Civic service: what is it?

Civic service is a voluntary, unconditional commitment of diploma in the service of the general interest, aimed at young people aged 16 to 25 and up to 30 years for young people with disabilities.

It can be carried out over a period of 6 to 12 months in France or abroad, for a mission of at least 24 hours a week and is compatible with the pursuit of studies or a part-time job.

You can also perform a civic service if you are a national of another EU Member State or if you have been able to prove a legal stay in France for more than a year.

Areas of intervention

Civic service can be provided to associations, local authorities (town halls, departments, regions) or public institutions (museums, colleges, high schools...) in 9 main areas:

• culture and leisure;
• international development and humanitarian action;
• education for all;
• environment;
• emergency crisis response;
• memory and citizenship;
• health;
• solidarity;
• sport.

Terms of engagement

To become a volunteer, you must first create an account on the site civic-service.gouv by clicking

Then you provide a valid email address and click on the redirect link to the site in the email you received. You then need to reconfigure your password in your account and fill in all the fields on the form before clicking

You fill in the field

A table tells you which assignments you have selected. You can follow the progress of your applications: pending, resubmission, not retained, retained.

Compensation

An allowance of €473.04 per month shall be paid to the volunteer by the State, irrespective of the weekly duration of the mission. The host organization shall also pay a benefit in kind or in cash of an amount of €107.58 corresponding to the payment of the cost of food (provision of meals) or transport. This benefit can be paid in various ways (meal voucher, access to the canteen, reimbursement of expenses, etc.).

Young people who are beneficiaries or members of a household who are beneficiaries of the RSA or who hold a higher education grant under 5^e step or more shall be entitled to an increase of €107.68 per month. The allowance is fully stackable with the Disabled Adult Allowance (DAA) and Housing Assistance.

Volunteers in civic service are provided with full social protection and are entitled to two days' leave per month of service.

The advantages

The volunteer card is valid for the duration of the mission. It gives the same financial and contractual rights and advantages as those granted with a student card by commercial brands and any other legal entity under public or private law as well as specific advantages: holiday assistance, special offers on a health supplement, home insurance, a subscription to the press...