VELOFABRIEK
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About the project
VELOFABRIEK
📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
Our local partner Velofabrik was initially imagined by Jean-Philippe Gerkens, a certified bicycle mechanic and sociologist by training. It has gathered a dozen friends and acquaintances to take up this bold and passionate challenge. In July 2014 eight people founded Velofabrik, a cooperative society with social purposes.
The Board is composed of 6 members: Matthieu Mallié, Arnaud Pinxteren, Stéphane Filleul, Benoît Blondel, Jean-Philippe Gerkens and Nathalie Jouant. Wouter Tas and Rik Potoms are also founders of the association.
For now our partner’s work is fully financed by its collaborator’s investment: individuals and societies convinced by Velofabrik’s project have decided to invest in it to make it live. By paying a fee of 100 euros, you have the opportunity to become one of its collaborators. Velofabrik wishes to permanently work in the field of local and social economy.
The bicycles are designed by cycling enthusiasts who know a good bicycle is necessary to cope with every situation (cobblestones, tramway tracks, steep slopes, professional meetings, cultural events, shopping or take your children safely back home), with the mobility in Brussels and to go for a ride in the Sonian Forest or the Pajottenland.
Our partner is collaborating with the non-profit association “Ateliers de la rue Voot” and the firm of adapted work “TRAVIE” (Anderlecht), and is a member of the S-AWB, the federation of social economy enterprises in French-speaking Belgium.
The volunteers will have the opportunity to discover the sector of social entrepreneurship in Brussels and in Belgium and the associative sector of soft mobility.
The volunteers will have the opportunity to discover the sector of social entrepreneurship in Brussels and in Belgium and the associative sector of soft mobility.
💼 What the programme involves
Monday: day off
From Tuesday to Saturday: the workshop of Velofabrik is available.
On Friday and Saturday: client reception.
Typical day:
- A computer, a printer and a telephone is at your disposal.
- You read and answer to the messages and e-mails in coordination with the Board.
- Depending on the diary you take part in meetings with partners involved in Velofabrik’s collaborative work.
- You prepare the newsletters according to Velofabrik’s work.
- You
help with the tidying up and the mechanical work within the workshop in order
to get to know Velofabrik’s products and collaborators.
🏠 Accommodation on site
A
high-quality single room is provided near the location of the project.
🍲 Food
You need
to take your own meals for the morning and the evening. On working days a
midday meal is provided and you eat among others in the workshop.
📍 About the location
🎒 Leisure activities
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Sign in to apply📅 Available sessions
VB
26/01/2017 → 21/02/2018
ℹ️ Key information
Age required
18–99 years old
Solidarity donation
0.00 EUR
French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).
📍 Location
Brussels, Belgium
Belgium
🌍 Location info
Local currency
Euro Member Countries (EUR / €)
🛡️ Before you leave
✅ Features
🗣️ Languages spoken