📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Corlay is a small rural town of about 1000 inhabitants located in the center of Brittany. It is a charming village with several remarkable and interesting places such as hikes or historical monuments. Concordia has been collaborating with the different towns linked to Corlay but this is the first workcamp on Corlay territoty! The inhabitants are delighted to see people from different countries coming to help reconstruct their history.
💼 What the programme involves
Come and enjoy the warm welcome of the inhabitants of a small town in the heart of Brittany!
The town council of Corlay welcomes you for its first international workcamp where you will help to restore its built heritage, in the center of the village. An opportunity to experience the local culture and to make unforgettable inter-generational encounters.
Beyond the reconstruction, you will be required to work on the history of the town!
You will remove the plants that grow on the walls of a castle, using traditional techniques. The intervention will focus on walls and and may include moving at height on scaffolding.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will sleep in two-person tents (please bring your sleeping mat and a warm sleeping bag) near the sports field. You will have access to showers and toilets in the building of the sport ground. The group activities and meals will take place in a room made available to the group. The group will be sharing the cleaning chores and preparing meals together. The budget will be allocated to the camp leaders and you will participate in the shopping and the preparation of meals with products from the market and local producers (if possible).
Handwashing of laundry.
📍 About the location
Corlay (around 1000 inhabitants) is located in the county of “Cotes d\'Armor“. There are several hiking trails around the town. You will be able to go on a trip to the ocean or to do leisure activities in the town of Loudeac (around 9 000 inhabitants), only 40 km from Corlay. You will also be able to share convivial moments with the inhabitants and the young people of the town.
⚠️ 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 happen on the project, volunteers will have to pay for it, and will then be reimbursed once back in their home country.
ℹ️ Additional information
You will have to bring warm clothes (trousers, sweater, socks, closed shoes, rain clothes) and light ones (skirts or shorts, t-shirts, open shoes) because the weather can change very suddenly in Brittany. You can literally experience all four seasons in one day! Please also take with you working clothes, gloves and shoes in addition to your swimsuit. Bring a warm sleeping bag and an insulated camping mat as nights are sometimes fresh and wet.
