Living better together and boosting rural development
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 6 employees and several volunteers. The volunteers will be involved in the following activities : participation into the activities of the social center, organization of digital workshops , participation in the activities to improve the well living ans social cohesion, participation in the elaboration and implementation of European projects, video making, organization of English workshop, teaching activities for the local communities. Creation of a local newspaper. FR CEPAGE is also labelled Europe direct Center by the European Commission. Volunteers will be also involved in communication activities and events related to European Union.
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. 6 hours a week of French classes.
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
From 05/05/2026 to 05/05/2027
Activity location
Avenue Miss Pell , Puget-Théniers, France
Activity type
Individual volunteering
Looking for participants from
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden
Activity topics
Social challenges
Citizenship and democratic participation
Education and training
Deadline for applications
No application deadline
Project code
2025-1-FR02-ESC51-VTJ-000346312