📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds is a municipality of 6,600 inhabitants located in the Loire department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Bordering Saint-Etienne, the town is also only half an hour by car from Lyon. Between the Monts du Lyonnais and the Massif du Pilat, Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds will welcome you to its hilly territory with breathtaking views. After two years of workcamp, the town wishes to welcome a new team of volunteers.
💼 What the programme involves
In the context of the Olympic Games and Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds benefiting from the Terre de Jeux 2024 label, the town wishes to welcome a new team of volunteers to participate in its commitment to the adventure of the Olympic Games.
In this approach and to promote the commitment of young people, you will participate in different activities: Firstly, you will use your artistic spirit by creating a fresco on the wall of the Fay district. You will then help municipal services to paint different pedestrian crossings in the city (varied colors/patterns).
Finally, you will be responsible for organizing the Youth Olympiad. Your mission will be to set up, with the municipality’s youth center and its supervisors, this event for the opening of the Olympic Games. You will organize the opening and closing ceremonies, the various sporting and cultural activities. These Olympiad will also be an opportunity to present your country and your culture.
Four young locals will work and participate in the workcamp alongside you. You will be able to discuss your different cultures and they will show you their town. You will be supervised by municipal agents who will share their know-how with you and will be keen to help you discover the municipality. You will work 4 to 5 hours per day.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will be accommodated in the primary school located in the center of the town. You will have access to toilets, a kitchen area, several sleeping areas as well as the establishment’s courtyard. Each volunteer will be required to take an active part in the collective life of the group: preparing meals, cleaning dishes, cleaning toilets and premises. You will go on foot or by bike to the site.
📍 About the location
Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds being ideally located, you can easily visit the towns of Saint Etienne and Lyon. Nature lovers will also be able to enjoy the hiking trails around the town. Local volunteers will provide suggestions for activities and leisure activities. You will also be able to enjoy the festivities of the national holiday of July 14 which will be an opportunity to meet the locals.
The town’s website will give you an overview of the place and the activities on the spot: https://www.ville-st-jean-bonnefonds.fr/
