📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Latresne is a nice village close to Bordeaux along the Garonne River, offering nice green areas and several old buildings, testimonies of a rich heritage. Latresne municipality asked Concordia to help them preserve a part of their heritage. The aim is to renovate the tower of the “Maison des associations”, where several community groups such as music, tennis or even oceanography are organised. A second aim will be to create links between local youngsters and international volunteers.
💼 What the programme involves
The old building hosting the community groups needs several renovation works: you will strip the tower of its coating and then grout it with traditional masonry techniques. You might also have to cut some stones depending on the condition of the stones under the coating. Please note that the work will be done on scaffolding.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will be accommodated under tents. You will have access to a room for cooking and collective life. You will be staying in the building used by the tennis or music associations. In case of bad weather you will have access to “La maison des associations” premises. The area will provide you open air living rooms to enjoy your free time out in the sun. The group will be sharing the cleaning chores and preparing meals together.
📍 About the location
Really close to Bordeaux, Latresne is a town along the Garonne River with several old building, quite lively, just next to the Entre-Deux-Mers. For more details please see: http://www.mairie-latresne.fr/tourisme/patrimoine.php
This area is well-known for its vineyards between Garonne and Dordogne. Not too far south are Marmande and Langon, to the West Bordeaux, Libourne in the North, and Bergerac in the East. You will be charmed by the ancient cities, the mills and castles around.
ℹ️ Additional information
Please bring a sleeping bag, working clothes, sport shoes, warm and rain clothes, a flashlight, a swimsuit and sun cream.
Foreigners belonging to the European Union must bring with them a personal EHIC (European Health Insurance Card), and everybody must, in any case, bring their insurance certificate. If health issues happen on the project, volunteers will have to pay for it, and then be reimbursed once back in their home country.