📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
In the frame of their sustainable development program, the city of Gradignan is organising this workcamp to associate locals and youth from the city to international volunteers on activ-ities useful to the community. Gradignan is an important city with several green areas (20 parks in total) and the strong will to offer their inhabitants a sustainable city policy that every-one can be part of. With our partnership they are really interested in experiencing local partic-ipation to an international project. Several youngster of Gradignan will take part to the project.
💼 What the programme involves
Inside the Ornon Park volunteers will do some painting work to give a second life to the mill: shutters, doors, and railing. Volunteers will also take out vegetation around the bamboo area and the crayfish basin. The cleaning needs to be done by hand. The mill is related to the Bourde River that crosses over 6 parks of the city and is an essential element of the city character. The work area is used by fisherman.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will be staying on the “Clos du Vivier” leisure center. You will sleep under tents for 2 that will be provided. Please bring your sleeping bag. There will also be a collective tent for cook-ing and diverse activities. You will share collective tasks and prepare meals as a group. You will also have to manage a budget provided by the group facilitators and participate in grocery shopping, giving priority to healthy and local foods.
📍 About the location
Gradignan city is very close form Bordeaux that you will be able to visit easily along with the Garonne region.
ℹ️ Additional information
Bring a warm sleeping bag, working clothes, gloves and shoes, warm and rain clothes and a flashlight.
Foreigners belonging to the European Union must bring with them a personal EHIC (Europe-an Health Insurance Card), and everybody must, in any case, bring their insurance certifi-cate. If health issues happen on the project, volunteers will have to pay for it, and then be reimbursed once back in their home country.
Meeting point: Bordeaux SNCF train station.
Closest airport: Bordeaux or Paris.