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ESC: [Carcassonne] Help protect the environment and biodiversity in southern France!

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France European Voluntary Service Social work Environment European Voluntary Service Social work +1 Fixed dates

About the project

ESC: [Carcassonne] Help protect the environment and biodiversity in southern France!

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Unis-Cité is a non-profit association, founded in 1994 by three students who wanted to encourage the concrete commitment of young people to fight against inequalities, injustices, racism and exclusion and thus develop living together. Unis-Cité has thus been working for twenty-five years, completely independently, to promote voluntary service for young people, so that it becomes natural for all young people, whatever their background, to dedicate a stage of their life to solidarity and thus contribute to the emergence of a society of responsible and united individuals, aware of their own role in building the society of tomorrow, alongside associations, public actors and businesses. Unis-Cité promotes a society of individuals who respect differences and are able to integrate them as an asset. In this sense, the association aims to promote and enable the voluntary commitment of young people in local associations and structures, in order to act to improve life in the city. Pioneer of Civic Service, Unis-Cité has played a decisive role in the institutionalization and expansion of Civic Service in France. It is approved by the Civic Service Agency as a structure for hosting volunteers. Unis-Cité pays particular attention to the diversity of the promotions of young people it welcomes within its programs, by proactively supporting young people with the fewest opportunities to guarantee them access without prejudice to the diversity and representativeness of each of its promotions.

💼 What the programme involves

Are you passionate about protecting the environment and biodiversity in particular? Do you want to discover a region full of natural beauty and history? Would you like to meet other young people motivated to protect the planet, as part of a team of eight including five French volunteers? Come join us in Carcassonne!

🏠 Accommodation on site

Our missions consist in two programmes that are closely interconnected. One is focussed on working in nature (planting trees and hedges, taking care of natural spaces,…); the other one on raising awareness and doing educational work in various settings (e.g. community centres, schools and our association’s headquarter where we already organise a monthly repair-café), especially in the socially disadvantaged neighbourhoods of Carcassonne. Both programmes function in close cooperation with partner associations and are subject to seasonality (= planting trees in the winter months, organising actions outside during spring and summer, …). Both teams will work together frequently.

🎒 Leisure activities

Volunteers will be hosted in a “Résidence Habitat Jeunes”, a residence for young people in the north of Carcassonne. You will share flats of two, with each volunteer having their own room and access to shared space (one person may share their apartment with a French roommate). The residence is very recent and can be reached by bus or by foot from the city centre. A regional train pass is available at relatively low cost, allowing volunteers to discover the region. Also, there is a team in charge of cultural programme within the residence, proposing diverse activities..

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: We organise training on several topics linked to the mission, in cooperation with local partner associations. Many of our actions are organised together with local NGOs and prepared in cooperation with them, through training sessions.
Deadline: 30/08/2026 23:59

ℹ️ Additional information

The project is implemented under the European Solidarity Corps Programme, financed by the European Commission.
The participating organisations have to be mindful of these needs as they are responsible for providing a respectful and trusting hosting environment. At the same time, the organisations participating in the initiative devote a great deal of time, energy and resources to set up a high-quality activity; they should therefore expect that European Solidarity Corps participants show a similar level of respect for the local communities and the people that are directly concerned by the activities (https://youth.europa.eu/solidarity/mission_en).
What do we provide ?
  • Training before and after the project
  • Health insurance during your project
  • round-trip travel reimbursement
  • accommodation and food
  • pocket money
  • language course
  • Return Week-end
  • Youth Pass and SVI international Volunteer passport

Before applying for this volunteering project, you need to enroll yourself at European Solidarity Corps Platform (https://europa.eu/youth/solidarity_en) and specify your European Solidarity Corps Participant Number (PRN).
This organisation holds a European Solidarity Corps Quality Label.
Contact the ESC coordinator at +32 2 888 67 13 to get more informations.

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📅 Available sessions

FR53791

05/10/2026 → 07/06/2027

Closed
Volunteers registered 0 / 2
♂ 0/1 ♀ 0/1
Deadline: 30/08/2026

ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–30 years old

Solidarity donation

0.00 EUR

French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).

📍 Location

11000 Carcassonne, France

France

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Central European Summer Time

Local time: 22:10 (12/11/2026)

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English French