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France: BACK TO COMPOST ! (SJ78)

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11/10/2024 - 25/10/2024

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Age: 18 - 99

Max number of volunteers: 8

Still room for: 2

Languages: English

Vegetarian food: Yes

Access with disability: Yes

Nearest airport: Toulouse (TLS)

Nearest bus/train station: Condat-Le Lardin

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You will have the opportunity to be introduced to the concept of permaculture and agroforestry. You will work on preparing the gardens for the upcoming winter period by weeding, working on protecting the soil, seeding and planting. In addition, there will be creative work done in organizing the layout and design of the gardens. During the first week, you'll be working with school children in the gardens. You will also take time to participate in the activities offered by Ecocycle.

Accomodation and food

You will be welcomed at the Vieux Logis de Saint Amand. Sleeping in a room for 2 to 3 people. Meals will be cooked and taken collectively, you can take turns preparing good dishes, so come with your recipes.

Location and leisure

Location: Coly - St Amand is located in Périgord Noir, 10 km from the caves of Lascaux, between Périgueux and Brive.

Leisure activities: Site visits, nature activities, you will build your own entertainment program with the animators and the other participants. We favor a discovery of the territory and these actors over consumption activities.

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Nestled in the hollow of a green valley, the town of Coly - St Amand is located in the heart of the Périgord Noir, a territory rich in history! Composed of two former municipalities that have decided to unite into one, we will work to unite these former separate territories into one.
The Ecocycle association is a third place which develops a participatory animation project on the territory of the municipality of Saint Amand de Coly and its surroundings. These activities are strongly influenced by concerns related to climate change. In this context you will participate in the design and preparation of a shared garden.
You will discover the sense of the welcome of the population and the charm of the landscapes and the heritage, by organizing with the other volunteers, and the animators your program of activities.

Directions to meeting point

Reception on the day of arrival at the end of the afternoon at Condat-Le Lardin train station.

Sustainable Development Goals

France: LA VIE EN...GREEN (SJ/ESC71)

Dates

19/10/2024 - 02/11/2024

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Age: 18 - 30

Max number of volunteers: 12

Still room for: 1

Languages: English

Vegetarian food: Yes

Access with disability: Yes

Nearest airport: Toulouse (TLS)

Nearest bus/train station: Laguepie Train station

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If Edith Piaf sang the famous "vie en rose", in Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val it changes color to become greener, thanks to your work! Under the watchful eye of a technical supervisor, you will plant a public square in the heart of the village.
This small village will then be able to enjoy greener, more pleasant spaces for strolling. A real landscaping job awaits you to redevelop these spaces!
And that's without counting on the dynamism of the local teenagers, who will be on hand on certain mornings to help you with the project. Tempted by the experience? Come and enjoy two weeks of work in this charming village.

Accomodation and food

You will be lodged in a dormitory in a community hall in the immediate vicinity of the work site. Mattresses will be provided, so all you need to bring is your sleeping bag. A shower and toilet are on site, and a kitchen and living area will be available nearby. There will be no washing machine available.
Every day, a team of volunteers will cook meals for the whole group, according to menus chosen collectively by you. Particular attention will be paid to seasonal and local produce. Special dietary requirements can be discussed with the group leaders.

Location and leisure

Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val, 40km east of Montauban and 90km north of Toulouse.
At the edge of the Tarn-et-Garonne region, you'll enjoy a wide range of leisure activities. Visit medieval villages, go hiking, etc. For some activities, you'll even get to meet the locals and share the experience with them! In the evenings and at weekends, let your imagination run wild and organize evening parties with games, a folk ball and live music. Finally, what better way to share your country's culinary specialties with locals and visitors than by organizing a large international meal, open to all?

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Since 2002, the Citrus association has been organizing international workcamps in the Tarn-et- Garonne region. Every year, dozens of volunteers from all over the world take part in a public-interest work camp in the heart of a village.
This year, volunteers from all over the world will come to Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val, a medieval town recognized as one of France's favorite villages, to take part in a collective project of public interest and bring Solidarités Jeunesses' values of sharing, meeting and interculturality to life!

Directions to meeting point

From the airport Toulouse Blagnac shuttle buses will take you to downtown Toulouse in 30 minutes. You can then take a train to one of the stations nearest to Saint- Antonin-Noble-Val. We will collect you according to your arrival time from 10am at the meeting point at Laguepie train station.

Sustainable Development Goals

France: AROUND THE TABLE (SJ/ESC72)

Dates

20/10/2024 - 02/11/2024

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Age: 18 - 30

Max number of volunteers: 12

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Languages: English

Vegetarian food: Yes

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Nearest airport: Toulouse (TLS)

Nearest bus/train station: Valence d'Agen (82000), Agen (47000), Montauban (82000).

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As part of this project, you'll be helping to enhance a green space at the heart of the local recreation area. To do this, you'll create small street furniture using ecological and sustainable materials.
Under the watchful eye of the technical supervisor, you'll build and decorate benches, chairs, tables and other elements that will make this area a place where young people from the Golfech teen club can relax and meet.
Over the two weeks, you'll have the chance to talk to these local young people, who will be taking part in the project from time to time, and who will be working with other local residents to help you discover the area.

Accomodation and food

You will be lodged in a dormitory in a community hall in the immediate vicinity of
the work site. Mattresses will be provided, so all you need to bring is your sleeping bag. A shower and toilet are on site, and a kitchen and living area will be available nearby. There will be no washing machine available.
Every day, a team of volunteers will cook meals for the whole group, according to menus chosen collectively by you. Particular attention will be paid to seasonal and local produce. Special dietary requirements can be discussed with the group leaders.

Location and leisure

Golfech is 20km south of Agen and 90km north of Toulouse.

Leisure activities: On the edge of the Tarn-et-Garonne region, you'll be able to take advantage of all the region has to offer: swimming, visits to medieval villages (Lauzerte, Aurillac, etc.), hiking, etc. Accompanied by two educational animators, you'll meet the locals and share this experience with them!
In the evenings and at weekends, let your imagination run wild and organize a barbecue, a karaoke night, a folk ball, etc. Finally, you can organize a large international meal, open to all, to share your cultural specialities with locals and visitors.

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Since 2002, the Citrus association has been organizing international workcamps in the Tarn-et-Garonne region. Every year, dozens of volunteers from all over the world take part in a public-interest work camp in the heart of a village.
This year, volunteers from all over the world will be coming to Golfech to take part in a collective project of public interest, bringing Solidarités Jeunesses' values of sharing, meeting and interculturality to life!

Directions to meeting point

From the airport, there are shuttle buses that will take you to the station in the city in 30 minutes. You can take the train to one of the stations closest to the site. The animators will pick you up

Sustainable Development Goals

France: THE VEGETABLE GARDEN: A FAMILY ADVENTURE (SJ/FAM64)

Dates

20/10/2024 - 26/10/2024

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Age: 5 - 99

Max number of volunteers: 10

Still room for: 4 Male + 5 Female

Languages: English

Vegetarian food: Yes

Access with disability: Yes

Nearest airport: Bordeaux (BOD)

Nearest bus/train station: Montendre train station (17130).

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In this workcamp, you will participate in the center's life and in diverse aspects: community (cook, washing, planning...), intercultural exchanges (locals and association's volunteers encounter)...
The workcamp's purpose is to raise awareness over sustainable development. Caring the garden (seeding, transplanting, hoeing, watering, picking, processing). Upkeep of compost, phytosanitary pool, henhouse, insect-house and bamboo canopy.

Accomodation and food

In collective dormitories (8 places), at the Maison des Bateleurs in Montendre, where you would be all the accommodations at your disposal and a vehicle for transport to the site and also to discover the region. Food will be provided for breakfast, lunch and dinner (you have a budget which camp-leaders will manage and communicate with you throughout the workcamp). Meals will be prepared, in turn, by you, especially for lunch and dinner while respecting environmental values and local resources, as well as the culture of each and every one (hot and cold dishes as well as vegetarians and vegans will be prepared).

Location and leisure

Montendre, 75 Km from the sea, between Bordeaux and Angoulême.

Leisure Activities: Tour of the region will be collectively planned as you wish: city visits, ocean, museums or the Forest House... Interactions with house volunteers will be provided like pizza party... This will allow you to see how "Solidarités Jeunesses" works.

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Sustainable development, like permanent agriculture, is rooted in the organization's values and its transversal in our actions. Thus, "Maison des Bateleurs-Solidarités Jeunesses" began creating an environment hub: phytosanitary tank, dry toilets, compost, eco garden, use of natural resources are just examples.

Directions to meeting point

The meeting point is at Montendre station in the end of the afternoon. The organisers will provide a shuttle service between the station and the accommodation.

Requirements

Participation fees are 50€/child and 100€/adult.

Sustainable Development Goals

France: The pond at Montendre garden (SJ/ESC80)

Dates

28/10/2024 - 10/11/2024

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Age: 18 - 30

Max number of volunteers: 8

Still room for: 2 Male + 4 Female

Languages: English

Vegetarian food: Yes

Access with disability: Yes

Nearest airport: Bordeaux (BOD)

Nearest bus/train station: Montendre station

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The aim of this project is to build an ecological pond on the permaculture garden of the Maison des Bateleurs. Guided by our technical staff and with the help of the house volunteers team, you will learn not only how to build the pond, but also how the different animal and vegetal species interact inside the freshwater environment and their connection with the permaculture garden.

Accomodation and food

You will sleep in a dormitory in the big International Maison des Bateleurs, where you will share daily life with international volunteers welcomed under the ESC (European Solidarity Corps).

Food will be provided for breakfast, lunch and dinner (you have a food budget that the leaders will manage and communicate with you throughout the workcamp). Meals are prepared by you, in turn, by forming cooking teams. Take your best recipes with you!

As Solidarités Jeunesses is willing to protect the environment, you may not eat meat everyday. Of course, if you have any dietary restrictions or needs, don't forget to tell us about it so that meals can be adapted to you.

Location and leisure

Located a few hundred meters from the festival in Montendre, the house provides all necessary amenities: showers, kitchen, garden, bamboo grove, etc.

The pond work will take place in the mornings, whilst the afternoons will be dedicated to different activities around the Montendre area and to visit some of the locations of environmental or cultural interest in nearby zone. Also there will be free time planned during the week ends to allow you to discover some of the most unique sites in the region as La Rochelle and Bordeaux.

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Every year, by hosting volunteers and international workcamps, this commune of 3,000 habitants works to restore its heritage and promote intercultural exchanges. Montendre is home to one of Solidarités Jeunesses' international centers: the Maison des Bateleurs.

La Maison des Bateleurs is a Non-formal Education association that defends the ideas of living and doing together for a concrete peacebuilding action, promoting intercultural encounter. This International Welcome Centre, welcomes throughout the year 8 to 10 young volunteers (short and long term ESC, French and international civic service), as well as young French and internationals (individually or in groups) on our actions and projects of young volunteers.

Directions to meeting point

The meeting point will be La Maison des Bateleurs, 4 avenue de Onda, 17130 Montendre.
You have to go to the station of Montendre (17130) and then walk 10 minutes to the Maison des Bateleurs

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Project open to European citizens and third-country associated

France: A THIRD-PLACE IN PÉRIGORD (SJ77)

Dates

28/10/2024 - 09/11/2024

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Age: 18 - 99

Max number of volunteers: 8

Still room for: 2 Male + 3 Female

Languages: English

Vegetarian food: Yes

Access with disability: Yes

Nearest airport: Toulouse (TLS)

Nearest bus/train station: Condat-Le Lardin

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The mornings of the 2 weeks will be devoted to wood construction and fitting-out the association's premises. On the programme, we'll be using pallets to build furniture for the café. You'll also be able to find out about and take part in the various activities organised by the community café, a convivial meeting place designed to be a place for sharing, welcoming, eating out, passing on knowledge and innovating.

Accomodation and food

You will be welcomed at the Vieux logis de Saint Amand. Sleeping accommodation in rooms of 2 to 3 people. Meals will be cooked and eaten collectively, so you can take it in turns to prepare some tasty dishes, so come along with your own recipes.

Location and leisure

Location : Coly - St Amand is located in Périgord Noir, 10 km from the caves of Lascaux, between Périgueux and Brive.

Leisure activities: Site visits, nature activities, you will build your own entertainment program with the animators and the other participants. We favor a discovery of the territory and these actors over consumption activities.

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Nestled in the hollow of a green valley, the town of St Amand de Coly is located in the heart of the Périgord Noir, a territory rich in history! Composed of two former municipalities that decided o join forces to form one. The commune is home to the Ecocycle association, a third-party organisation that is developing a participatory activity project in the commune of Saint Amand de Coly and the surrounding area. These activities are strongly influenced by concerns about climate change. After major renovation work, a building made available by the local authority is now coming into being.

You will help the association and its volunteers to prepare the building to welcome its members. You'll discover the local people's sense of welcome and the charm of the countryside and heritage, as you work with the other volunteers and the organisers to organise your programme of activities.

Directions to meeting point

Reception on the day of arrival at the end of the afternoon at Condat-Le Lardin train station.

Sustainable Development Goals

France: Cultivating living things. Planting trees (SJ/ESC81)

Dates

03/11/2024 - 17/11/2024

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Age: 18 - 30

Max number of volunteers: 10

Still room for: 5 Male + 5 Female

Languages: English

Vegetarian food: Yes

Nearest airport: Paris (CDG)

Nearest bus/train station: Train station: Quimper

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You will learn how to create a garden forest as well as how to plant trees and propagate plants by division and cuttings. You will discover the major role of trees in our ecosystems and the symbioses that link them with other organisms. Depending on the weather conditions, we'll be continuing to plant the garden forest and fodder hedges, or developing the Cab'Ânes with the installation of a space for the hens. We'll also be able to carry out the first composting trials. You'll also be helping to plant trees for a local farmer to encourage mutual aid and solidarity.

Accomodation and food

You will be staying in a bright and pleasant house in Ploeven. You will sleep in rooms for 3 or 4 people. Kitchen, toilets, washbasins and showers on site. Remember to bring your sleeping bags and single sheets. Pillows will be provided.
Food is provided and included in the accommodation budget. We take it in turns to prepare meals. We prefer local and/or organic products.We will limit our meat consumption to twice a week. We'll be happy to share our recipes and our creative culinary talents.

Location and leisure

Ploeven, near Quimper.
In Ploéven, a very charming little village with a bakery, a crêperie and a small bar, you'll find plenty of opportunities for walking or cycling in the surrounding countryside or towards the ocean.
The towns of Châteaulin (the Run Ar Puns with its small national stage: concerts and community bar), Quimper (Breton, art and history museum), Douarnenez, the town of three ports with its boat museum, the town of Locronan (with the best kouing-aman) and the town of Brest (naval museum and theater...) will also offer you unforgettable encounters.
During shared meals, you can meet local market farmers and producers and visit their production fields.

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"Act in your place, think with the world".
Edouard Glissant

L'île au vent is an association that promotes agroecology and permaculture through popular education.
Protecting life is a fundamental priority, and this project will respond to your fundamental desire to be active and committed, and develop your ability to think in a cooperative and creative way.

The rhythm of the seasons drives the rhythm of our actions. At the beginning of autumn, as every year, the Ile au Vent farm enters its agroforestry development phase.

Directions to meeting point

We will be waiting for you at Kermerrien (29550 Ploéven) around 3pm. From Quimper station, take bus number 37 to the village of Ploéven.

France: House of solidarity (SJ/ESC79)

Dates

30/11/2024 - 14/12/2024

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Age: 18 - 30

Max number of volunteers: 14

Still room for: 3 Male + 0 Female

Languages: English

Vegetarian food: Yes

Access with disability: Yes

Nearest airport: Paris (CDG)

Nearest bus/train station: Besançon TGV

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Every year, the Centre de Beaumotte welcomes people from all walks of life. It's a place for learning and experimentation, where everyone is invited to leave their mark. During this work camp, we're offering you the chance to learn carpentry techniques, because we've got lots of projects in the pipeline to improve our home! From building shutters and furniture to solar-powered shower cubicles, we have no shortage of ambitions to take our sustainable practices to the next level.

Accomodation and food

You will be accommodated within our association, in a two-storey shared room. You will sleep in gender-mixed bunk beds. The centre is equipped with a washing machine, but it will be easier if you bring as many things as possible with you. The wifi will not be unlimited: it will be turned on at certain times during free time. That's what group living is all about: not being on your mobile phone all day!

You'll take it in turns to cook in our professional kitchen. There will always be a group leader to help you. Your group will play an active role in community life. There will be teams for cooking, cleaning, gardening, etc. Food will be provided by the association. Our food is organic and/or local! You will eat meat 2 times a week. Solidarités Jeunesses wants to reduce meat consumption on its workcamps.

It is important to note that Beaumotte has been running a social project for 45 years: we welcome minors under the protection of the State and people on their way to integration. Alcohol is not permitted at the Centre.

Location and leisure

Association du Centre de Beaumotte, Le Saussoir, 70190 Beaumotte-Aubertans. Located in Haute-Saône, 30 minutes from Besançon.

Afternoons and weekends will be devoted to leisure activities. You will organise these with the activity leaders and will be asked to suggest activities. Some activities are essential: visiting Besançon, walking or cycling in the surrounding area, fun and intercultural activities, etc.

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If you want to live a collective experience, learn to cooperate and discover other ways of living or seeing things, we're waiting for you at the Centre de Beaumotte, a popular education association. In the middle of the countryside, you will share daily life with young people from Europe and from different social backgrounds. Here, we want to make the most of our differences!

Directions to meeting point

We expect you at the Centre late afternoon on the first day, between 4pm and 7pm.
A meeting point will be set up at Besançon TGV station (25870) to facilitate the arrival of people coming by train, at around 6pm. On the last day, departures from the TGV station will be at around 10.30am.

If you are arriving by plane, the most convenient airports are Basel, Orly and Charles de Gaulle. You will then have to make your own way to Besançon TGV station.

A route map will be sent to you after you register, for more information.

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