Welcome to the Le Pas Opton 2026 Bénévole Team application form.

Please complete the form in full and press 'Submit' at the end.
For more information about the roles included in this team, please visit the website.

In order to comply with our Safeguarding Policy, successful applicants may be required to apply for an Disclosure and Barring Service Enhanced Certificate with Child Barring list check, or equivalent certification from their home country. 

• France - Casier Judiciare (Police Clearance Certificate)
• Netherlands - Verklaring Omtrent het Gedrag (VOG) (Certificate of Good Conduct)
• Germany - Führungszeugnis (Certificate of Good Conduct)
• Spain - Certificado de Antecedentes Penales (Criminal Record Certificate).

A criminal record will not necessarily preclude you from being considered for a bénévole role, but you are required to disclose any convictions, cautions, reprimands, or final warnings, including those that have been spent.

Our bénévole team are required to undertake a variety of tasks, to ensure the park is in tip top condition for our guests. This requires a good level of mobility, flexibility and stamina.

Providing accurate information is essential to the running of the site and program. If issues arise from inaccurate or unshared information, we may need to end your contract early and ask you to leave earlier than originally agreed.

Please select your available dates below.

Sorry, we are not able to release you to return home during your period of volunteering for any family holidays. Graduations/family weddings will be considered on an individual basis (but may affect where you are placed, to ensure consistency and best guest and team experience).

Please be advised that there will be no training weekend in May. However, you will be required to complete some online training sessions prior to your arrival. Attendance at these sessions is mandatory and essential to ensure you are fully prepared. More details to follow.

Please provide a personal statement outlining your suitability for the role in which you are interested, why you think that you would be a great fit for the team and how (from your experience) you meet the requirements of the Person Specification. Please keep this to a maximum of 500 words.

In addition, please give brief details of any experience that you have in the following areas (maximum of 150 words for each category). Please only fill in those that apply to your experience.

Please provide contact details of someone who will be able to provide a character reference in support of your application. Your referee could be a teacher, employer, church leader, youth group leader, CU leader, university lecturer or from another volunteering organisation you are involved with. Your referee must:

• Be over 18 years of age
• Have known you for over a year
• See you in person at least a month
• Not be related to you or a close friend.

I understand that providing false information may result in the termination of any volunteer agreement offered.

I consent to Spring Harvest Holidays and Association Le Pas Opton to keep the information I’ve given on this form so they can process my application. This might include carrying out any necessary background checks and, if I’m offered a volunteer role, arranging any grant payments.

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