📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Participate in a camp about a skate park renovation and get an initiation to the practice of urban sports in partnership with Bifurk, a cultural and sportive hub welcoming citizenship initiatives. Closed to Grenoble city center, the Bifurk is a place that brings together a group of associations, of which a skate park very popular with the fans of sliding sports (Skateboard, Roller, BMX, Long Skate, and Snowboard). To offer new experiences to its users, you will take part in woodwork activities aimed to create new modules.
💼 What the programme involves
With the help of qualified volunteers of the skate park you will construct the wooden gliding/sliding modules for such sections as Street, BMX and funbox.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will be accommodated inside the building belonging to the Bifurk. Do not forget to bring your sleeping bag (and your floor mat if you want). All the facilities, such as the toilets, the showers and the kitchen will be at your disposal along with a space for collective life. To move around Grenoble you will use public transport or bikes.
📍 About the location
Grenoble is the largest city of the Alps. It is also the third most populated municipality of the region AuvergneRhôneAlpes (680 000 inhabitants in Grenoble and its agglomeration). It is surrounded by mountains belonging to different massifs (Vercors, Chartreuse, Belledonne...) and benefits from the proximity of many other agglomerations (Lyon, Valence, Chambéry...). The city can boast numerous touristic attractions which you will have the opportunity to visit and developed cultural, sportive and leisure infrastructures. From the train station there are many ways to easily reach the mountains, to enjoy outdoor activities, which contrast with the urban valley.
ℹ️ Additional information
NOMADs Project! Only open to this Erasmus+ project!
This workcamp is a part of European project NOMADs managed by the Italian association LUNARIA. The project brought together 11 European partners representing 6 countries (Italy, France, Greece, Scotland, Spain, and Estonia). Its objective is to facilitate the mobility of young people through sports. During the summer of 2017 other actions will be organized in different European cities. You will also participate in the preparation and the organization of a sport event in order to promote Sport for Everybody.
Various group activities will be programmed together with our camp leaders taking into account your suggestions! If you would like to share a bit of your culture (cooking recipes, traditional stories, special objects) do not hesitate to bring a piece of your country in your backpack!