ESC: SJ/ESC56 - Let’s rehab the garden stone wall!

Name: ESC: SJ/ESC56 - Let’s rehab the garden stone wall!
Start: 2025-08-04
End: 2025-08-18
Location: Laguépie, France

Code: 44412 Copied

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

About the project

📝 Detailed information

💼 What the programme involves

Come and have fun in the village of Orpierre, world-famous for its rock climbing! Set in a remarkable natural environment, the village stands between an impressive cliff and the Céans River. Opposite the village, in the valley on the other bank of the river, you'll find the gardens, a natural space where you can relax and cool off in summer. Here, the vigor of the tree roots, time, and the weather have cleared away the dry-stone wall characteristic of this site. Would you like to join us in putting everything back in place? We're going to learn and experiment with the traditional dry-stone construction technique. For several years now, in partnership with the commune of Orpierre, the association Les Villages des Jeunes has been working to bring to life, maintain, and promote dry-stone work in the area through international work camps.

🏠 Accommodation on site

You will be accommodated in individual tents at a campsite close to the site. The site will be equipped with a large tent that will house the kitchen as well as the group's collective meeting place during the stay. You will have access to sanitary facilities and Wi-Fi. 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. We organize outings to run errands, using the vehicles provided.

🎒 Leisure activities

The work begins with clearing the site of brushwood, carefully observing and reading the parts of the wall in the traditional way that are in good condition here. You'll then work on removing the remaining parts, enabling you to start reassembling the wall in the traditional dry-stone manner. A local expert will guide you in your choice of stones and teach you how to position them correctly on the wall. Each day, two members of the group will take turns preparing meals for the team; the menu will be defined in advance. You'll work on the sites during the mornings from Monday to Friday.

⚠️ Requirements

The Participant profile: Aged between 18 and 30. No others requirements.
Deadline: 01/08/2025 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

FR44412

04/08/2025 → 18/08/2025

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Deadline: 01/08/2025

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

24 Rte de la Lauressie, 82250 Laguépie, France

France

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)

Timezone

Central European Summer Time

Local time: 22:01 (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