📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Since 1993, Concordia has been organizing international workcamps with the city of Clermont-Ferrand, which shows how well this partnership works. The city has elaborated participative projects in cooperation with the local population. Every year, we come back to active neighbourhoods, where inhabitants created familial gardens and non-profit organizations develop their activities.
The neighbourhood is dynamic. Two Concordia projects have already taken place to create large graffiti mural on walls. The Social Centre team will welcome you and will provide you with a room where you can store your personal belongings and take your meals. Local youth will be able to participate in the work camp and show you their area.
💼 What the programme involves
This workcamp will give you an opportunity to participate in the neighbourhood\'s lifestyle of “Fontaine-du-bac“, by helping a collective of gardeners.
A shared garden is different from an individual garden. As the name suggests, everything is shared: from the creation of the garden to the harvests. It is an environmental-friendly garden and a place open to the neighbourhood that encourages encounters between generations and cultures. It creates relations between the different actors of the territory, and it allow to discover, listen, exchange, experiment and take initiatives. We proposed to the collective of gardeners to welcome international volunteers. They immediately accepted and suggested the creation of a central shelter, because they need it.
You will build a large wooden shelter in the Shared Garden. Thanks to your work, gardeners will have a friendly shelter protected from the sun, to get together, share meals and rest. Along with a technical leader, you will learn basic carpentry skills and how to tinker and to build with your own hands!
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will be accommodated at the two-star campsite “Les Sablons” in Pont-du-Chateau (with a swimming pool and activities), in one-person tent and a collective tent for socializing. During your stay, you will be accompanied by two camp leaders from Concordia. The group will be sharing the cleaning tasks and preparing meals together. The budget will be allocated to the group leader and you will participate in the preparation of dishes with good products from the market and from local producers. Free WIFI at the campsite.
📍 About the location
The urban area of Clermont-Ferrand is Auvergne's lively capital. It is located in an exceptional volcanic area, at the foot of the Puy de Dome volcano which summit can be accessed with a panoramic train. During your stay, you will be able to enjoy the town's summery energy and the countryside which is located right on its doorstep (hiking over the volcanoes, swimming in the lakes, etc.). It will be a rich and varied trip.
ℹ️ Additional information
The accommodation is located outside of the city of Clermont-Ferrand, in a neighbouring town. Please bring good shoes, working clothes and a swimsuit. As nights can be quite cold, remember also to bring warm clothes and a sleeping bag. You can also bring recipes from your home country as well as musical instruments and games. You will get around Clermont-Ferrand by foot, by car and by minibus.
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 will then be reimbursed once back in their home country.
For more information have a look at: https://www.clermontauvergnetourisme.com
