Socio-cultural animation offers a wide field of action, within which work many animators, whether professional or voluntary, and if the structures may differ, they all have the common goal of welcoming children during the periods. outside school time. For the sake of precision, the object of our research will be limited to voluntary and unprofessional socio-cultural animation, namely that which relates to diplomas such as the Brevet d'Aptitude aux Functions d'Animateur (BAFA) and the Brevet d ' Aptitude for the Functions of Director (BAFD); it therefore concerns collective reception of minors such as leisure activities and vacation stays.