📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Tourc\'h is a small rural town of around 1000 inhabitants located in the south of Finistere, in Brittany. It is a charming village, with a historic Gallic site and old buildings such as its Gothic church or the washhouse of Prat Tourch.
For Concordia, this will be the first participation in a workcamp in this area, but the village has already hosted volunteer workcamps with other associations in the past and is used to hosting this kind of event. Locals are delighted to see people from all over the world who come to restore their heritage.
💼 What the programme involves
Come and discover a charming village in South Finistere region, in Brittany! For the first time with Concordia, the municipality of Tourc\'h welcomes you for the restoration and development of the public space in town. This is an opportunity for you to discover this village as well as its inhabitants, who are eager to meet you and discuss with you. Tourc\'h has already hosted volunteer workcamps in the past and is therefore ready to repeat this experience with you, to the delight of all! You will work on the rehabilitation of a small wall, typical of the region, on the establishment of an opening and on the development of a small stone canal to lead a stream to unclog a plot of land. This will enable the creation of a friendly space for the inhabitants of the village.
🏠 Accommodation on site
In tents next to the sport field (bring your groundsheet and your sleeping bag). Collective life will be organized nearby. You will have access to toilets and showers in the sport building near your campsite. You will share the different collective tasks and prepare meals together in the kitchen also located in the sport complex. A budget will be allocated to the group leader and you will participate in the shopping and in the preparation of meals, favouring healthy and local products.
📍 About the location
Tourc’h (about 1000 inhabitants) is located in the department of Finistere, in Brittany. Several hiking trails are arranged in this town. You can go out to the sea or enjoy leisure activities in the city of Quimper (about 63,000 inhabitants) 25 km away.
⚠️ 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, sweater, socks, closed shoes, rain clothes) and light ones (skirts or shorts, t-shirts, open shoes) because the 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.
