PEYRILLES
France
Renovation
Renovation
Fixed dates
About the project
PEYRILLES
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Peyrilles is located in Lot, this town of 600 inhabitants will welcome this year its first workcamp This municipality hidden at the door of Quercy gives its inhabitants an exceptional living environment. In the middle of the green valley of the Lot, numerous Perigordian buildings surround the castle of Peyrilles, this castle that the inhabitants maintain and restore over time. The local associations and the communal employee work regularly to the preservation of these places where many local events are organized. An Anglophone community has been established for some years now on the town attracted by the natural and cultural wealth that can bring Peyrilles.
💼 What the programme involves
In addition to the castle the town is full of small architectural monuments to preserve and restore. The work that will be done this year during the project will be organized around the development of the heart of the village and will go through several small projects: Bread oven maintenance work, development of a path leading to the castle, punctual work of restoration at the castle, clearing of vegetation, cleaning and small repairs on several fountains, calvaries and chapels located in hamlets. This work will be supervised by the municipal employee and also by the participation of several inhabitants. It will also be proposed to the volunteer to participate in the organization of the village festival to be held on August 4th and 5th. A great opportunity to meet the locals and discover their traditions and festivities
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will be housed in two communal apartments located in the heart of the village, 3 bedrooms each. You will be divided by 2 per room (some rooms will be equipped with two single beds and other double bed). In both apartments you will have access to sanitary and shower. A fully equipped kitchen will be arranged in one of the apartments so that you can prepare your meals, you will do your own meals: do not hesitate to bring specialties or recipes to discover the other members of the group You will be required to participate in daily tasks (kitchen, dishes, cleaning etc.). The association can not take care of you if you arrive before the start date of construction, or beyond the end date of stay.
📍 About the location
Peyrilles is a commune active at the associative level, the inhabitants are mobilized to make live and organize many events on their commune. You will be invited to participate in each of them The bread oven is lit several times a year in order to organize festive meals with the whole community, then to your pizzas The restaurant Mourgue http://www.restaurantmourgues.fr/ in the heart of the village prepares la Mique levee , emblematic dish of the Lot that you will have to discover. You will have the opportunity to discover the surroundings with the village of Rocamadour, and the chasm of Padirac.
⚠️ Requirements
MINIMUM AGE: 18 1/ No special knowledge or competence is required for this camp, except being motivated and loving work in group You will share friendly moments with local people : be open-minded and curious. 2/ Bring: backpack, sleeping bag, warm clothes and rain-coat, bathing suit (for male: short pants prohibited in the public swimming pools, please bring a bathing suit). 3/Bring for work: worn out clothes, safety shoes/boots compulsory. 4/ Bring some material from your culture (documents, pictures, postcards, little gift, musical instruments, games,...) to share with other volunteers and local population and make exchanges easier. 5/ 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 on the camp, the volunteers will have to pay for it, and then get reimbursed once back in the home country. 6/ Transportation back to the train station at the end of the workcamp will be organized during your stay with the campleader. 7/ More info about trains : https://www.oui.sncf/ 8/ If you have a driving license, please bring it along in case of necessity
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JR18/307
22/07/2018 → 11/08/2018
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ℹ️ Key information
Age required
18–28 years old
Solidarity donation
0.00
French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).
📍 Location
46310 Peyrilles, France
France
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)
Timezone
Central European Standard Time
Local time: 20:58 (12/11/2026)
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🗣️ Languages spoken
English
French