📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Plevin is a small rural town of about 800 inhabitants located in the center of Brittany. It is a charming small town with a beautiful 17th century church. This third consecutive workcamp allows it to restore its local heritage. The inhabitants are delighted to see people from all over the world come to restore their local heritage.
💼 What the programme involves
Come and enjoy the welcoming inhabitants of a small town in the heart of Brittany!
The town of Plevin welcomes you for its third international workcamp where you will help to restore its built heritage, in the center of the village. An opportunity to experience the local culture and to make unforgettable inter-generational encounters. The first two workcamps were a great success thanks to a good relationship with the inhabitants!
You will restore an outer wall using traditional masonry techniques. You will continue the work that already began in 2018: repairing the damaged areas, filling in the cracks and making new seals.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will sleep in two-person tents near the school (please bring your sleeping mat and a sleeping bag for cold weather). The group activities and meals will take place in a room made available to the group. The group will share the cleaning tasks and prepare meals together. The budget will be allocated to the camp leaders, you will participate in the grocery shopping and the preparation of meals with products from the market and local producers (if possible).
📍 About the location
Plevin (around 800 inhabitants) is located in the county of “Cotes d’Armor”. There are several hiking trails around the town. You will be able to go on a trip near the sea or to do leisure activities in the town of Carhaix (around 7 500 inhabitants), only 10 km from Plevin. You will also have the opportunity to enjoy the atmosphere of the music festival “Les Vieilles Charrues” which takes place there every summer in July. It’s the biggest music festival in France (around 280 000 visitors last year)!
ℹ️ Additional information
You will have to bring warm clothes (trousers, sweater, socks, enclosed 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. As nights are sometimes fresh and wet, bring a sleeping bag for cold weather and an insulated camping mat.
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.