📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
This is the third international workcamp that the Amboise youth center has hosted in partnership with Concordia. The young people of the youth center and the inhabitants of the district will welcome you warmly and will guide you in the discovery of their territory: The Clos Luce, residence of Leonardo da Vinci, the renaissance castle, the Loire Valley, its hillsides and its vineyards. An intercultural meal organized with the youth and associations of Amboise will allow you to discover the gastronomic cultures of the region and its inhabitants.
💼 What the programme involves
Take part in a solidarity and creative workcamp, by participating in the creation of a mosaic fresco and the refreshment of the paintings of the Social Community Center of Acacias in the heart of the district of the Verrerie of Amboise!
The worksite is located just a step away from the royal castle, the burial place of Leonardo da Vinci, in the heart of the Loire Valley, a Unesco World Heritage Site, along the "Loire by Bike" bicycle path used by cyclists from all over the world who ride down from the Massif Central mountains to the ocean.
In collaboration with the inhabitants of the district and the team of the Amboise youth center, you will create a mosaic fresco which will be installed at the foot of the building and in the various public spaces of the district. You will also refresh the paintings of the walls of the Social Community Center with the users in order to make it more welcoming and visible by the inhabitants of the district. You will have the opportunity to meet the warm teams of the Social Community Center and the Amboise youth center, which propose numerous actions for families and young people: cultural outings, sports and artistic activities, access to rights, theatre and dance festival...
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will be accommodated in the Ethic Etape de l'Ile d'Or hostel in Amboise, in non-mixed group rooms with sanitary facilities and showers. Located in front of the Amboise castle, you will be able to enjoy the banks of the Loire to relax in the warmth of the summer evenings. Think of bringing your sleeping bag. You will be able to use the kitchen equipped with a common room and the refectory for meals. With the budget allocated to the animation team, you will participate in the shopping and the preparation of the meals, prioritising healthy and local products. You can bring your own recipes to share with the group. A washing machine or a laundromat nearby will be available during the stay (please take clothes for two weeks if possible). Wifi access is available in the accommodation.
📍 About the location
Located less than 2 hours from Paris by train, the city of Amboise stretches along the Loire, a wild royal river, classified as an "exceptional cultural landscape" by UNESCO. Its surroundings, part of the Loire by bike circuit, join Tours, a large regional and historical city.
Amboise is world famous for its history and architecture associated with the great personalities of the Italian and French Renaissance, from Francis I to Leonardo da Vinci. Its surrounding vineyards are famous for the quality of its cremants de Loire and other sparkling wines, to be enjoyed with typical local goat cheeses.
You will have the opportunity to discover the many wild and green areas of the Ile d'Or, the local historical heritage and to participate in summer festivities and activities.
⚠️ Requirements
Volunteers need to know how to ride a bicycle !
ℹ️ Additional information
The workcamp will take place in an urban and semi-natural environment. For practical and ecological reasons, travel will be mainly by foot, bicycle and public transport. It is therefore essential to know how to ride a bicycle !
Remember to bring gloves, clothes and shoes adapted to outdoor work. Don't forget to bring a sleeping bag, summer and rain clothes, a bathing suit and toiletries. You should also bring your own sanitary protection equipment: masks and hydroalcoholic gel.
You can bring board games, a musical instrument or any other object you wish to share with the group.
This project is supported by the program European Solidarity Corps (ESC) for young people between 18 and 30 years. It is open to all volunteers that fit the ESC criteria.
The participation to the ESC volunteering teams is subjects to several principles and conditions, presented on the ESC webpage: https://europa.eu/youth/solidarity/mission_en
- volunteers do not have to pay any fee (not sending, nor participation fee) to attend the project and will receive a financial support for their travel, according to a maximum amount established in accordance with their travel distance and upon the presentation of original tickets;
- volunteers need to enrol in the PASS, the ESC Portal; then Concordia France will organise their matching, on the online system, with the volunteering project;
- volunteers will receive pocket money, calculated on basis of 6€/day, once they arrive on the project in France;
- volunteers will have to complete a participation report, submitted online through the portal.
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 arise on the project, volunteers will have to pay for it, and will then be reimbursed once back in their home country.