ESC: SJ/ESC05 - Let’s rehab the stone-paved shortcut!

Name: ESC: SJ/ESC05 - Let’s rehab the stone-paved shortcut!
Start: 2025-05-19
End: 2025-06-02
Location: Veynes, France

Code: 44241 Copied

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

About the project

📝 Detailed information

💼 What the programme involves

Come to discover one of the small perched towns in France's Southern Alps! The town of Serres, which backs onto the Pignolette rock, comprises narrow medieval streets, covered passageways, and steep slopes. That makes it a pleasant place to wander. In this context, we invite you to participate in a project to restore an old shortcut in the historic center. For several years now, in partnership with the commune of Serres, the association Les Villages des Jeunes has been working to bring the town's narrow medieval streets to life, maintain and valorize them. The various projects we organize on this site aim to enhance and consolidate these unusual urban passages while enriching their history through the intercultural exchanges typical of international workcamps.

🏠 Accommodation on site

You'll be accommodated in individual tents in the outdoor spaces of the municipal gymnasium, with access to the building's services and kitchen. The construction site is 1 km from the accommodation site, which can be reached on foot or by shuttle bus. Here, we take care with our food to reduce our environmental impact: we eat local as much as possible and reduce our meat consumption to twice a week. Daily life is organized collectively: menus (vegetarian, vegan diets, etc.), shopping, activities, and so on.

🎒 Leisure activities

You'll be working on the consolidation of a stone stairway in the historic center of the small town of Serres. After a preliminary clearing of the site, you'll work on consolidating the stone steps and creating a dry-stone border on the side. A local expert will guide you in the staircase maintenance, the choice of stones, and their correct positions. You'll work on-site during the mornings from Monday to Friday. Generally speaking, the tasks include working with dry stone, preparing tools and meals, as well as organizing and setting up group life.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: Aged between 18 and 30. No others requirements.
Deadline: 16/05/2025 18:00

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

FR44241

19/05/2025 → 02/06/2025

Closed

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Deadline: 16/05/2025

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

39 Rue Surville, 05400 Veynes, France

France

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Central European Standard Time

Local time: 22:02 (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