ESC: SJ/ESC42 - Fire and Clay

Name: ESC: SJ/ESC42 - Fire and Clay
Start: 2025-07-21
End: 2025-08-11
Location: Montcombroux-les-Mines, France

Code: 44309 Copied

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

About the project

📝 Detailed information

💼 What the programme involves

Take part in building a bread oven and revive traditions at Les Prureaux, in the heart of the Auvergne. Here, the experience is more than just visiting: it's living, sharing and, above all, creating. Join us as we build an artisan oven and a traditional potter’s wheel using recycled materials (stone, branches and clay). It's a project that's all about sharing and conviviality. Leave your mark at Les Prureaux and create with us!

🏠 Accommodation on site

You will be accommodated in various shared sleeping rooms for 4 to 8 people at Château du Créneau. Wi-Fi is not available on site. Food will be provided and prepared in the château kitchen by you and other participants in groups, with the support of the kitchen supervisors.

🎒 Leisure activities

We will build a traditional oven and a functional potter's wheel. Activities will include preparing the site, selecting and placing stones for the base, selecting osier branches and learning basket-making techniques, creating a vault with clay and branches, finishing with an insulating coating, and building a roof to cover the oven. In addition, we'll build a traditional potter's wheel using recycled materials, assembling its structure and adjusting the rotation system. A project where tradition and innovation meet!

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: Aged between 18 and 30. No others requirements.
Deadline: 18/07/2025 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

FR44309

21/07/2025 → 11/08/2025

Closed

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Deadline: 18/07/2025

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

Les Prureaux, 03130 Montcombroux-les-Mines, France

France

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Central European Summer Time

Local time: 21:03 (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