📝 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 nine previous successful workcamps, the work goes on in and around the “La Tranchée” quarry, where the previous groups have built a pedagogical garden and highlighted a quarry face to make a scenic space...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 workcamp organized this year is environmental: with the support of a landscape advisor, you will take part in the maintenance of the quarry face in accordance with its biodiversity. You will complete various actions such as removing flowers and invasive plants. Moreover, we plan to build dry toilets in the pedagogical garden. This year and in the sequel to the previous years, the work will consist in pursuing various works such as clearing the park of the church with the support of the municipal services.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will sleep under separated men/women tents, at the football stadium which will serve all daily life needs: kitchen, bathrooms…
📍 About the location
Saint Maximin is located in the South of Creil, in the “Oise Pays de France” Regional Nature Reserve. Many rides are planned in the heart of the Chantilly forest and in its famous castle. More informations: www.saintmaximin.eu/
⚠️ Requirements
No need to bring gloves or tools: everything is provided by the municipality once you arrive! Think to take clothes for the manual work and closed-toe shoes like baskets. For the accommodation under tents, bring your sleeping bag and floor mat. Please feel free to bring some food specialities, pictures, musical instrument: things you like and want to share with the group and the local community!
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.
ℹ️ Additional information
Meeting Point:
Chantilly train station, half an hour from Paris-Gare du Nord train station.
Closest airport:
Paris.
Fee:
165€