A MAKEOVER FOR THE SOCIAL CENTRE
France
Manual work
Social work
Manual work
Social work
Fixed dates
About the project
A MAKEOVER FOR THE SOCIAL CENTRE
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
For the second year in a row, Concordia is pleased to partner up with the Les Mureaux Municipality. We are bridging the gap between the citizen passport project (a participative financing project for underprivileged youth in Les Mureaux) and Concordia volunteering. You will team up with young people benefiting from the project thanks to the municipality who has initiated this partnership with the objective of getting young people involved through a cohesive and socially responsible approach.
💼 What the programme involves
Help us give a makeover to the Georges Brassens social centre in the Parisian suburb Les Mureaux! You will help us create an inviting and joyful environment for the towns\' people.
In les Mureaux, the social centre provides essential services for families and for the cultural life of the town. You will help to rejuvenate the exterior structures of the centre to make it more attractive for everyone. The objective is to create an outdoor living space and urban furniture with upcycled wood so that it can become an inviting and convivial space for all, particularly the neighbourhood\'s youth! An outing in Paris will be organised and you will have the opportunity to, for example, visit cultural hotspots and historical neighbourhoods of the capital.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will be housed in individual tents with indoor toilets and showers at the Val de Seine leisure centre, 15 minutes away from the Georges Brassens social centre. Meals will be collectively prepared by the volunteers, taking turns. The camp leaders will have a budget for grocery shopping, to which you will take part in, preferring healthy and local products. There will be wifi available in the leisure centre main building, but not around the tents. There is no washing machine but laudromat are available around town if necessary.
📍 About the location
Les Mureaux is a western suburb of Paris with 32,000 inhabitants, a little under an hour away from the capital. You will be housed on the Val de Seine leisure island, which offers activities such as the beach, sailing, fishing, mini-golf, canoeing, or horse riding (note that only the beach and park are accessible free of charge). The social centre is only 15 minutes away from the leisure base, and you will be driven there and back each day. An outing will also be organised in Paris.
⚠️ 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.
This project is supported by the European Solidarity Corps (ESC) program for young people between 18 and 30 years. It is open to all volunteers that fit the ESC criteria.
The participation to the ESC volunteering teams is subjects to several principles and conditions, presented on the ESC webpage: https://europa.eu/youth/solidarity/mission_en
- volunteers do not have to pay any fee (neither sending, nor participation fee) to attend the project and will receive financial support for their travel, according to the maximum amount established depending on their travel distance and upon presentation of original tickets;
- volunteers need to enrol in the PASS, the ESC Portal; then Concordia France will organise their matching on the online system with the volunteering project;
- volunteers will receive pocket money, calculated on the basis of 6€/day, once they arrive at the project in France;
- volunteers will have to complete a participation report, submitted online through the portal.
ℹ️ Additional information
Consider taking gloves, clothes and shoes adapted for work. The nights can be quite chilly, so take a warm duvet or sleeping bag. If you wish to share with the other volunteers, you are also welcome to bring recipes, musical instruments and any other traditional things from your country/region.
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📅 Available sessions
CONCF-7502-ESC
24/07/2023 → 06/08/2023
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ℹ️ Key information
Age required
18–30 years old
Solidarity donation
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French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).
📍 Location
78130 Les Mureaux, France
France
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)
Timezone
Central European Standard Time
Local time: 21:03 (12/11/2026)
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🏠 Accommodation
Collective
🗣️ Languages spoken
English
French