📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The General Direction for Youth, Participation and Volunteering has among its powers to promote work camps in the region of Galicia. This general direction belongs to the Ministry of Social Policy of the regional government of Galicia (www.xunta.gal)
💼 What the programme involves
Environmental activities: to conserve the surrounding of the island, to help in prevention of forest fires and to help to clean seaweed wearing neoprene clothes in the South Island. Participate in the information activities to visitors and to help physical disabled (wheelchair or old people) visitors and to collaborate with the Environment Service of the National Park.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Participants will be accommodated in tents in the work camp of Cies Islands (Vigo-Pontevedra). The site also has buildings as dining room and bathrooms. Breakfast, lunch and dinner will be provided by specialized staff. - THING TO BRING: European Health Card for EU volunteers.
Or other kind of sanitary or medical insurance
National Identity Card or Passport
Personal cleaning items
Sleeping bag and a little backpack for routes.
Shoes for mountain
Warm clothes, waterproof clothes, working clothes, sport clothes, sport shoes and swimming costumes.
Work gloves
Solar protection and a cap.
📍 About the location
Leisure and sport activities (snorkel).
Visit by fishing boat around the islands.
Note: These activities are for your guidance and may be changed in the development of work camp
⚠️ Requirements
INTERNAL RULES: To be a volunteer involves:
Working selflessly the hours stipulated on the labour planning, during five days a week.
Cooperating with the leisure time activities, planning, development and taking part in them.
Contributing towards the workcamp general operation (administration, cleaning, cooking...) Respecting the different beliefs, ideologies and personal differences among the work camp participants. Staying at the camp during the programmed period. Respecting the internal and life together rules: accepting the person in charge instructions, respecting the schedule. Not using private vehicles during the workcamp length -
ℹ️ Additional information
MEETING POINT:
Illas Cies (Vigo)
TRAVELLING INSTRUCTIONS:
Airport of Peinador, in Vigo. To make the connectrion with Vigo: www.vitrasa.es. You must go to the Maritime Station of Vigo, place of departure of the ferries that connect the Illas Cies.
Airport of Lavacolla in Santiago de Compostela (90 km from Vigo). To make the connection with the Santiago bus station: www.empresafreire.com. To make the connectrion with Vigo: By bus (www.monbus.es), by train (www.renfe.es)
Monbus offers special discounts for European young card.
By ship: from the port of Vigo. Route Vigo-Illas Cíes. Navieira MAR DE ONS (www.mardeons.es) (Maritime Station of Vigo, rúa Cánovas del Castillo, s/n, 36201 Vigo, Pontevedra). You must indicate when you buy the tickets the participation in the work camp, to benefit from the discount in these reserved places.
More information about airports: www.aena.es