📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The Beaufiest'yval is a festival of shows and animations for families and all ages, organized in a festive atmosphere. The festival will take place in an exceptional setting of 8 hectares located in the Beaufief park, in Mazeray (behind the castle). It is organized by the Association of Beaufief Leisure Centre, an association that works to develop a real animation of the local life. This festival is a unique opportunity to live together and experience a time of sharing and conviviality.
💼 What the programme involves
You will work with the volunteers, children and the youth of the Beaufief leisure centre, preparing and setting up the festival. The work will consist on cleaning the park, making it more appealing and helping to set up the tents, the stage and the stands. During the festival, you will be required to greet the public, help the volunteers and you will even have the chance to perform on an open stage. After the event, you will help clean and tidy up the site, in a festive atmosphere! Following the festival, you will organize activities with the children from the leisure centre. Activities, games, shared memories, and living together will enrich this inter cultural experience!
🏠 Accommodation on site
In tents, on the grounds of the Beaufief centre in Mazeray. The food ingredients will be provided and in exchange you will prepare your meals.
📍 About the location
Mazeray, Charente-Maritime, 1 hour from La Rochelle.
The volunteers of the Beaufief Leisure Centre will organise several activities to immerse yourself in the local life. There, you will be able to discover the cultural richness and heritage of the area such as the castle, the abbey and the botanical garden. This will also be an opportunity to discover the region; by enjoying the lake Bernou and its tavern, as well as visiting the cities of La Rochelle and Poitiers.