Organizations for solidarity and mutual aid France

The aim of this association is to develop the social link between inhabitants of different cultures, including through the establishment of literacy courses for adults and adolescents of any ethnic or social origin. A leisure centre is also available for children.

The Anti-Racism Association Against Racism acts against discrimination and for integration by all possible means. Among other things, there is the legal advice and the establishment of daily and literacy workshops.

This association has been established in the Biterrois since 1981 and has set itself the goal of educating the citizen on respect for the environment. It offers its members interesting documentary funds and meetings on topics such as land and marine pollution, technological accidents, species disappearance, climate change or the dangers of genetic manipulation.

Here is the public authority that revalorizes your garbage! Its mission is to transform waste in the form of recycling or energy production. Its website indicates how to get a composter, a Stop-pub sticker... Valtom is also dedicated to raising awareness to reduce our waste. It opens its doors from time to time to visit its sites: the Vernea incinerator refurbished in 2014, the sorting center Echalier or Puy Long, a hill where non-hazardous and non-recyclable waste is stored. We strongly advise you to visit it!

Every year, more than 20,000 people are welcomed by Secours populaire français in the Puy-de-Dôme department. Emergency aid, food parcels, second-hand clothes, homework help, workshops (cooking, sophrology, gym, theatre), legal aid, support for employment, access to culture, sports activities, holidays... Secours Pop" implements numerous actions for adults, children, parents and families.

Secours Catholique was founded more than 70 years ago at the national level. It provides material and food aid to disadvantaged people. It helps modest families to go on vacation and provides emergency support. Many activities are organized. It is also a place of listening, which participates in campaigns to bring people together, beyond their ethnic and religious affiliation.
Secours Catholique functions essentially thanks to volunteers. There are nearly 850 volunteers in the Cantal/Puy-de-Dôme delegation, which is not necessarily enough to ensure the various activities offered. The structure is always looking for volunteers.

Specialized in food aid, the departmental headquarters of the Restos du coeur also offers workshops for its beneficiaries: integration workcamps to find a job, but also fight against illiteracy, hairdressing, sewing, computers, self-esteem... The structure has set up personalized accompaniment for access to housing, to various rights, to budgeting, to obtaining a microcredit... These missions are carried out thanks to more than 800 volunteers. To help the more than 6,000 families welcomed each year by the Restos du coeur 63, you can join the team of volunteers, support the association financially or participate in the annual collections.

France Nature Environnement Loire is active in a number of areas: public awareness, pollution control, land-use planning... A true grassroots player, FNE Loire protects the department's natural environments and manages two remarkable sites: the Ecopôle du Forez and the Maison de la Réserve naturelle régionale des gorges de la Loire. The federation has also launched "Loire en Vert", a program of nature outings in the département. To perpetuate its nature protection activities, donations can be made via the website.

For the Boulevard des Potes, the help to solidarity initiatives is articulated around 3 axes: to support and favour the emergence of associative projects and concrete actions, to allow the exchange of know-how and associative experiences, to sensitize the institutions and to bring them to take into account the new needs of the young actors and their citizen expressions. Since its creation, the BdP has made it a priority to respond to a commitment to the fight against discriminatory acts and the trivialization of racism.

The Secours Catholique - Caritas boutique in Pau offers a wide range of clothing at affordable prices, helping to support people in precarious situations while promoting reuse and recycling. As a true player in local solidarity, the "Côté coeur, côté fringues" boutique offers much more than material goods, it offers hope and a helping hand to the most disadvantaged. By contributing to this boutique, you are helping to create a positive impact in the lives of our most vulnerable fellow citizens.

Born in 2004, biobernai, the organic agriculture fair in Alsace is organized by Alsace Bio, with the support of private and institutional partners, in the user-friendly spirit of a large open-air market at the feet of the ramparts of Obernai (Alsace/Bas-Rhin). The event invites visitors to familiarize themselves with the universe and «organic culture», to meet and exchange with the actors of the sector, from the producer to the distributor, craftsmen to the organizations, associations and institutions working to defend and make the voice of this fast growing mode of consumption more and more popular by consumers. A vector of a different theme each year, highlighting emerging trends of society and consumption, biobernai also embodies the humanistic values of cooperation, sharing, solidarity, equity and ethics giving it a special and appealing image to an enlightened audience, more and more in the way of the editions. Since its launch, the event has welcomed over 250,000 visitors (since 2015 between 20,000 and 25,000 visitors each year). 260 exhibitors present, + 70 animations (conferences, workshops, animations).

Vegetable peelings, egg shells... what to do with this waste when you live in the city center and do not have a garden? Terra Preta has answered this question by setting up the Archipel des Salins, a bio-waste collection site open to individuals and professionals. This waste is then transformed into compost, which feeds the green space created on site. Every week, many workshops are offered, such as learning different sowing techniques or learning how to make cuttings, basketry, recognizing the animals present in the gardens... Terra Preta has also set up a woodworking workshop.

Latitude 21 is the name of the House of Architecture and Environment of Dijon Metropole. It is aimed at the general public and in particular at children and families. Its objective: to educate about the environment for sustainable development, and to raise awareness of the challenges of architecture and urban planning. Its actions are very concrete and include exhibitions, films and events. Workshops are organized for families. Children and their parents can build feeders, nesting boxes, insect hotels - several hundred are made and installed in the agglomeration each year - or even herbariums and plant frescos. Families take advantage of their visit to use the educational games. A full programme of activities, in class or on the premises, is offered to schoolchildren from kindergarten to high school, with no less than 30 different themes. Latitude 21 also rents out themed exhibitions. The building that houses Latitude 21 is worth a visit: it is the first low-energy building to be built in Burgundy. Finally, the public institution participates in the magazine Archimag, which focuses on contemporary architecture in Burgundy and is available on its premises.

Linkee is an association present in Paris, Saint-Denis and Pantin since 2016, but also in Lille, Lyon, Toulouse and Bordeaux or rather Talence to fight against food waste by recovering unsold goods. Since October 2020, volunteers have been providing sustainable food aid to students in precarious situations. By registering in advance online, and on presentation of an up-to-date student card or certificate of enrolment, young people can come and collect a 5 to 7 kg parcel made up of fruit and vegetables, dairy and dry products...

Located in Poitiers, this since 1967 association affiliated to the Federation of secular works offers a wide variety of activities for all, children, teenagers, adults and seniors. Whether artistic or sports, you will find the leisure that will interest you: a photo club (digital and silver workshop) will teach you various aspects of photography that you can put into practice in the setting of a change project aimed at an exhibition; in the workshop pottery, for adults only, guests can exercise in the techniques of turning, massage and enamelling; a workshop of enamel on copper and another painting on porcelain (for those who already concepts in drawing) are also open to adults. For those of us, or those who want to feel at home in their body, sessions judo are offered (from 6 years old), dance (from 5 years old) - rhythm education, body expression, introduction to modern- jazz - yoga, relax and tone up you, gym - gym of maintenance (frame, stretching exercises flexibility and stretching), gym (soft and relaxation) and gym at the back (to cure the back painses). Guests are invited to learn how to play the guitar (from 12 years), and even the courses of work on the memory and its chess are organised with the help of a psychologist doctor of neurophysiology. Then, that dared to say that there was nothing to do on Poitiers?

This association affiliated with the union R.E.M.P.A.T. - group of volunteer associations for the development and preservation of French heritage - is located in the castle.

The Centre Régional de Sauvegarde de la Faune Sauvage de Buoux is a center dedicated to the protection of nature and the environment. It offers research, donations, outings, education, training, care, protection and studies related to wildlife. The center also provides a refuge for animals.

SOS Wildlife runs a regional centre of protection. It is the association that it should be called when a bird or a injured mammal is found. A professional winner of a certificate of skill in treatments of the wildlife it then place in infirmary, looks after it with the support of a veterinary surgeon. When the boarder found its strength, it is relaxed on its territory of origin. Are welcomed the protected species found throughout Limousin (birds of prey, water, sparrows, hedgehogs, squirrels...). On the website, you can sponsor an animal. You will receive news of him by e-mail, as well as information on the characteristics of its species, his way of life, etc. the volunteers also sell balls of fat, nest boxes and small industry that you can get on different markets and lounges, or by calling the center. Needless to visit on-site: the laws prohibits the reception of the public (except bringing a wounded animal). The centre of protection operates thanks to volunteers, you can have your assistance throughout the year.

Alongside this office, there are two distribution centres in La Rochelle and the Bongraine district. In all, more than a thousand people are helped morally through the coffee and physically corner - 6 varied balanced meals per week as well as hygiene and maintenance products. They are open as winter. Two baby restaurants also exist in Villeneuve-les-Salines and in Mireuil, where mothers and babies under 24 months are welcomed, advised and assisted - milk distribution, diapers, small pots… Cloakroom, library, kitchen, hairdresser are also offered. While Coluche, the famous founder of the association, thought that aid would be temporary, it seems to be rooted in the associative landscape. Today there are 7 500 people in Charente-maritime alone.

The essential mission of the French People's Aid is to work towards respect for human rights! Health is a point that is played for many at the local level. The Popular Help receives donations from volunteers and offers them to the most disadvantaged in the day. From fripe, useful accessories for all ages, which may our your cupboards. Support is also food. Many activities are in the program to escape isolation (picnic, funfair, hiking, etc.). And a big flea was organized this summer, in July, and brought together hundreds of Iso.

A point of fall of the fixed homeless, the Catholic Rescue, located rue des Augustins, is also a welcoming place for all. In the morning, homeless people can eat, wash, wash their clothes, get their hair cut, read but also treat themselves every Tuesday morning. The afternoon is dedicated to other audiences, including the opening of a social grocery store on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from to for families in difficulty. A report from the association even highlighted the alarming view of increasing the number of young people in precarious circumstances.

This association gives clothing to people who cannot obtain it because of financial resources. For men, the distribution is Monday and Thursday from 14 am to 16 pm. For women and children, you must come to the premises on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 14 am to 16 pm. As for July and August, it maintains a standing on Mondays and Tuesdays at the same hours. Over volunteers have been running this service for more than years and have seen more and more people passing around. If you want to donate clothes, but also books, toys… at this association, do not hesitate, it is always a rush.

This association, a member of the associative health care house, is aimed at people facing psychological problems - depression… - and/or solitude but also their friends. It warmly welcomes them, listens to them and tries to create friendships between these people through various free activities - once membership and against a few euros: English courses, drawing, painting, singing, playing games, theatre, cups, discussions, outings… So don't hesitate to take the step.

The Association for the right on the initiative economic- ADIE- is a humanitarian association of social mutual aid. It lends money to the unemployed, the providers of the RMI, surendettées people, in short all except from the bank credit who decided to find the way of autonomy creating their own company. Recognized public utility, it is a real spare tyre for these bare populations that cannot unfortunately any other more on the support of the classic banking system.

Created in 1992 and 1996, the A.I.D.A.F.A. and the AIDAVIE merged and, in June 2011, took the name Aidartois. This association of people services aims to create jobs for home aid: household, ironing, racing, homework assistance and school support, presence with an elderly, disabled or dependent person, child care. It covers the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region and counts as partners, among others, the General Council, pension funds and mutual funds. Aidartois is: 10 volunteers, 9 coaching staff and nearly employees involved.

In the private park, there are people with low resources and difficulty accessing housing.

Amnesty International is a global movement made up of volunteers who work towards respect for human rights and choose, by solidarity, to devote part of their energy and time to defending victims of human rights violations.

This association brings together women and men, from all walks of life, who through their commitment, training and experience are real relief professionals. They intervene in the training of the general public at first aid (1 138 persons were trained in 2014 in the department), in relief missions in addition to public services and in humanitarian and social assistance missions. The association offers several training sessions for first aid gestures. Don't hesitate! The knowledge learned during these trainings may help you save lives.

They are fed up with the fact that children beaten, abused, exploited, tortured, raped, slaughtered, despised, crushed, mistreated, prostitutes, sold, shackled, kidnapped, kidnapped, fed up, and yet all over the world - France is not free - acts of disgusting, barbaric, vile acts continue to be perpetrated as if nothing were. Since 1946 UNICEF has been acting on all the land, but the fight against ignominy is harsh.

According to Father Pierre's formula, SOS Families Emmaus helps families struggling to "stand up" so that they can return to the road. In Montreal's city centre, the team of six volunteers manages the files, advises and guides families. The principle is to put forward cash advances without charge fees or interest in order to avoid families falling into the debt-overhang or even being deported. It is an advance on debt, not a loan, and the association deals with paying directly the creditors.

The Catholic Relief has been involved for many years. Gifts of clothing, attentive ears, wise tips… Their missions are numerous, such as gifts in kind or material. " A vot'good heart inter me-ladies! '»»»»

We went to the third millennium, but for les the mission continues on the laissés front. As every winter, the association created by Coluche provides meals and clothing to the too many people in difficulty. Other actions relating to linen, clothing - for children - and a weekly distribution of food packages are conducted all year round, because the fight does not stop at spring gates. Nor is insecurity, unfortunately.

The causes to be defended are not missing for the league: Exclusion, unemployment, racism, illegal immigrants, slavery, nationals of countries at war… The list is long and this courageous association is making a strong effort to shake up the citizens'inertia by putting them in the face of the tragedies of their fellow citizens. Publications, debates, displays… no media escapes them.

The Red Cross recognized as a public utility is fighting on all fronts. For the homeless, persons who receive RMI, the unemployed. Its action is to provide many services to those people in need, including work in so-called "reintegration" workshops, to make small jobs paid in associations and communities. The Red Cross is also a free national number for people in distress - anonymous appeal - who want advice or simply talk: (tel.) 0 800 85 88 58.

The Food Bank of the Region will raise and de Caux, which is responsible for providing the most disadvantaged, a supplement of food, distributed in several associations. It also organizes actions - such as "school solidarity" - in order to raise awareness and concern people about this scourge, and to collect valuable food.

Documentation centre and library accessible to everyone. Their way of proceeding is simple and beautiful. Volunteers who are solidly trained in the hospital or in their homes for whom the end of the road is close. We can only be admired by this approach by doctors and carers in a society where death is still a painful subject.

It is in the Aplemont district that this association is located in charge of the distribution of food and clothing to those most in need. They can also make donations, always welcome in such a useful fight.

A useful centre, links between people who want to volunteer and associations looking for members in this area.

Is it still necessary to present this association? Yes, a thousand times yes! Both the cause of human rights is far from being recognized worldwide.

For 11 years now, this foundation has been working to help victims of discrimination on the basis of their sexuality. The Refuge's premises provide temporary accommodation for young people who are often rejected by their families because of their sexual orientation. The foundation's work is exemplary and incomparable. It provides vital psychological support and careful accompaniment to these victims. Transphobia is also treated. A drop-in centre is open every morning. The emergency telephone line can be reached at any time. It is possible to make a bequest to support the work of the Refuge

"Because no one should be forced to live on the street, the Restos have made the fight against exclusion a priority For 30 years, this association created by Coluche has been providing food distribution to people in need on a local scale. Reception, advice and guidance, personal assistance, help with homework and literacy, cooking workshops and health prevention are also on the program. The association is constantly looking for volunteers (nearly 925 in Meurthe-et-Moselle). More than one million meals have already been distributed!

For more than 70 years, Secours Catholique's mission has been "to spread Christian charity through the implementation of concrete solidarity between all". To achieve this, the association relies on its volunteers and acts with public opinion and political leaders so that problems related to poverty find effective and sustainable solutions. More than 600 volunteers in Meurthe-et-Moselle organize individual support actions, foreign language workshops, solidarity stores, reception areas and teams in the field.

The work of Swiss Henry Dunant, who began in 1859 at the Battle of Solferino to rescue soldiers from both sides, continues on its path of help and peace. The Haute-Savoie Red Cross, among the hundred or so departmental delegations of this association, acts in the field of emergencies, solidarity, health and provides first aid training to all those who wish to know the actions that save lives. Among its other missions, listening, food aid, refugee aid and social SAMU. You can volunteer, donate clothes or toys. Small acts of solidarity that contribute to the existence of the Red Cross.

Since 1983, the Maple Leaf has been working under the sign of generosity, reintegration and recycling. We all know about the trucks bearing the famous maple leaf, which travel around the city to collect cardboard packaging and crates. The association offers companies, local authorities and private individuals the opportunity to take charge of their paper and cardboard, in addition to the collection provided by Rennes Métropole. If you are a large consumer of newspapers or cardboard packaging, make a gesture and contact these recycling professionals. The point? You participate in a more ecological waste management, as the materials collected are recovered and transformed into less polluting paper. Their recycled products are available in sheets, envelopes, notebooks, pads, travel books, firelighters, toilet paper, moving boxes that you can also buy... So, come and drop off your papers for free. La Feuille d'Erable also offers in-company training and pedagogical activities in schools and educational institutions as well as waste diagnostics.

ESAT, it means Establishment and Work Assistance Service. ESAT Le Parmelan is working in its three centres to integrate mentally disabled adults into the world of work. Nearly 200 people are cared for by about fifty supervisors to carry out more or less complex work. With companies such as Mobalpa, Tefal and the city of Seynod (Espaces verts) as reference customers, this association has been well established in its environment for over 30 years. And if adults are there to do a job that is right for them, they are also there to achieve their full potential by also practising leisure activities.

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Rowboat is not a trendy restaurant in Rouen. It is a day welcome that also serves as a restoration and only deals with people who are very precarious with major health problems. This day's reception is conducted in partnership with the CHU de Rouen. The Rowboat is an integral part of the day-care system set up on the city, just like L'Escale. This other rouennaise structure welcomes self-employed persons without a fixed home or a precarious accommodation.

Located on the left bank of the city, the rouennaise social assistance structure makes it possible to build a home where both women and men at very high levels of insecurity can make themselves domicilier and carry out with a very competent team all the administrative steps they need. Epheta also offers a shower for washing and washing machines. An address allowing people in very precarious circumstances to remain dignified despite the often very difficult living conditions.

The Communauté Emmaüs Somme is a reception center for the homeless located in Camon. The Communauté Emmaüs Amiens was founded in 1965 and has been a member of Emmaüs International since 1971. It is committed to the solidarity economy and takes part in various events and initiatives to support people in precarious situations.

Here, there is an education and documentation centre to raise public awareness of the environment and sustainable development. Monthly meetings around animations, exhibitions, thematic evenings, and family outings and discoveries are the program. For teachers or families.