ESC: Europe around the book

Name: ESC: Europe around the book
Start: 2023-10-15
End: 2024-07-31
Location: Bretteville-sur-Laize, France

Code: 35559 Copied

France European Voluntary Service Social work Environment Culture European Voluntary Service Social work +2 Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

💼 What the programme involves

The Bretteville sur Laize twinning commitee is in charge of cultural french-german exchange between local families or young people and people from the partner city of Massbach in Germany. It has developped an ESC hosting project together with 2 social and solidarity organisations in Bretteville: a media library and a resource center with missions around youth, mobility, sustainable development and culture through books : books as second-hand products, as a material to be transformed and reused, but also as a common european patrimony and support for an intercultural mediation. The volunteer will get involved in all those activites : valorisation and solidarity sale of second-hand products, organisation of meetings events and litterary or artistics workshops at the library, coordination of families and youth exchanges with the twinning commitee. A common achievement of all partners will be the organisation of a local second-hand book festival.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Bretteville sur laize is a rural norman town, 23km far from Caen (accessible by bus), 40 km from the sea. It has 2000 inhabitants, has about 15 shops, health structures, schools and college, many active sports and cultural associations and a cinema. An equipped accommodation is available located within the college with independent access (any needed additional equipment is available at the resource centre). Possibility to have lunch at the canteen of the college on school days. The various places of activity are distant between them of less than one kilometer. A bicycle will be provided.

🎒 Leisure activities

The variety of activities will allow the discovery with partners of very varied professions in the municipal administration, national education, the sector of re-employment and integration, cultural animation, event organization, communication... We are considering training modules in ecological transition offered by the resource center (activity traceability tools, woodworking, renovation, transformation and reuse).

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: In order to feel comfortable with the context and the tasks of this volunteering opportunity, candidates should rather be: Sociable, at ease in public, adaptable to different contexts (working place, teams, tasks), feel at ease with a various audiencec (all ages, precarious people, children and teenagers), creative, interested in manual work, ready to live in the countryside, interested in sustainable development, loving reading and sharing reading experiences.
Deadline: Application deadline: 31/07/2023

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.

Interested in this project? Create your account and apply online.

📅 Available sessions

FR35559

15/10/2023 → 31/07/2024

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Deadline: 31/07/2023

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

Pl. de la Mairie, 14680 Bretteville-sur-Laize, France

France

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Central European Standard Time

Local time: 21:11 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

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✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English French