📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Hillion is a small rural town of about 4000 inhabitants located on the Brittany coast. It is a charming village, with a few lighthouses near the sea. This first workcamp allows it to restore its local heritage. The inhabitants are delighted to see people from all countries coming to help reconstruct their history.
💼 What the programme involves
Come and enjoy the warm welcome of the inhabitants of a small town at the seaside!
The town council of Hillion welcomes you for its first international workcamp where you will help to restore its built heritage, in the city center. An opportunity to experience the local culture and to make unforgettable inter-generational encounters.
In addition to participating in the reconstruction, you will discover the history of the town!
You will restore a well and its surroundings, using traditional masonry techniques. The intervention will focus on masonry and restoration.
🏠 Accommodation on site
You will sleep in tents near the sports field (please bring your sleeping mat and a warm sleeping bag). The group activities and meals will take place in a room made available to the group. The group will be sharing the cleaning chores and preparing meals together. The budget will be allocated to the camp leaders and you will participate in the shopping and the preparation of meals with products from the market and local producers (if possible).
📍 About the location
Hillion (around 4000 inhabitants) is located in the county of “Côtes d\'Armor“. There are several hiking trails around the town. You will be able to go on a trip to the sea or to do leisure activities in the town of St Brieuc (around 45 000 inhabitants), only 14 km from Hillion. You will also be able to share convivial moments with the inhabitants and the young people of the town.
⚠️ Requirements
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.
ℹ️ Additional information
You will have to bring warm clothes (trousers, sweater, socks, closed shoes, rain clothes) and light ones (skirts or shorts, t-shirts, open shoes) because the weather can change very suddenly in Brittany. You can literally experience all four seasons in one day! Please also take some appropriate working clothes, gloves and shoes in addition to your swimsuit. Bring a warm sleeping bag and an insulated camping mat as nights are sometimes fresh and wet.
