ESC: Renovating homes to empower people and strengthen their social life

Name: ESC: Renovating homes to empower people and strengthen their social life
Start: 2025-01-06
End: 2025-12-31
Location: Rennes, France

Code: 42504 Copied

France European Voluntary Service Social work European Voluntary Service Social work Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

💼 What the programme involves

Our organisation aims at improving social inclusion for people with low economic resources, with a specific focus on housing. We help people to improve their living conditions at home, and we offer general social support when it is needed. Our volunteers help us implement our action about housing through : - helping people to renovate their homes. Volunteers will go to the houses of the people we help and they will work with our professional technical referents in order to perform some renovation tasks : painting, changing wallpapers, plumbery, electricity, etc. - implementing workshops designed to help people improve their living conditions. Some examples of the topics which are addressed: building furniture on your own, making your own natural cleaning products, saving energy and water in your house, etc. Our approach is based on non-formal education and the activities are designed in order to foster the participation of the people we help, and empower them.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Volunteers are hosted in an apartment with 2 other international volunteers. Every ESC volunteer receives a monthly allowance of 600 euros for food expenses and pocket money. Local transport is provided. For international transport, volunteers receive an amount (defined by the European Commission) that varies according to the distance between the hosting place in France and the living place in the country of origin.

🎒 Leisure activities

On a daily basis, the volunteers are always supported by professional technicians. They also have a regional referent to deal with all the other aspect of the volunteer’s life. Our national movement organises volunteers’ gatherings 3 times a year, in addition to the Erasmus+ National agency arrival and mid-term seminars.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: The project is open to anyone looking forward to learning about manual work and social support. We do not expect volunteers to have previous experience. What we do expect from our volunteers is: - to have a good understanding of our approach - to be motivated to take part in manual work activities - to be able to interact with people from different backgrounds - English and French language skills would be much appreciated More information about us: https://www.instagram.com/compagnonsbatisseursvolontaire/ https://www.compagnonsbatisseurs.eu/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq1R3l8_zsU
Deadline: 20/11/2024 12:00

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

FR42504

06/01/2025 → 31/12/2025

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Deadline: 20/11/2024

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

Rennes, France

France

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Central European Summer Time

Local time: 22:20 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

Contact form

✅ Features

🏠 Accommodation

Collective

🗣️ Languages spoken

English French