📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The small town of Saint Maximin, nestled in the heart of southern Oise’s stone quarries, possesses a particular cultural heritage (troglodyte houses, old open-air quarries, mushroom farms, etc.) that it showcases in a "House of stone" Museum.
After ten previous successful workcamps, the work goes on! Activities will be planned with the municipal youth commission and you will be participating with them to excursions to the seaside or to Paris for instance. You can expect many exchanges!
💼 What the programme involves
The municipality owns a reception hall used by young locals, called hall Louis Aragon. You’ll have to redo the paintings (coating, sandpapering and painting).
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will sleep under tents separated for boys and girls, at the football stadium, which will serve for all daily life needs: kitchen, bathrooms…The group will be sharing the cleaning chores and preparing meals together.
📍 About the location
Saint Maximin is located in the South of Creil, in the “Oise Pays de France” Regional Nature Reserve. Several walks are planned in the heart of the Chantilly's forest and in its castle.
ℹ️ Additional information
Bring working clothes and shoes. For the accommodation under tents, bring your sleeping bag and floor mat. Please feel free to bring some food specialties, pictures, musical instrument: things you like and want to share with the group and the local community! For more information: http://www.saintmaximin.eu/
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.