WOODEN CONSTRUCTION IN CASTEL GARDEN

Name: WOODEN CONSTRUCTION IN CASTEL GARDEN
Start: 2022-07-06
End: 2022-07-27
Location: Bourbon-l'Archambault, France

France Construction People with disabilities Construction People with disabilities Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Located near the little town of Bourbon l\'Archambault, the Ruziere residence hosts adults with mental disabilities. The people suffer from personality disorders and psycho-affective fragility with major difficulties in social and professional integration. The home is managed by a specialised association whose mission is to enable adults with disabilities to grow as individual and social persons. Here, the resident is appointed as a companion and participates in the collective life by working in different workshops on site: kitchen, laundry, cleaning, sustainability of vegetable gardening, carpentry, green spaces, weaving workshop and herbal tea making workshop. Alongside them are educators, a vegetable gardener and passionate professionals who work every day to support and develop the companions. Festivities and music also play an important role here. The home is located in the Chateau de Ruziere, a large and beautiful manor house surrounded by a park of several hectares, where cats and farm animals live. This is the first project that will take place in this residence and the people living there are looking forward to meeting you! For more information visit: https://www.ruziere.fr/

💼 What the programme involves

"Learning to be different is the source of our humanity". We invite you to give your time alongside people with disabilities and break down barriers and prejudices about disability! The educating team of the Monziere home is looking forward to seeing you. It is essential for the residents to meet people from outside. The residents would like to develop the green areas of their home and they have some very specific ideas. You will build a large wooden terrace where they will set up chairs and tables for sunbathing. You will also build a petanque court (French traditional ball game). They have been waiting to play for a long time! You'll spend about 30 hours a week on this site. Under the instructions of a technical leader, these tasks will help you gaining more experience in using tools and in participating in all stages of wooden construction. It will be a very enriching experience!

🏠 Accommodation on site

You will be accompanied by two camp leaders throughout your stay. Your accommodation will be located at the municipal campsite of Bourbon l’Archambault, which is 5 minutes’ walk from the Monziere home. You will sleep in individual tent set up in the grass, near the facilities. You will have a kitchen and a collective room in the stadium. 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 meals, prioritizing products from the market and local producers. Wi-Fi available in the campsite and in the Ruziere home. Hand washing of laundry.

📍 About the location

Discover the wooded countryside of the Bourbonnais, a green region located in the north of the Auvergne. During your stay, you will have the opportunity to visit the spa town of Bourbon l'Archambault, whose waters have been known for their beneficial effects since Antiquity, to discover the unusual Buddhist pagoda of Noyant d'Allier, to walk along the paths of the Allier, one of the last wild rivers in Europe, or to explore the many castles of the area. You will also have the opportunity to swim in lakes, take part in local festivals and enjoy nature activities. You will have the chance to go swimming in lakes, attend local celebrations and take part in outdoor leisure activities.

⚠️ 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 arise on the project, volunteers will have to pay for it, and will then be reimbursed once back in their home country.

ℹ️ Additional information

During this workcamp you will be working with mentally disabled adults. We expect you to be responsible and respectful and adapt to the needs of residents and employees of the residence. Bring work clothes, walking boots and a backpack. Nights can be chilly, so bring warm clothes and a good sleeping bag. You can also bring recipes from your home country, musical instruments and games. You will get around Ruziere by foot, car and punctually in minibus. For more information visit: https://www.tourisme-bocage.fr/ This project is supported by the program European Solidarity Corps (ESC) for young people between 18 and 30 years. It is open to all volunteers that fit the ESC criteria. The participation to the ESC volunteering teams is subjects to several principles and conditions, presented on the ESC webpage: https://europa.eu/youth/solidarity/mission_en - volunteers do not have to pay any fee (not sending, nor participation fee) to attend the project and will receive a financial support for their travel, according to a maximum amount established in accordance with their travel distance and upon the presentation of original tickets; - volunteers need to enrol in the PASS, the ESC Portal; then Concordia France will organise their matching, on the online system, with the volunteering project; - volunteers will receive pocket money, calculated on basis of 6€/day, once they arrive on the project in France; - volunteers will have to complete a participation report, submitted online through the portal.

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