📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
This project is a first for the Billom Community! The community wishes to allow young people of the territory to engage in an ecological project, alongside international young volunteers to encourage intercultural encounters. Eight local young people will be mobilized to welcome you, to participate in the workcamp and to make you discover the life of their city. The aim is to create exchanges between international volunteers, local youths and inhabitants. The workcamp will federate various energies by creating the formidable opportunity to work together on an ecological action to serve the community!
💼 What the programme involves
This workcamp will make you discover the rivers and green hills of the Billom area alongside local young people: feet in the water, head in the clouds!
During your stay, you will travel around the region and take part in various ecological actions. You will start with three days of river preservation, by helping to clean two rivers and by removing leaves and branches so that the water can flow. This action will enable the rivers to maintain a good natural balance. Then, you will take part in two days of protection of the rare birds of the territory, with the construction of ten bird houses. Finally, during four days, you will make wooden benches which will be installed on the summits of the small volcanoes which overhang the Billom area.
With a technical leader on your side, you will learn basic carpentry skills, use manual and electric tools, and build with your own hands. The tasks will be varied!
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will be accompanied by two camp leaders throughout your stay.
You will be welcomed in Saint-Julien-de-Coppel, a small town of 1,300 inhabitants with typical Auvergne charm. The camp will be set up next to the recreation area on the top of the village. You will sleep in individual tent, on the grass. You will have your meals in the community centre, which offers a collective kitchen and a large living space. This building will be reserved for your group and closed to the public. At your disposal: toilets, showers and changing rooms. Please note that washings of clothes will be by hand.
The group will share the cleaning chores and prepare meals together. The budget will be allocated to the group leader and you will participate in the preparation of dishes with good products from the market and local producers.
📍 About the location
Billom is located near Clermont-Ferrand, in the Livradois-Forez regional nature park. The hilly and preserved landscapes are reminiscent of Tuscany. The climate is clement. Billom Community prepares a varied leisure programme for you: discovering medieval villages and castles, hiking to the summits of the volcanoes, swimming in the lakes and taking part in local festivals.
⚠️ 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.
ℹ️ Additional information
Bring work clothes, walking boots and a backpack. Nights can be chilly, so bring warm clothes and a good sleeping bag. You can also bring recipes from your home country, musical instruments and games. You will get around on foot and in minibus.
For more information visit: https://www.vacances-livradois-forez.com
