📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Stand up to restore an animal enclosure in this charming little town in Brittany!
In a park, in the center of the town, come to create friendly relationships with the locals and the young ones, who will welcome you to have a good time together! Every year, an international workcamp takes place in the territory of Vitre Communaute and the Council of Châteaubourg waits to welcome you as part of its first international workcamp with Concordia.
💼 What the programme involves
This year, you will participate in the restoration of a wall of an animal enclosure in a park, in order to do that you shall use traditional masonry techniques. First you will be able to consolidate the structure by making new seals. Then, you will be able to restore the animal wooden shelter.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will sleep near the park in a building some of you in double beds (please bring your sleeping bag). The group will be sharing the cleaning chores and preparing meals together. The budget will be allocated to the group leader, shopping will be done together with him/her and you will participate in the preparation of dishes with products from the market and local producers (if possible).
📍 About the location
Chateaubourg (around 7 000 inhabitants) is a small town located in the county of « Ille-et-Vilaine » (35) 30 minutes away from Rennes, the capital of Brittany, and 20 minutes away from Vitre, “City of Art and History”. You will be able to take a walk in some of its parks or on hiking trails. You may enjoy leisure activities with youths from the town as well.
You will also be able to discover Rennes and Vitre.
⚠️ Requirements
You will have to bring warm clothes (trousers, sweater; socks, closed shoes, rain clothes) and light ones (skirt or shorts, t-shirt, open shoes) because 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 best swimsuit. Bring rubbers boots or some sort of shoes that allows you to work in the water! Bring a warm sleeping bag and an insulated camping mat, as nights are sometimes fresh and wet.
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 then be reimbursed once back in their home country.