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

Name: ESC: Renovating homes to empower people and strengthen their social life #Montpellier
Start: 2025-09-09
End: 2026-07-31
Location: Marseille, France

Code: 45233 Copied

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

About the project

📝 Detailed information

💼 What the programme involves

Our organisation aims at improving the living conditions of low economic resources residents, empower them and strengthen their social life through: - renovation work in private homes, in a spirit of non-formal education (the inhabitants, professional technicians and volunteers do the works, share and learn together) – painting, changing wallpapers, redo the floors, electricity, plumbery, setting up shelves, adapting the house to aging or disabled people, etc. - improving the living conditions with workshops, information and door to door raising awareness about, how to save energy, improve the quality of the air or heating in the house/flat etc. - developing local mutual aid networks with neighbourhood workshops, loan of tools, group activities on renovation, making objects or furniture etc. In each city, we host local and international volunteers. They are fully integrated to our professional teams and work together with the salaries on a daily basis.

🏠 Accommodation on site

Depending on the city, the volunteers are hosted in a house/apartment or a room in an international residence, with shared leaving areas with other young volunteers. Every ESC volunteer receives a monthly allowance of 600 euros for food expenses and pocket money. Local transport is provided. For international trips, the 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, to learn and experience tecnical skills. They also have a regional referent to deal with all the other aspects of the volunteer’s life, and reflect on the overall experience. Our national movement organises volunteers’ gatherings 3 times a year, in addition to the Erasmus+ National agency arrival and mid-term seminars. We also hold some annual workcamps in June, with local and international volunteers from all around our movement in France.

⚠️ 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 ; - basic to intermediate English appreciated and of course a strong motivation to learn French ! (ours teams do not always master English) We do examine and answer all applications, so please send us a personalised motivation statement :) More information about us: https://www.instagram.com/compagnonsbatisseursvolontaire/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2OuHev3xos https://www.compagnonsbatisseurs.eu/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq1R3l8_zsU
Deadline: 01/09/2025 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

FR45233

09/09/2025 → 31/07/2026

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Deadline: 01/09/2025

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

Marseille, 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