📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Come and learn how to transform wooden planks into a bench or even a picnic table with your bare hands!
Since 1993, Concordia has been organizing international work camps with the city of Clermont-Ferrand, which shows how well this partnership works! This year we will be welcomed for the first time by the inhabitants of the lively Saint-Jacques neighborhood, 1.5 km from the town center. Montalembert street is a grassy area which is going to be transformed into a pleasant park for its inhabitants, where young people and families will enjoy being able to meet. We're giving you the chance to change this grassy area, located next to the city stadium, by constructing street furniture.
💼 What the programme involves
Alongside two camp leaders, including a technical instructor, you will create wooden, urban furniture, for example: picnic tables, benches, seats and outdoor sports equipment. In this way you will learn basic carpentry skills.
🏠 Accommodation on site
At the two star campsite “Les Sablons” in Pont-du-Chateau (with a swimming pool and activities), sharing two-person tents with boys and girls separated and a collective tent for socializing. You will be staying with another international work camp for teenagers. The group will be sharing the cleaning chores and preparing 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
The urban area of Clermont-Ferrand is Auvergne's lively regional capital. It is located in an exceptional volcanic area, at the foot of the Puy de Dôme volcano which summit can be accessed by panoramic train. During your stay, you will be able to take advantage of the town's summer energy (concerts, Sable Show festival, visiting the historic town center, French National Day and fireworks) and also of the countryside which is located right on its doorstep (hiking over the volcanoes, swimming in the lakes, etc.). It will be a rich and varied trip.For more information have a look at: http://www.clermont-fd.com and http://www.planetepuydedome.com.
⚠️ Requirements
The accommodation is located outside of the city center, in a neighboring town. Please bring good shoes, working clothes and a swimsuit. As the nights can be quite cold, remember to also bring warm clothes and a sleeping bag. You can also bring recipes from your home country, musical instruments and games. You will get around Clermont-Ferrand on foot, by car and by minibus.
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.
ℹ️ Additional information
Meeting point:
Clermont-Ferrand train station.
Closest airport:
Clermont-Ferrand, Lyon or Paris
Fee:
165€