📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Saint-Quentin is rich in natural and built heritage. The city is labelled City of Art and History and has a very rich Art Deco heritage visible all throughout the city centre. As for the environment, the city also has a large national nature reserve, that of the Isles marshes, and the Somme river running through the city takes its source a few kilometres away. The youth department of the town hall is eager to help you to discover the town.
💼 What the programme involves
This workcamp is organised by the city of Saint-Quentin and the Isle park located in the national nature reserve of the Isles swamps. The main aim is to remodel the different discovery trails and make them more accessible.
You will not only bond with the local inhabitants and the visitors who take a walk in the reserve, but also refurbish bridges and walkways (woodwork, painting, trail maintenance…). You will also put in place the signage system in order to help the visitors navigate the park and learn more about the species present in the swamps.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will live within the town’s Youth Hostel. You will have access to its shared kitchen and its sanitary facilities, individual cabins which serve as toilets, showers and washbasins (women-only and male-only).
You will share the collective life chores and will prepare meals together.
Bikes and the local bus network will be the main means of transportation so the group will move in an eco-friendly way.
📍 About the location
Saint Quentin is a town composed of around 50 000 citizens. Located in Northern France, the city is 1h45 away from Paris and 1h away from Amiens, where you will be able to discover the richness of its historical heritage: the largest cathedral in France, the Saint-Leu district, the house of Jules Verne, the floating gardens of the Hortillonnages…
The accommodation is within the youth hostel of the city of Saint Quentin; the group will use bikes as the main means of transportation. You will be in the heart of the city and near the construction site for all the activities.
⚠️ Requirements
This project is supported by the European Solidarity Corps (ESC) program for young people aged 18 to 30. It is open to all volunteers who meet the ESC criteria and is subject to several principles and conditions presented on this page: https://europa.eu/youth/solidarity/mission_en
- Volunteers do not have to pay any fees (no sending, nor participation fees) to participate in the project, and will receive financial support for their travel, subjected to a maximum amount established according to their travel distance and upon presentation of the original tickets;
- Volunteers must register on PASS, the ESC portal, and Concordia will then invite them to confirm their participation in the project;
- Volunteers will receive pocket money, calculated on the basis of 6€/day, upon their arrival on the project in France;
- volunteers will have to fill in a participation report, submitted online via the portal.
ℹ️ Additional information
Remember to bring work clothes for the work site as well as tight shoes. There might be aquatic activities so remember to take a bathing suit. For the accommodation, take your sleeping bag. You can also bring specialties, photos, musical instruments: whatever you like and want to share during the workcamp, either with the local population or with the group of volunteers!
We will use bicycles to move around the city and especially from the living place to the workcamp site, so it is important to know how to ride a bike !
On the last day (07/09), the departure time is usually set in the morning.
