Organizations for solidarity and mutual aid France

Born in 2009 in the Netherlands, Repair Café is exported everywhere: in Nancy, their number grows every year! This is logical, as the concept is simple, effective and good for the planet! During regular workshops, volunteer handymen repair your everyday objects that are a little worn, such as that vacuum cleaner that no longer vacuums or your toaster that no longer toasts anything! A good reflex that can make a difference in our overconsumption habits.

In 2017, the Maison des Citoyens and its metropolis took over the Italian concept of suspended coffee in Rennes, which involves ordering two coffees and consuming only one, with the other going to someone in need. The concept quickly caught on, not only in food (soup, baguette or even suspended galette-saucisse!), but also yoga classes, haircuts, show tickets or books offered by retailers and solidarity partners. Participating establishments are identified by the "suspendu = solidaire" logo and listed in a directory compiled by La Maison des Citoyens. An initiative that promotes everyday generosity.

Generations Agreement for Employment and Enterprise (GEAES) is a national organization for economic volunteering. It helps to create business, supports entrepreneurs and associations, accompanies to the company young people who follow a secondary, professional and technical education… BÉNÉVOLES's volunteer advisors are former executives or leaders from the private sector or administration or from education. They intervene with structures that do not have the opportunity to use the trade sector.

Desire for eating organic, but you are lost in the jungle of labels and labels? Do you want to give a nudge in the right direction to disabled workers, but do not know where to place? La Boutique Solidaire Bretagne is for you! Hit with its door, you can not buy anything, it there is on the Net that happens. The project of this association, launched there has two years, is to create a network of actors of sustainable development and solidarity economy, a sort of "hub" on the Website, according to a terminology in fashion. You will find more than a hundred cards, which will advise you where to find organic beer near home, a craftsman specialised in the écoconstruction, or in the stays in respectful rural cottages of the environment. It is very well done, you can find a few clicks produces it or the wanted service, and contact it directly by telephone or e-mail, in Brittany, extended to the Loire-Atlantique region. Careful, it is not just a simple directory of the solidarity economy in the region! The listed actors are selected by a uniting advisory committee of the public and private agencies (Regional Court of social economy - Agro Organic - 35, Aproche Eco-Habitat - Peasant- Brittany Reception), according to a demanding charter. The initiative is anyway welcome, and allows you to have serious guarantees, at a time when the "consommactor" has rather tend to get lost in the profusion of sometimes meaningless labels.

Super Cafoutch is the cooperative supermarket from Mars. The Cafoutch is a small storage room where you can put everything and anything. From the Marseilles expression, the association develops a consumer cooperative. To consume yes, but differently: quality products, local and accessible for all. The model is inspired by the Park Slope Food Coop created in 1973 in New York. To consume, you have to be a member; the cooperators each hold one or more shares in the supermarket and decide together. It is also a participatory supermarket: each cooperator devotes 3 hours per month to various tasks such as cashiering, stocking shelves, ordering, etc. The project is also social: finding everything at Super Cafoutch and cheaper than elsewhere, consuming locally and responsibly (99% organic and local products). The baskets are prepared under our eyes, we exchange, we discuss, we share. Meetings are organized once a month, find the dates in the Agenda on the website. The cooperative hopes to find a place very soon in the city center. A great idea!

Faire Face is a Toulouse-based association dedicated to preventing gender-based violence. It organizes self-defense workshops and courses for women and teenage girls, regardless of age, origin, beliefs or sexual orientation. The facilitators have been trained in Femdochi, a self-defense method created by and for women. Femdochi is a self-defense method created by and for women, designed to broaden their capacity for action in the face of threats in their private, public or professional lives, and to help them learn to respect their space and physical, psychological or verbal limits. An indispensable tool for all women.

Do you have some free time and especially the desire to share? You are a good candidate for volunteering! If you don't know how to make yourself useful, which association to contact, you've come to the right place. The Toulouse Volunteer Centre guides you according to your profile and aspirations, in order to put you in touch with one of the 180 Toulouse-based associations that belong to it. Since 1977, the Centre has been investing in various institutions to inform actions in the field and prepare future volunteers. Smart to give meaning to your daily life!

Housed in 300 m² premises in the Courrouze district, this Rennes-based micro-institution, set up in 2011, has never been so much in tune with the times: in the spirit of recycling and DIY. It's an associative and participative workshop open to all bike lovers! On site, the team teaches you how to take care of your two-wheeler. You can come on a self-repair basis, or benefit from the help of our salaried staff or volunteers. A veritable breeding ground for the spirit of solidarity, La Petite Rennes also offers low-cost purchases of new and used parts, as well as functional bikes restored by the team. Numerous rides and events are also offered throughout the year.

La Glanerie is a reintegration structure supported by Toulouse Métropole. Its objective is twofold. On the one hand, it is a question of protecting the environment by recycling objects deposited on site or in a waste disposal centre, giving them a new life. On the other hand, it allows integration through a vocational training workshop. Every year, it organizes a "Make Recycling" event to raise public awareness of how to change the way people consume. Close to the Garonne canal, it has a 700 m² space where furniture and second-hand objects are displayed at very good prices. A very clever plan! Another smaller boutique is located in the city at 2, avenue de la Gloire.

It's hard to imagine your child being sick... we love them so much that the idea makes us nauseous. Alas! life is made of hazards that we cannot control. The association Pédiatrie Enchantée offers a bubble filled with beauty and joy to give to hospitalized children. They come to put a little culture through music, singing, drawing and writing. The children marvel, laugh, have fun, play and forget for a moment the difficulties they are going through. The toddlers are lulled by the harp, the older ones have a taste workshop. Each child finds joy and comfort. An association that brightens hearts with accuracy!

Here is an atypical village built with everything: painted train cars, sheds, warehouses, all nestled between trees and fields. This Emmaus village, the largest in France, is in itself a must-see in the region! Rent a rosalie to ride through the village. Free visit of the educational farm. You will always find good deals as in a large permanent flea market. On the site you will also find a grocery store, a market on Saturday morning, a restaurant, a village bistro and a waste disposal center.

The Société Protectrice des Animaux (SPA) in Rennes is a safe, cozy place for your pets. Since 1845, this renowned association has been helping abandoned or mistreated animals. In addition to sheltering animals, the SPA also cares for the animals of destitute owners. Its team works tirelessly to raise public awareness and find loving homes for all its residents. If you'd like to adopt a new companion, make a donation or become a volunteer, don't hesitate to push open the doors of this place of love and generosity.

Founded in 1946, Secours Catholique helps the most vulnerable in France and around the world. Its 900 salaried employees and some 58,000 volunteers are involved in a wide range of causes, including emergency situations, welcoming migrants and refugees, literacy training and prison work. In Rennes, the association carries out a wide range of actions, divided into three areas of activity: homelessness and conviviality, migrants and the general public. Close to the people, volunteers are on the lookout for homeless people, offering luggage storage and administrative assistance, organizing soccer tournaments to foster social ties, and French courses to help people integrate into society...

Since 2010, the "Sortir! card" has provided access to culture for people on low incomes (regardless of age). It enables them to organize cultural outings, enjoy a leisure activity or practice a sport at a lower cost. The scheme has been set up in 36 communes of Rennes Métropole, representing over 900 partner structures (swimming pools, cinemas, theaters, sports clubs, etc.). To apply, visit your local Centre Communal d'Action Sociale. Since 2019, students with grants (levels 2 to 7) can also benefit from the "Sortir!" card. Note that the card is printed on the Korrigo "Services" card.

Emmaus collects on a simple shot, as well as furniture, books and objects. Vide are organised every year and are very successful.

In the west of the agglomeration, the Écocentre de is a project created by the City of Rennes in 2003. The site is essentially open to educational and social actors, such as teachers or associations, who can raise public awareness of environmental and sustainable development issues. At the Taupinais, we develop, grow, recycle… Animals and gardens are there to make young (but not only) governments. Isaïs, Shania or Pyros (the horse, cow and dog respectively) welcomes you and will meet with swine and other biquettes! Water is heated by solar energy and wood is the primary source of energy for heating. For children and the larger, a good way to learn gestures that make it possible to live with its environment.

Located in the town of Santo-Pietro-di-Tenda, the Conservatoire du Littoral is a site dedicated to the protection of nature and the environment. It covers a protected area of 5934.96 hectares, including communes such as Palasca, Santo-Pietro-di-Tenda, San-Gavino-di-Tenda and Saint-Florent. Since 1979, the Conservatoire has acquired almost 5700 hectares of coastal land. The Agriate territory is geographically bounded by 37 km of natural shoreline to the north, departmental road no. 81 and the Tenda foothills to the south, the Ostriconi valley to the west and the town of Saint-Florent and the Nebbiu plain to the east. The site offers a wide variety of landscapes, with numerous coves, bays, rocky points and beaches, the best known of which are Saleccia, Lotu, Ghignu and Ostriconi. There are also dune formations and wetlands.

It's not easy to know where to find help when you've never knocked on the door of solidarity. Greater Lyon has opened Maisons de la Métropole de Lyon, at least one, if not several, in each arrondissement. These Maisons, open to all, are a one-stop shop for Social Aid services. Professionals are on hand to help you with all your administrative and social formalities. Initial intake without appointment.

Listening, informing and guiding young people in the health and social fields are the tasks
the Wire Health Youth device. Accessible 7 days a week, from 8 a. m. to midnight, this service allows young people to speak with a competent adult to obtain information, advice or simply listen to the themes of health, ill-being, and also contraception and sexuality. Appeals are confidential and anonymous. Payment paid but not rate from a laptop to 01 44 93 30 74.

SOS Femmes Nantes comes from the awareness and action of a group of women mobilized to help one of their victims, victims of violence from their spouse or family. As early as 1978, these women formed an association and denounced this fact of society to the general public and political decision-makers. Since then, the actions have multiplied: telephone listening - collective hospitality - accommodation and accompaniment (CHRS - Emergency) - point-welcome in three neighbourhoods of social habitat - prevention among young people (colleges - colleges) - interventions with professionals (health - justice - police - employment) - intervention with the public - partnership with feminist associations in the Espace Simone de Beauvoir.