📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Bon Repos sur Blavet is a new rural commune of about 1,300 inhabitants located in the heart of central Brittany. It includes the communes of Laniscat, Perret and Saint-Gelven. The workcamp is located in the former commune of Laniscat, which has a population of around 700.The elected representatives of the commune are delighted to welcome a group of young internationals to animate their territory for this fourth workcamp with Concordia!
💼 What the programme involves
Come to animate a small town in the heart of Brittany and enhance a beautiful site near a creek!
The municipality of Bon Repos sur Blavet welcomes you for its fourth international workcamp where you will help to enhance a site at the west of the town where a ruined chapel is located, the chapel of Troluzon! An opportunity to discover the local culture and make unforgettable intergenerational encounters. You will work on the continuation of projects carried out the last years: The idea is now to consolidate and secure the roof in order to make it a meeting place between the inhabitants.
This work includes working on scaffolding, if you have vertigo, this might not be the best pick for you!
You will also participate at an historical show of the municipality: The Son et Lumiere of Bon Repos Sur Blavet. A spectacular show in costumes, about the history of the founding of the local abbey and bringing together nearly 350 actors and extras!
Click on the following link to see the trailer of last year\'s show:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiMg7oVTh6A
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will sleep in two-person tents (please bring your sleeping mat and a warm sleeping bag) near the field made available by the municipality. The group activities and meals will take place in a room made available to the group, you will have access to sanitaries and showers. The group will be sharing the cleaning chores and preparing meals together. The budget will be allocated to the group leader and you will participate in the grocery shopping and in the preparation of meals, prioritising products from the market and local producers.
📍 About the location
Bon Repos sur Blavet is located in the department of Cotes d'Armor (22) in the center of Brittany. It is located 15 minutes away from Lake Guerledan, one of the largest lakes in Brittany. It is a beautiful site where you will be able to carry out activities: hikes, leisure activities... You will also be able to go on a trip to the sea and share friendly times with the inhabitants.
⚠️ Requirements
Foreigners belonging to the European Union must bring with them a personal EHIC (European Health Insurance Card), and everybody must, in any case, bring their insurance certificate. If health issues happen on the project, volunteers will have to pay for it, and will then be reimbursed once back in their home country.
ℹ️ Additional information
You will have to bring warm clothes (trousers, sweaters, socks, closed shoes, rain clothes) and light ones (skirts or shorts, t-shirt, open shoes) because weather can change very suddenly in Brittany. You can literally experience all four seasons in one day! Please also take with you working clothes, gloves and shoes in addition to your swimsuit. Bring a warm sleeping bag and an insulated camping mat as nights are sometimes fresh and wet.