CONCF-242-ESC
France
Manual work
Farming
Manual work
Farming
Fixed dates
About the project
CONCF-242-ESC
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
This is the second time that a Concordia workcamp is organized in Ressons le Long. Rich of a first successful experience, the town is eager to welcome you and to make you discover its charming village. It is very important for the village to preserve its environment and they are putting many actions in place to preserve and enhance it.
💼 What the programme involves
Come and discover this out of the ordinary rural village of the North of France which was mainly turned towards agriculture. Today, the municipality wishes to offer to the inhabitants a place of sharing and conviviality linked to the environment. The city services started this work last summer by building a pond on a wasteland and to continue this work of re-appropriation of the place, we propose this year a workcamp in order to create a shared garden!
The intervention will first consist in the delimitation of the different spaces (of circulation and of the future gardens) and then in the construction of a semi-underground greenhouse. Accompanied by the director of the leisure centre, you will be guided all along the different steps to complete this project.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will be hosted in individual tents near the village hall, which you will use for daily life (there is an equipped kitchen). It is located between the church and the town hall. You will share the different collective tasks and prepare the meals together.
A budget will be allocated to the animators and you will participate in the shopping and the preparation of the meals, by privileging healthy and local products. You will need a camping mattress and a sleeping bag.
📍 About the location
Between Pierrefonds and Soissons, close to the forests of Compiegne and Retz, Ressons le long is a rural commune of the Aisne valley which was mainly turned towards agriculture. The village stretches over six kilometres and is divided into several districts, each of which has its own patrimonial curiosities: an old paper mill, an old hospital and also a fortified farm from the 18th century that overlooks the village. The geographical situation of the village allows the discovery of several nearby cities and their cultural heritage (castle of Compiegne and Pierrefonds). A hiking trail crosses the village and links Pierrefonds to Soissons. Activities can happen between the group and the young people of the leisure centre.
⚠️ 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
Remember to bring your sleeping bag and a sleeping mat. Also, please take with you working clothes and shoes. You can also bring back specialties from your country, photos, musical instruments, in short what you like and want to share on this site, either with the local population or with the group!
This project is supported by the program European Solidarity Corps (ESC) for young people between 18 and 30 years. It is open to all volunteers that fit the ESC criteria.
The participation to the ESC volunteering teams is subjects to several principles and conditions, presented on the ESC webpage: https://europa.eu/youth/solidarity/mission_en
- volunteers do not have to pay any fee (not sending, nor participation fee) to attend the project and will receive a financial support for their travel, according to a maximum amount established in accordance with their travel distance and upon the presentation of original tickets;
- volunteers need to enrol in the PASS, the ESC Portal; then Concordia France will organise their matching, on the online system, with the volunteering project;
- volunteers will receive pocket money, calculated on basis of 6€/day, once they arrive on the project in France;
- volunteers will have to complete a participation report, submitted online through the portal.
Interested in this project? Create your account and apply online.
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CONCF-242-ESC
03/08/2022 → 18/08/2022
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ℹ️ Key information
Age required
18–30 years old
Solidarity donation
0.00
French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).
📍 Location
02290 Ressons-le-Long, France
France
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)
Timezone
Central European Standard Time
Local time: 20:52 (12/11/2026)
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🏠 Accommodation
Collective
🗣️ Languages spoken
English
French