young people of the town, young volunteers from different countries and senior citizens. The aim still remains to embellish the living environment of the locals. This year, you will work in Saint Exupéry nursing home. Volunteers will be closely integrated into the life of the town, into animations with children from youth centers and into activities with the nursing home. Many intergenerational exchanges will be planned.
WORK:
With the employees of the town you will embellish the garden of the nursing home, building a pond, walking paths, installing plant holders at the correct height in order to facilitate access for special needs people.
LOCATION:
Nogent sur Oise is located at the heart of the Oise near Creil and Chantilly.
The nice city of Saint Maximin, in the middle of several stone quarries, in the south of Oise, has a cultural and particular heritage born from the stone (troglodytic houses, open sky old quarries, mushroom beds, etc.) that it wants to enhance to develop a museum called "La Maison de la Pierre" (the house of stone). After the success of the seven previous camps, the work will take place again in the quarry where previous volunteers built a pedagogic garden, enhanced the quarry to create a scenic space… Many exchanges are planned with the local youth centre.
WORK:
This year, the work will be done in partnership with the city departments and will consist of promoting a large space meant to become a park: building pathways, clearing bushes, installing benches and picnic tables… Various activities will be planned!
LOCATION:
Saint Maximin is located in the south of Creil, within the regional natural park Oise Pays de France. Many walks will be organized in the forest of Chantilly and its castle.
TERMINAL:
Chantilly train station.
ACCOMMODATION:
Under tents. A locker room and showers will be provided in the football stadium.
This is the first partnership with the Municipality of Sussargues who are very interested in hosting a group of young international volunteers. The project is designed to work and make adjustments around an old building that serves as a promenade and a meeting point for the villagers. Volunteers have the opportunity to do many exciting activities in this picturesque, rural village near Montpellier.
WORK:
It will be varied. Clearing excessive over-vegetation of a countryside path and also constructing a barbecue (tbc).
ACCOMMODATION:
Lodging in a village hall in a shared room.
LANGUAGE:
English
LOCATION:
You will stay in this small town of 2600 inhabitants Languedoc near Montpellier in the suburbs but equally located in the middle of the garrigue (heathery area perfect for plants that like dry weather).
TERMINAL:
Montpellier train station then a bus.
PARTICIPATION FEES:
165€ to be paid upon arrival.
SPECIAL REMARKS:
For more information have a look at http://www.ville-sussargues.fr/
This project takes place on Citrus' activity site, in the village of Laguépie. Here you will pursue the association's two main projects started last year by other international volunteers - building a big collective kitchen and landscaping the garden. Along with dynamic workcamp leaders, you will share the working time as well as the meals and intercultural exchanges with a team of local workers and a group of French teenagers.
Work :
Masonry and gardening will be the main activities. Half of the work will be dedicated to continue the building of the kitchen next to Citrus association's office. The other half will be spent on various tasks in the garden, where we grow both vegetables and flowers and provide the village inhabitants with a nice place to meet and run gardening workshops. The works will be guided by a mason and a gardener, both members of Citrus' permanent staff.
Leisure activities :
Beside the working time you will have the opportunity to swim in the river, to hike on surrounding trails, to meet local young people, organize pizza parties around a traditional bread oven, playing games, and to discover some beautiful medieval villages such as Najac, Cordes sur Ciel, Saint-Antonin Noble Val. Workshops will be held to understand the basics of a healthy diet.
Accommodation :
in tents on Citrus' site, with all available facilities. Bring your sleeping bag along.
Location :
Laguépie is located 100 km North-East of Toulouse, between Montauban and Albi
The association of le Créneau is based out of a small castle in the heart of a large property in Auvergne. Throughout the year it hosts volunteers from varying cultural and social backgrounds. The aim of the association is for volunteers to experience a different way of life.
Work:
This year the association wants to focus on several water-related facilities. You will use vegetable materials to protect a nearby pond and reservoir. You will participate in the construction of water-collecting and water-transportation facilities. You will also have the opportunity to participate in the gardening and renovation of the castle.
Leisure activities:
This project will allow you to meet people from all over the world and from various regions of France, to become familiar with ways of French rural living, to visit nearby cities (e.g. Moulins, Vichy) and touristic attractions of this area. A van will be available to you as a means of transportation between these locations.
Accommodation:
in tents.
Location:
Montcombroux-les-Mines (Allier), 45 km from Vichy.
Nearest train station:
St Germain-des-Fosss.
Participation fees:
150 EUR for international volunteers and 300 EUR for French volunteers.
During the 19th century the town of La Ferté-sous-Jouarre was renowned the world over for the quality of the millstones it produced. The sale of these millstones brought the town great wealth, evidence of which can still be seen today in a number of fine buildings situated throughout the community. Since 2007, the association VirVolt has been based in the town and has helped to celebrate the heritage of its millstone industry through the organisation of international work camps.
Work:
Throughout the summer, international, French and local volunteers will take part in different millstone-heritage restoration work camps. Projects will include the restoration of a wall surrounding a beautiful park called the Pigeon's Fountain Park and some clearing works on the "Island's Garden", which is situated on the banks of the Marne. For this work volunteers will be trained in traditional masonry techniques which use cement made with limestone. In addition to this, other small-scale work camps could be carried out in the gardens of the association.
Leisure activities:
Volunteers will have the chance to enjoy the association's campsite and to discover the cultural and natural heritage of a region which is home to such famous products as Champagne and Brie. You will also be given the opportunity to meet and socialise with local young people. Other leisure activities will be organised collectively depending on the wishes of the group and the available budget.
Accommodation:
In communal tents (yurts, tipis) on the campsite of the association. Participants need to bring along a sleeping bag.
Location:
The town of La Ferté-sous-Jouarre, 60 km East of Paris, in the region of Seine-et-Marne.
Closest train station:
La Fert-sous-Jouarre
Note:
This project should not be seen as a sightseeing trip to Paris. If participants wish to visit Paris, they should arrive some days before or leave some days after the dates of the summer camp.
Participation fees:
150 EUR for international volunteers and 300 EUR for French volunteers.
For the 17th year in a row, the town of Alençon will host a group of international volunteers. Local institutions try to raise awareness among youth for environmental protection and sustainable development. By hosting a workcamp, the municipality really wants to create awareness to the local population through the organization of several environmental actions.
WORK:
With support of the municipality and Concordia, the volunteers will start designing a garden, work that will last two years. The aim of this initiative is to raise awareness and environmental behaviors among the youth of Alençon and to build a city for and from all their inhabitants, including the youth. Volunteers will start cleaning and designing the place, making temporary ground plots, imaging plantations and flowerbeds. At the end of the workcamp, you will organize an “open doors”, an event to promote your work among the habitants and local partners.
ACCOMODATION:
In collective tents on the camp-site; sanitary facilities in a building close to the sleeping place; cooking and eating under a big tent outside. If you have a tent, please bring it. Don’t forget your sleeping bag and a sleeping mat. Cleaning and cooking tasks will be done together.
LANGUAGE:
English and French
LOCATION:
In the south of Normandy, in the Orne department.
TERMINAL:
Alençon train station.
SPECIAL REMARKS:
As the workcamp takes place in an urban area, for practical and eco-friendly reasons, you will have to use bikes for local transportation. You can be required of riding a bike. Bring suitable shoes, warm and waterproof clothes, a sleeping bag and a sleeping mat.
« We did a lot of conservation work, building hiking paths, tidying up wooded areas, removing weeds, planting trees, etc. The work was extremely successful and I found it very rewarding. »
