BAYWATCH 3 : ENGAGING COMMUNITIES
France
Environment
Education
Environment
Education
Fixed dates
About the project
BAYWATCH 3 : ENGAGING COMMUNITIES
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The Baie de Somme Joint Syndicate is a new partner of Concordia. This summer, they organize four different projects, all focused on protecting coastal nature and biodiversity, especially with tourism.
This partnership aims to raise awareness and involve international volunteers in a real and meaningful experience. Local partners will welcome you and make sure your stay is safe, friendly, and enriching.
You will meet local people, tourists, and organizations, helping you discover the area and share cultures.
💼 What the programme involves
Join us on the coast and take part in a project about environmental education and natural heritage! Your mission will be to help inform visitors about protecting dunes, beaches, and biodiversity. You will also help update information panels (totems) of the “Grand Site de France.“
You will meet local actors such as elected representatives, associations, and partners to collect their ideas and knowledge. Then, you will help create new texts and content for the information panels to improve them and make them easier to understand for visitors.
You will also organize and lead awareness activities in the field. This will help you practice communication and environmental education skills. You will directly talk to visitors and help them understand how to protect nature, while learning how a protected natural area is managed.
This project is a real experience in environmental mediation and natural area management. It is a useful and meaningful way to help protect the coast and its ecosystems.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will stay in your own tent at the campsite “La Vieille Eglise,” close to the work areas. A big shared tent will be used for meals and group time, and as a shelter if it rains. Toilets and showers are available at the campsite.
Group life is very important: everyone helps with daily tasks and cooking. A budget will be managed to buy food, focusing on fresh, local, and seasonal products for healthy meals.
📍 About the location
The project takes place in the Baie de Somme, a beautiful natural area with dunes, marshes, and wetlands. It is a “Grand Site de France“ and attracts many visitors, so protecting nature is very important.
You will also have the chance to visit places like the Samara archaeological park or World War I sites. In summer, there are markets, festivals, and local events.
Saint-Valery-sur-Somme is a historic medieval town and a popular tourist place. Many visitors come here, especially in summer. Your activities will help connect heritage, nature protection, and visitor awareness, encouraging respectful behavior.
⚠️ 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.
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 good shoes, working clothes and a swimsuit. As nights can be quite cold,
remember also to bring warm clothes, a sleeping bag and a mattress for more comfort. You can also bring traditional recipes from your home country/region, an instrument of music and games.
Interested in this project? Create your account and apply online.
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📅 Available sessions
CONCF-28025C-ESC
30/07/2026 → 14/08/2026
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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
80230 Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, France
France
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)
Timezone
Central European Summer Time
Local time: 21:12 (12/11/2026)
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🏠 Accommodation
Collective
🗣️ Languages spoken
English