📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Orleat is a town located near Thiers in Auvergne, and has a vast territory of 26 km including numerous ponds. For this first workcamp, the municipality wishes to associate a workcamp of young volunteers with its program of valorization of the ponds on the walking paths. Starting with the Grole Pond where the municipality wants to create a welcoming rest area.
💼 What the programme involves
You will intervene on both accessible sides of the pond, bordered respectively by a small road and a dirt path. You will start with the part designed to host the future picnic area. Clearing, uprooting and pruning will be required to restore access to the pond. Plant waste will be carried away with a dump which will be emptied daily. Your work will allow the municipality to decide wisely how to make the place as aesthetic and secure as possible. Then, you will clear the other part of the pond to allow a regular maintenance in the future. You will work 4 to 5 hours per morning and will be supervised by the municipal services. Local volunteers will come to meet you and help.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will be accommodated in a tent on the Pont Astier campsite, located 20 min (1,5 km) walk from the workplace. You will go there on foot. You will have access to the sanitary facilities of the campsite equipped with showers and toilets. A kitchenette will be arranged under a barnum tent on the campsite. You will also be allowed to use the campsite s barbecue facilities. You will prepare meals collectively and participate in the daily tasks (cleaning, tidying..).
📍 About the location
Hikers be pleased Several small hiking trails run around the Village.At the campsite you can enjoy the different activities and use the petanque area, the swimming pool and ping-pong tables. Outside, several small hiking trails run through the different places of Orleat and allow you to discover the place. You can also visit the Saint Bonnet Church, labeled as a historical monument. Finally, the inhabitants will be delighted to show you their region and its terroir.
⚠️ Requirements
During this workcamp, you will be introduced to landscaping techniques: cleaning, removal of invasive plants, pruning techniques, landscape arranging, with a due respect to the environment. Working as a team, both with the campleaders and with other volunteers, you will develop your autonomy, your adaptability and versatility, rigor and tenacity. Those are skills you will also strengthen through group life.
