📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
If you have what it takes to be a leader, if you love children and want to find out how a festival is organised, this workcamp is for you!
Each year, the town of Riom organises the festival “My summer in Cerey”. The main goal of this event is to offer free activities to those who aren't able to go on holiday.
The organisation is very family-friendly, in a spirit of meeting and sharing where everyone can forget their differences. For ten days, sports, recreational and cultural activities will be run by the town of Riom and local associations. For the fourth year in a row, an international work camp will contribute to the organization of this festival. It will be up to you to organize activities that will take place every afternoon. You will be able to really enjoy this event, see shows in the evening and spend plenty of time with the local population.
💼 What the programme involves
You will arrive a few days before the festival in order to meet the local team and get a first impression of your new environment. During the event, you will be in charge of welcoming the public, tending a soft drinks stand and helping people with different activities such as a zip wire, trampoline and inflatable attractions. Finally, you will help taking down the structures at the end of the festival. This work camp needs a great deal of commitment from the volunteers as the festival takes place during ten days. Your aim is to engage in all these activities so that everyone can relax, have a good time together and meet new people! You will be accompanied by two camp leaders throughout your stay.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will be accommodated in the Pierre Robin stadium, which is a 5 minute walk from the festival and 10 minutes from the town Centre. You will sleep in two-person tents and group life will take place under a marquee. A kitchen, changing rooms, showers and indoor toilets are available on the stadium premises. The stadium will be entirely reserved for the workcamp and closed to the public. You will participate in the preparation of meals. You will be able to have your own barbecues and invite young people from Riom to spend time with you! People from Riom will lend you bikes for getting around the town.
📍 About the location
Riom, an access point for Auvergne's volcanoes, is a close-knit community and a nice place to live in. Located only 7 minutes away by train from the region's capital, Clermont-Ferrand, Riom is a town that is brought to life by the many activities that are available during the summer: concerts, street shows, swimming in lakes and swimming pools, high-ropes challenge, hiking etc. Riom is a lively town that will make you love the Auvergne region! For more information have a look at: http://www.tourisme-riomlimagne.fr and http://www.ville-riom.fr.
ℹ️ Additional information
Please bring good shoes, working clothes and your swimsuit. As the nights can be quite cold, remember also to bring warm clothes and a sleeping bag. You can also bring recipes from your home country, musical instruments and games. You will get around Riom on foot, by bike and by minibus. 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.