📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
« MAI’tallurgie », a wordgame that fuses the French words Mai (May) and métallurgie (metallurgy) and emphasises the industrial landscape of Charleroi. Metallurgy is a festival organised by the citizens of the city, which puts forwards social, cultural, and artistic events for a week. Aware of the unappealing reputation of their home and the whirlpool of helplessness into which the youth of the place is sinking, a group of residents have decided to bring the city back to light by embracing and promoting their common heritage : Marchienne , one of the richest communities of Belgium at the beginninng of the Industrial Revolution and later victim of the financial crisis, wants to work towards a brighter future.
💼 What the programme involves
The group of volunteers will be involved in the different activities that will take place every day, either helping with logistics (stage building--) or more creative tasks. The theme of the activities will be as disparate as circus-like, dancing, drama, building urban furniture, music concerts, setting up a producers and artisans market, and even preparing a huge breakfast for all the citizens. The performances will be carried out by locals (schools, local companies), as well as professionals.
🏠 Accommodation on site
In a building provided by the town of Charleroi.
📍 About the location
Marchienne au Pont, which is a district of Charleroi, a Belgian town in the southern part of Belgium.
⚠️ Requirements
To have an interest in citizen, participative and artistic projects - Citizen mobilization and festivals. To be able to work independently.
ℹ️ Additional information
Non accessible to wheelchairs.