BAYWATCH 2 : SHARING NATURE
France
Environment
Festival
Environment
Festival
Fixed dates
About the project
BAYWATCH 2 : SHARING NATURE
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The Baie de Somme Joint Syndicate is a new partner of Concordia. This summer, they offer four different projects, all focused on raising awareness about protecting coastal nature and biodiversity. Volunteers will discover the area, meet locals, and take part in meaningful activities.
Local communities and the Syndicate will help make your stay safe, fun, and educational. You will meet residents, holidaymakers, and local organizations, giving you a real experience of life in the area and promoting intercultural exchange.
💼 What the programme involves
Join us on the coast to help protect the dunes, beaches, and the National Nature Reserve! Your job will be to inform visitors about how to take care of these areas, especially during the nesting season of little plovers, to protect these fragile birds and their habitats.
Volunteers will prepare and run information stands, including at the Baie Sonore festival, both before and during the event. You will also lead fun activities and educational walks for holidaymakers at local campsites. These actions will help share knowledge, encourage people to respect nature, and raise awareness about fragile coastal ecosystems.
This project is a full experience in environmental education. You will learn how tourism affects natural areas and why protecting biodiversity is important. You will play an important role: your work will directly help visitors understand and care for this special natural area with dunes, beaches, and protected zones.
Come discover a unique environment and help protect it while learning skills in animation and environmental education!
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will stay in a tent at the Rue campsite. There will be a large communal tent for meals and gathering, with a space to stay dry if it rains. Toilets and showers are available at the campsite.
Living together is an important part of the experience: everyone helps with daily tasks and prepares meals together. A budget will be used to buy food, trying to focus on fresh, local, and seasonal products for healthy and balanced meals.
📍 About the location
The project is in the Baie de Somme, a beautiful area known for its rich biodiversity and varied landscapes: dunes, salt marshes, wetlands, and mudflats. The Bay is a Grand Site of France and attracts many visitors, making public awareness important.
In addition to beach and dune work, volunteers can visit famous local sites like the Samara archaeological park or World War I battlefields. In summer, there are local events, markets, and festivals to enjoy.
The Marquenterre Park is a major natural reserve for migratory birds and wetlands. Your project will help protect biodiversity and teach visitors how to care for fragile ecosystems.
⚠️ 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 them, 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. It is open to all volunteers that fit the ESC criteria.
The participation to ESC volunteering teams is subjected 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 a maximum amount established depending on 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 the basis of 8€/day, once they arrive at the project in France;
- volunteers will have to complete a participation report, submitted online through the portal.
Your tickets have to be uploaded on the CONFIRMATION FORM. Please fill the confirmation form when you receive the Infosheet. This is MANDATORY for all ESC participants. If you fail to provide your transport tickets on time, your participation may be cancelled. The tickets have to be shared a month before the project. In the case of last minute application, the delay will be of two days.
ℹ️ Additional information
Please bring work clothes for the site and closed shoes. For the accommodation under tents, think of your sleeping bag.
You can also bring specialties from your country, photos, musical instruments, in short what you like and want to share on this site, either with the local population or with the group!
Interested in this project? Create your account and apply online.
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📅 Available sessions
CONCF-28025B-ESC
15/07/2026 → 29/07/2026
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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
Le Crotoy, France
France
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)
Timezone
Central European Summer Time
Local time: 21:08 (12/11/2026)
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🏠 Accommodation
Collective
🗣️ Languages spoken
English