VERCORS NATURAL PARK – Escape to the Vercors
France
Renovation
Renovation
Fixed dates
About the project
VERCORS NATURAL PARK – Escape to the Vercors
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
In partnership with the Natural Park of Vercors, Concordia organises workcamps in the communities of the territory since several years. Saint Nazaire en Royans is a small medieval village, with narrow streets and the ruins of an old castle and its walls. Come and discover the Vercors park, its exceptional natural landscapes, its history and its heritage by participating to the renovation of a small chapel in the heights of the village...
💼 What the programme involves
This little chapel has suffered from the effects of time and needs to be entirely renovated on the outside as well as in the inside. After having taken off the cement coating from all the frontage walls, you will restore it with lime mortar which will give a new life to the building. On the inside, we will also take off the mortar in order to sanitize the building and prepare a new layer of coating. As for the roof, you will clean up the vegetation that has grown (foam, ivy...). Depending on the progress of the works, an activity of cleaning a hiking path nearby will also be proposed, in connection with a representative of the park.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will be accommodated in tents in the municipal camping. Bring your sleeping bag. Toilets, showers and the common living space are included in the infrastructures of the camping. You will also be able to find shelter there in case of bad weather. As for the kitchen and the meals, a marquee will be installed, providing all the necessary facilities (fridge, gas cooker, kitchen equipment...). You will participate to the preparation of meals in turns, using products that will be bought nearby. We'll favour the local products and the short supply circuits. Tastings of local specialities may also be organised with local producers.
📍 About the location
The village of Saint Nazaire en Royans is located in the Drôme county, between the cities of Valence (35 km) et Grenoble (65 km). It is one of the 85 communities located in the perimeter of the Natural Park of Vercors that expands onto 186 000 hectares. In the space around, you can visit the aqueduct that offers an exceptional panorama of the Vercors and Royans. You can also discover the cave of Thaïs, where traces of the prehistoric human of CroMagnon have been found. And for an original view of the local fauna and flora, why don't you embark in the boat that sails peacefully on the Bourne river… As for the amateurs of hiking, you will be able to follow your passion thanks to the several signed pathways of the park!
⚠️ Requirements
For working in the camp, remember to bring suitable gloves as well as clothes and shoes that you do not mind dirtying. In the mountains the nights may be cool. Remember to bring a warm sleeping bag and warm polar-type clothes. Do not forget the sun protection as well (hat, sunglasses, sunscreen). The common life activities will be programmed together with our animators and according to your wishes! If you would like to share a bit of your culture, (cooking recipes, traditional stories, special objects) do not hesitate to bring a piece of your country in your backpack! 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:
Saint Hilaire-Saint Nazaire train station. You can reach it from the train station of Valence-Ville, on the line getting to Annecy.
Closest airport:
Lyon or Paris
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CONCF-241
03/06/2016 → 24/06/2016
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ℹ️ Key information
Age required
18–99 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
Saint-Nazaire-en-Royans, France
France
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🗣️ Languages spoken
English
French