ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND THE RETURN
France
Education
Construction
Education
Construction
Fixed dates
About the project
ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND THE RETURN
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
This is already the fourth year that a Concordia workcamp has been set up in the northern district of Amiens, and a multitude of associative and municipal actors will be involved, including Eco-Cite (to support of the technical realization of the shacks), the Relais Social (which acts as a link between the inhabitants of the district), and the City of Amiens. Many meetings are planned with the inhabitants but also with the young people of the Odyssee youth center, a municipal structure that offers artistic and leisure activities to the young people and inhabitants of the neighbourhood.
💼 What the programme involves
Let\'s make people live an adventure in their own neighbourhood!
This workcamp is organized within the framework of "Un Ete en Nord" (A Summer in North), a project in the northern district of Amiens that has been in place for several years in order to allow the non-profit organizations of the territory to offer playful activities during the summer to the inhabitants.
Your mission if you accept it : help the inhabitants and especially the youngest ones to build an imaginary, a shack and an adventure, for a few hours or the whole day. So grab your saws and hammers and let\'s build !
With all sorts of tools (shovels, planks, cloves, and whatever that can be used to build), the group will help the inhabitants to build their own shack, to imagine stories to play and activities that allow them to live an adventure in their own neighbourhood.
A Concordia workcamp is taking place right before yours, you will be able to work following on from their production!
🏠 Accommodation on site
Accommodation will be in individual tents at the municipal campground of Amiens, the Parc des Cygnes. A large tent will be set up for communal living with a kitchen area for the preparation of meals. The sanitary facilities of the campsite, with individual non-mixed cabins, (toilets, showers, washbasins) are at the disposal of the participants. You will share the various collective tasks and prepare meals together. Eco-friendly mobility will be part of the program: bicycles will be available and buses will be used to move around the city.
📍 About the location
Amiens, European Youth Capital 2020, is a city of about 130,000 inhabitants, located in the Hauts-de-France region, in the department of Somme. The city is located 1 hour from the Picardie coast but also 1 hour by train from Paris. You can discover the richness of its historical heritage: the largest cathedral in France, the Saint-Leu district, the house of Jules Verne, the floating gardens of the Hortillonnages which gave the city its nickname of "Little Venice of the North"...
The accommodation is located on the banks of the Somme river, near the towpath, which has been converted into a 120 km bicycle route linking Saint-Valery-sur-Somme to Peronne via Amiens. The campsite is in front of a large park which hosts various free sports activities in the summer (canoeing, climbing, archery...).
⚠️ 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 arise on the project, volunteers will have to pay for it, and will then be reimbursed once back in their home country.
Volunteers must know how to ride a bike for this workcamp.
This project is supported by the program European Solidarity Corps (ESC) 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 (not sending, nor participation fee) to attend the project and will receive a financial support for their travel, according to a maximum amount established in accordance with their travel distance and upon the 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 basis of 6€/day, once they arrive on the project in France;
- volunteers will have to complete a participation report, submitted online through the portal.
ℹ️ Additional information
Remember to bring work clothes for the work site as well as closed shoes. In anticipation of possible aquatic activities, remember to bring a bathing suit. For accommodation in tent, bring your sleeping bag and a floor mat. Tents are provided. You can also bring specialties, photos, musical instruments: whatever you like and want to share during the workcamp, either with the local population or with the group of volunteers!
Bicycles will be used during the project, especially to move from the living place to the worksite, it is necessary to know how to ride a bike!
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📅 Available sessions
CONCF-8004B-ESC
07/07/2023 → 21/07/2023
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ℹ️ Key information
Age required
18–30 years old
Solidarity donation
0.00
French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).
📍 Location
Amiens, France
France
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)
Timezone
Central European Standard Time
Local time: 21:02 (12/11/2026)
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🏠 Accommodation
Collective
🗣️ Languages spoken
English
French