📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Participate in the renovation project of a church classified by the Bâtiments de France (French minister of culture) in a magnificent village on the banks of a river, typical of the South of France! This is where international and French volunteers have chosen to live together and participate in the realisation of a dream: building peace in the world. The challenge is to learn how to live and work together, amongst different people, cultures, and backgrounds. This group of volunteers will host you on their premises for three weeks. Together, you'll experience daily life as a community and participate in renovation work and other activities while experiencing the gentle lifestyle of a typical village in the heart of the French countryside.
💼 What the programme involves
This magnificient church that dates back to the Middle Ages was restored, bit by bit, by volunteers and experts in ancient heritage restoration. In 2010, a workcamp put on by the association Citrus already helped to ehance this beautiful site, and this time the task will be to take on an even bigger challenge. We'll need to rescue the annex of the church from the rain and the wind! While supervised by a technical supervisor in roofing, you'll learn all of the key steps: installing a beam, plastering, renovating an old floor, installing cladding… And if there's time left, enhancing the room by resuming work with the original cermaic tiles!
🏠 Accommodation on site
In a house equipped with large dorms that also serves as a welcoming center for international volunteers during winter. You'll have access to a communal kitchen where you'll take turns preparing meals in teams, as well as access to sanitary facilites (showers and bathrooms). You will be within a 3-minute walking distance of the village center.
📍 About the location
Location : Laguépie is 100 km Northeast of Toulouse, between Rodez and Mountauban and close to Albi. Laguépie is lucky enough to be crossed by two rivers. The homes of Laguépie sit right on the riverbanks and climb the hills in a picturesque setting overlooked by a castle.
Leisure activities : Outside of time spent at the worksite, you'll decide as a group the activites you want to participate in. You'll have the opportunity to attend local festivities (performances, concerts), explore the natural environnement and cultural heritage, go swimming or walking, have pizza dinners and game nights, and visit the exceptional medieval villages of Najac, Cordes-sur-ciel, and Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val.
ℹ️ Additional information
This project is supported by the European Solidarity Corps program. It is open to all the EU and neighbouring countries.
You will receive pocket money and a financial support for your travel