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Foyer Rural CEPAGE

Puget-Théniers, France

Description

The Foyer Rural CEPAGE in a project incubator in a rural area focused on Culture, Economie, Heritage, Facilitation and Study Groups. It is an association, created in 1988, for local development in rural area, which offers a variety of cultural, social and training services to the population. Our organisation have 5 employees and several volunteers. The volunteers will be involved in the following activities : participation into the activities of the social center, participation in supporting people to acquire digital skills , participation in the activities to improve the well living ans social cohesion, participation in the elaboration of European projects (CERV) and in the implementation of an Erasmus + program, video making, organization of English workshop, teaching activities for the local community. Supporting migrants and creation of a local newspaper.

Accommodation, food and transport arrangements

Travel grant according to your location 275€ - Single room in fully equipped and shared apartment [with other volunteer(s)] located few minutes walks from the office. - 220 € food allowance by month. - 243 € as pocket money. We rent a flat of 90 m2 with 2 individual rooms, bathroom, one common kitchen, one common living room for our volunteers. It is located in the village just near the office. There is two bus/day to go/come back to Nice and there is also the train to go in the French Riviera. (1h30)

Training during the activity

Training, development of autonomy and evaluation activities, in average over the project 10h a week (including personal project). The participants will participate in the two compulsory trainings proposed by the French National Agency. French lessons proposed.

Participant profile

To take part in the activities that we propose, no diploma, certificate, competence are necessary. An attitude approaching the following points is a plus for the candidates. - Being interested and not hesitating to ask questions. - Expressing your point of view and feeling about our activities and practices. - Being motivated to develop, with our support, his own projects or activities and activities towards the local population. This volunteering is an exchange. Interest for rural development.


Activity dates

A total of 52 week(s) during the period 10/04/2025 to 10/04/2026


Activity location

Avenue Miss Pell , Puget-Théniers, France


Activity type

Individual volunteering


Looking for participants from

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden


Activity topics

Social challenges

Reception and integration of refugees and migrants

Citizenship and democratic participation

Education and training


Deadline for applications

Application deadline: 28/02/2025 17:30