SALINS LES BAINS
France
Renovation
Renovation
Fixed dates
About the project
SALINS LES BAINS
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Come to Salins-les-Bains, a small typical town in the French Jura, for an incredible experience Salins is a welcoming town which has an impressive natural, gastronomic, and architectural heritage, such as the famous UNESCO listed salt works; you will have the chance to take part in the enhancement of local heritage by taking part in this project For the fourth summer in a row, this project will be organized with the Community Center for Social Actions that is running this project and hopes to set up many interactions between the international volunteers and the local population during the camp. More information about Salins les Bains : http://www.mairie-salinslesbains.fr/sport-3/grande-saline-musee-sel-site-unesco-musee-claudet-14-batiments-inscrits-7-classes/
💼 What the programme involves
The town owns a land plot in the centre that the representatives of the Community Center for Social Actions wishes to transform into a community garden. In order to secure the access to the future garden, the municipality needs to renovate the fortification wall under there with the help of an international volunteers team. You will help renovate an ancient fortification using traditional masonry techniques: removing old coatings, jointing, and rebuilding some destroyed parts of the wall. You will be trained and supervised by a specialist who will happily share with you his knowledge and expertise. Please don t forget to bring strong and closed shoes and clothes for the work You will work 5 hours a day, in the morning, 5 days a week.
🏠 Accommodation on site
Accommodation will be in the Golden Tower (Tour Doree), another architectural beauty in Salins. You will be closed to the workplace. You will find a space for preparing meals, eating, showering, and using the toilets. You will also have access to a garden and a terrace. You can have the choice to sleep inside or in the garden with tents. Jeunesse et Reconstruction will provide tents and ground mattresses, but please don t forget to bring your sleeping bag and bed sheet. Meals will be prepared by volunteers for the whole group. Do not hesitate to bring ingredients and recipes to show your country s gastronomy. You will participate in the daily tasks and the group organization: cooking, washing dishes, cleaning. We cannot take care of you if you arrive before the starting date of the project, or if you stay after.
📍 About the location
Located in the charming valley of La Furieuse, in the heart of the Jura region, Salins-les-Bains is a little typical town of Franche-Comte that has over 3000 inhabitants. Overlooked by two ancient forts and the Mount Poupet, the town owns a rich cultural and natural heritage, as well as beautiful buildings which show the glorious past of this saline city ; among them the UNESCO world heritage Saline building . Salins-les-Bains developed with extraction and commercialization of salt and hosts nowadays many spa-goers. Possible leisure activities for the group: visit of the town, of the Salt museum, hiking in the surrounding mountains, swimming, shared meals and parties with locals, visit of a vineyard etc. You will be in charge of organizing an international meal for the inhabitants during your stay; please do not forget to bring specialties and traditional recipes from your country, as well as pictures, music, trinkets, costumes etc. to share your culture More information about leisure: http://www.salins-les-bains.com/
⚠️ Requirements
1/ No special knowledge or competence is required for this camp, except being motivated, curious and loving group work 2 / Our association doesn t provide a car during the workcamp. 3 / At the end of the workcamp, no transportation will be organized by our association. You will then have to arrange your own means of transport to return to the train station and plan it during the camp with the team leader and the inhabitants. 4/ More info about trains: http://www.voyages-sncf.com/?rfrr=PropositionAller_header_ACCUEIL5/ European volunteers should bring their European health care 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/Please don t forget to bring: a sleeping bag, a bed sheet, warm clothes (socks, sweaters and rain-coat), a bathing suit, sun cream, a hat, and sunglasses. For male volunteers: short pants are generally prohibited in the public swimming pools in France, please bring a bathing suit. For the work: worn out and protective clothes, strong and closed shoes. Your games, songbooks, musical instruments and recipes, will be also welcome To make exchanges and meetings easier, please also bring photos of your home, some postcards, and small gifts. 7/ It is not possible for foreigners to change traveller-checks into cash money at the French bank agencies: please do it before the workcamp starts at money changers (in
ℹ️ Additional information
Chantier ouvert aux volontaires francais a partir de 17 ans
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JR18/207
30/07/2018 → 18/08/2018
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ℹ️ Key information
Age required
18–30 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
39110 Salins-les-Bains, France
France
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)
Timezone
Central European Standard Time
Local time: 21:06 (12/11/2026)
🛡️ Before you leave
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🗣️ Languages spoken
English
French