📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
In La Motte Servolex everyone has a right to express himself, this is why the municipality wants to renovate a wall on which graphic designers, artists and – why not? – you, could express themselves.
Over the years, La Motte-Servolex's workcamp became a landmark into the culture of this small town, located a few kilometers away from Chambéry, capital of Savoy region. You will be welcomed with a lot of conviviality and generosity. With the support of the communal services, you will participate to a collective action for the heritage enhancement, together with locals willing to share with you their knowledge and traditions.
💼 What the programme involves
For this 16th workcamp in the community your task will be to disassemble the old wall of expression which had a wooden frame, to create a new one with stronger and more durable materials. Besides, the municipality of la Motte Servolex, actively involved in promotion of sustainable development, proposes you to participate in creation and/or improvement of green areas in the school premises (vegetable growing tables, seed plots, insect hostels, shrubberies…). Between art and nature you will find the ways to express your creativity!
🏠 Accommodation on site
You'll be sleeping in tents in front of the Sports Hall Didier Parpillon, at the Raoul Villot stadium, right by the city center. Bring your warm sleeping bag and mat. The kitchen, toilets, showers, and the collective living space will be inside the Sports Hall, which will also allow the group to shelter in case of bad weather. You will participate in the preparation of the meals in turns. We'll favor the local products and the short supply circuits. Tastings of local specialties may also be organized with local producers.
📍 About the location
La Motte-Servolex (11 500 inhabitants) is a municipality situated in the Savoy county, in the new Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It's belongs to the Chambéry urban agglomeration, less than 10 km away. Lyon and Genève are situated respectively 1h20 and 1h away from La Motte-Servolex. You'll have access to many leisure activities (open-air cinema, swimming to the Bourget lake, cycling…) in an environment both mountainous and urban.
ℹ️ Additional information
The municipality will provide gloves, reflective jackets and safety glasses for the work. Don't forget to bring working clothes and closed shoes with you. As the nights can be chilly, take a warm sleeping bag with you. Some convivial times will be organized! If you want to share a bit of your culture with the others, bring a piece of your country in your backpack (cooking recipes, traditional tales, unusual objects…).
Foreigners belonging to the European Union must bring with them a personal EHIC (European Health Insurance Card), and everybody must, in any case, bring their insurance certificate. If health issues happen on the project, volunteers will have to pay for it, and then be reimbursed once back in their home country.