📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Do you want to travel back in time for 3 weeks ? Discover trades of the past ? Do you want to reconnet with nature, endless open fields, and core values? Come to Sorbier ! This village is home to the perfect project for you : together with a group of internaitonal volunteers, you will take part in the creation of an outdoor museum that will showcase ancient trades of the countryside and will host a permanant exhibition of engines and tools that were used by our ancestors!
Led by a team from city hall, this project brings together local residents to celebrate the village's heritage. The people of Sorbier will be thrilled to welcome you, share ancient working methods and techniques, and introduce you to their way of life !
With this project, you will be actively working for the Sustainable Development Goal n°15 from the United Nations: Life on Land.
💼 What the programme involves
You'll have various tasks to accomplish including : fixing pieces for the museum (cleaning, painting, etc.), preparing the field to host the outdoor exhibition (cleaning, leveling, laying gravels, etc.), building and setting up sheds / shelters (carpentry and small frame), protecting the site (fence), and creating signs and scenography.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The group will stay in tents with acccess to showers and dry toilets. Food will be provided by the organization, and volunteers will cook in teams. Meals will be had under a large tent, or in the castle in case of rainy days. Volunteers will have at their disposal a fully equiped kitchen and two activity rooms.
Attention ! For this project, you will bike your way to work. The road is quite flat, so though it’s necessary to know how to ride a bike, the ride will not be strenuous!
📍 About the location
Location : Sorbier is a small village in Auvergne Rhone Alpes region in the Allier department. Surrounded by trees, it's the perfect place for people who love hiking, with amazing views of historical monuments typical of our region ! The name « sorbier » comes from the small trees that one can see dotting the landscape.
Leisure activities : Afternoons and weekends are collectively planned with the whole group. If you like spending time in the city, Moulins and Vichy are located around 40 kms away. If you’re more of the countryside type, don't hesitate to discover the region on foot or by bike, explore the banks of the canals, swim, and take advantage of local festivities and cultural events.
ℹ️ Additional information
These projects are supported by the program European Solidarity Corps for young people between 18 and 30 years. It is open to all the EU and partner neighboring countries 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 (no sending, nor participation fee) to attend the projects
Volunteers need to enrol in the PASS, the European Solidarity Corps Portal ; SJ will organize their matching in the portal with the volunteering project;
Volunteers will receive pocket money, calculated on basis of 6€/day, once they arrive on the projects
Volunteers 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 will have to complete a participation report, submitted online through the portal.”