📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
In the Loire countryside, an old forgotten wash-house is waiting for you to get back to life! Only the elders still remember this old wash-house. It was a living and meeting place, the last relic from a period when we were taking the time to meet and do things manually. Come and take the time to rebuild this heritage with us, giving its authenticity back. Allow it to regain its place in the history of Neulise, and in the heart of its inhabitants.
💼 What the programme involves
For the second year in a row the municipality of Neulise opens its doors to the volunteers from all over the world. You will participate in the renovation of a wash-house dating from the beginning of the 20th century. The roof was restored last year. This year, you will work on the masonry of the basin that was cracked and degraded by time. To make the washhouse accessible to the hikers we will also clear and arrange the surrounding area.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will sleep in tents on the municipal football stadium, next to the wash-house. Bring your sleeping bag and mat. The kitchen, toilets, showers, and the collective living space will be indoor, in the sports hall, which will also allow the group to find shelter in case of bad weather. You will participate in the preparation of meals in turns. We'll favor the local products and the short supply circuits. Tastings of local specialties may also be organized with local producers or garden owners.
📍 About the location
Neulise (1 300 inhabitants) is a municipality of the Loire county situated in the north of the new Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. The cities of Lyon and Saint-Etienne (French capital of design) are both 1 hour’s drive away. The Auvergne region with its volcanoes is also very close. Located near Roanne, “The Land between the Loire and the Rhône” includes 16 municipalities. It is bordered by the Col du Pin Bouchain (760 m. high) in the east and the Gorges de la Loire in the west. It's a land of low mountains alternating with ridges and valleys where many rivers flow. This land, rich in heritage sites, has everything the lovers of fresh air, vast horizons and beautiful landscapes could dream of.
ℹ️ Additional information
Don't forget to bring working gloves, clothes and closed shoes with you. As the nights can be cool, take a warm sleeping bag with you. Some convivial times will be organized! If you want to share a bit of your culture with the others, bring a piece of your country in your backpack (cooking recipes, traditional tales, unusual objects…).
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.