Organizations for solidarity and mutual aid Rouen

How can we continue to feed ourselves when our wallet can no longer afford to pay for the food sold by shopkeepers? By going to Solépi, a solidarity grocery store located near the Saint-Marc market. There, people in financial difficulty can do their shopping and buy the essentials for 10% to 50% less than elsewhere. But it is also a place that creates social links with workshops organised throughout the year: cooking, facials, make-up techniques, or even making homemade washing powder.

This Rouen-based association helps animals accompanying destitute people living on the streets by providing them with food resources. It also provides emergency veterinary assistance. Anyone wishing to support the association is invited to donate dog and cat food, as well as pet accessories. Regular collections are organized at various points in the conurbation. Its work supports 300 people in Grand-Quevilly and Rouen. Volunteers are welcome to get involved.

Good news: the Emmaus community in Notre-Dame-de-Bondeville has moved to the Hauts de Rouen area. Accessible from the city centre by the T2 train, this new shop brings this valuable help a little closer to the people of Rouen. With 80^m2, the shop offers the usual necessities: shoes and clothes, crockery and small furniture, books and records, toys, childcare items and school supplies. Clothes can be bought by the kilo. And if you are in need, the companions can direct you to social workers.

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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 Restos du coeur, created by Coluche in 1985, needs no introduction. Those of the Rouen region, it is 20 activity centers, 15 000 people helped and 1 million meals served. Food aid is the best known action of the association, but there are other actions: help in finding a job, cooking workshops, legal aid, hairdressing, introduction to computers, baby relay. Film screenings are even organised during the winter campaign, followed by a debate with an animator.Everything to get back on track in life.

"Clothes don't make the man, but they do help" is the credo of the Cravate Solidaire, a national association with a branch in Rouen. Its aim? To provide jobseekers with few resources with a vital aid in their return to employment: an outfit to match their ambitions, coaching for the job interview, and a suitable identity photo for their CV. Got a job interview, but you're lost? Just make an appointment with La Cravate, who will accompany you all the way.

Student life isn't all fun and games. On the contrary, students are faced with precariousness and distress. This national association runs a free helpline, open in the evenings, for those who are suffering, isolated and seeking comfort. On the other end of the line, callers will find trained student volunteers who can direct them to professionals. Confidentiality, anonymity and freedom of speech guide all exchanges. The Rouen branch needs more staff.

La Base is a committed place that wants to gather the people of Rouen to accelerate the transition towards a just, resilient and respectful society. In this common and self-managed space, workshops related to sustainable development, exhibitions, concerts, game or movie nights, conferences on current issues such as nuclear power, the work of the IPCC, economic models... In short, it's the place to go to meet people and have a drink.