📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
For historic architecture lovers, stand up for the restoration of the Saint Andre church frontage in the small town of Echauffour.
This will be the third year of partnership between Concordia and the municipality of Echauffour, a small and charming village of 700 inhabitants, rich of its natural and built heritage. The town is really into the organization of projects for youth and for the renovation of its local heritage. During your free time, you will be able to go on hikes, discover the built and natural heritage and take part in the city life through event with the locals.
💼 What the programme involves
You will be supervised by two leaders. Continuing on from last year's restoration, you will take part in the restoration of the Saint Andre church frontage, and will learn traditional techniques of masonry: clear it off undergrowth, masonry work, repair the joints of the bricks by using traditional techniques (e.g. lime mortar).
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will be staying in a collective accommodation under tents with the toilets and bathroom in a rustic local. The meals will be taken in a room in the mill with the volunteers of the organization. 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
Echauffour is located 50 km North-East of Alençon.
⚠️ Requirements
You will work on small scaffoldings; you should therefore be able to work in height.
Please bring gardening gloves, good shoes and working clothes. As the nights can be quite cold, remember also to bring warm clothes. Don’t forget to bring a sleeping-mat, a warm sleeping bag (and a tent if you own one!). You will be using bicycles during the project. 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:
Sainte Gauburge train station.
Closest airport:
Paris