📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Where the mountains meet the sea, come to restore a church!
Vingrau is a beautiful little Occitan city located deep in the countryside. This old city and the nearby cities are rich with an exceptional heritage of humanity.
This land is full of vestiges of the prehistoric men and women, and the other civilisations that lived there until now. But it’s also a theatre of an incredible nature and the many castles of the Cathars. Today in this project we invite you to participate in the protection of this heritage. The old church of the city, built in the XIIth century, is a part of this heritage, and needs to be restored. The city of Vingrau with Concordia and the ‘Foundation for the Heritage’ are partners in this project.
💼 What the programme involves
Continuing on from last year’s workcamps on the church, supported by your technical leader, you will clean the church and remove the existing coatings in the walls inside of the church.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will be accommodated in a municipal house. The group will be sharing the cleaning chores and preparing meals together. The budget will be allocated to the group leader and you will participate in the preparation of dishes using good products from the market and local producers.
📍 About the location
Close to Perpignan (30mn) and the beautiful beaches and coves along the Mediterranean Sea to Spain (less than an hour). In Vingrau’s area, there are a lot of hikes paths with beautiful views that are just waiting for you. You will have the opportunity to visit the prehistoric site of Tautavel listed as world heritage of UNESCO (5km), the castle of Salses-le-Chateau (20km) or the castles of Aguilar (9km) and Queribus (25km), famous sieges of the crusades against the Cathars.
More information: www.vingrau.fr
⚠️ Requirements
For the work, please bring gardening gloves, working clothes and closed shoes.
As the night can be quite cold, remember also to bring warm clothes and a sleeping bag.
Don’t forget your protections against the sun (hat, glasses, sunscreen…) and your swim suit!
Some shared times could be organized if you want, so please feel free to bring some cultural materials in your bag (food, recipes, stories or dances)!
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:
Bus station of Vingrau, from the train station of Rivesaltes.
Closest airport:
Perpignan, Marseille or Paris.