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Solinum
A catalog of solutions to combat food insecurity
Social actionFoodNouvelle-Aquitaine
With 2 €,
Solinum finances:
1 beneficiary(ies) referred to a food assistance service
2,705 €15,000 €
164 Captains
Challenge
Growing searches for food aid on Soliguide, a digital guide that references solidarity services, attest to great food insecurity in France. During successive crises, Soliguide has demonstrated its strength by effectively directing tens of thousands of people to the help they need, at times of uncertainty.
Despite its rapid deployment (25 departments), Soliguide does not yet cover the whole of France, while requests, particularly for food aid, are pouring in from all departments.
Despite its rapid deployment (25 departments), Soliguide does not yet cover the whole of France, while requests, particularly for food aid, are pouring in from all departments.
Solution
The aim of this project is to develop the referencing of solutions on the theme of food aid in Soliguide on a national scale.
Concretely, this will require: mapping all food aid services throughout mainland France, training and raising awareness among food aid players in the use of the tool, disseminating it to as many people as possible and then adapting it to the specific needs of food aid and the new départements.
Concretely, this will require: mapping all food aid services throughout mainland France, training and raising awareness among food aid players in the use of the tool, disseminating it to as many people as possible and then adapting it to the specific needs of food aid and the new départements.
Recent result
On the Soliguide website, more than 53,000 solidarity services are referenced and approximately 700,000 searches are made each year.
The money will be used for
Thanks to the funds raised, the Solinum teams will be able to distribute Soliguide locally to solidarity players and beneficiaries and continue to make technical improvements to the platform.
Goal
Solinum aims with this project at three main objectives on food aid: referring 5000 additional food aid services, accounting for more than 300,000 annual searches on the subject and raising awareness of the tool among 2000 professionals and volunteers.
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Millions of people with varied life trajectories today find themselves in situations of exclusion. Numerous initiatives exist to tackle this situation, and can be promoted and networked to boost their impact. For Solinum, innovation and digital technology must be harnessed to multiply social impact and put an end to precariousness.
The key condition for this? That these solutions are developed hand in hand with the people concerned. In this way, Solinum detects key issues in the fight against poverty, experiments with solutions, measures their effects and then generalizes them.
The key condition for this? That these solutions are developed hand in hand with the people concerned. In this way, Solinum detects key issues in the fight against poverty, experiments with solutions, measures their effects and then generalizes them.
The association is already applying this methodology through 2 programs:
- Soliguide, a mapping of social action enabling precarious publics to be effectively directed towards suitable solidarity services.
- Merci pour l'invit', a citizen accommodation scheme that enables partner social workers to shelter their beneficiaries.
New partnership with the Fédération des Banques Alimentaires
The Fédération des Banques Alimentaires and Solinum have just signed a national partnership!
The Food Bank is:
- a network of 79 food banks
- 224 million meals distributed
- ...to 2.4M people
- over 6,000 partner associations and CCAS
- over 7,000 volunteers
At a time when inflation is pushing many French households into a precarious situation, Solinum is particularly committed to fighting food insecurity. This partnership made perfect sense!
🤝 With the food bank, in concrete terms we're going to:
- Reference the activities of BAs on Soliguide
- Raise awareness of the grocery store network to provide better guidance
- Co-construct Soliguide with a view to improving access to food aid in France
.The Food Bank is:
- a network of 79 food banks
- 224 million meals distributed
- ...to 2.4M people
- over 6,000 partner associations and CCAS
- over 7,000 volunteers
At a time when inflation is pushing many French households into a precarious situation, Solinum is particularly committed to fighting food insecurity. This partnership made perfect sense!
🤝 With the food bank, in concrete terms we're going to:
- Reference the activities of BAs on Soliguide
- Raise awareness of the grocery store network to provide better guidance
- Co-construct Soliguide with a view to improving access to food aid in France
What impact does summer have on social action?
Every 6 months, theSoliguide database is fully updated to ensure that people in precarious situations are properly guided. These seasonal updates take place in winter and summer, when associations and aid structures are more impacted by closures and schedule changes.
Solinum shares its dashboard to visualize this summer's various impacts on social action.
Solinum shares its dashboard to visualize this summer's various impacts on social action.
Partnership with Restos du Coeur
Solinum has signed a national partnership with Restos du Coeur!
The Soliguide tool for mapping useful places is becoming an orientation tool for the thousands of Restos du Coeur volunteers. The aim is to provide the best possible guidance to those welcomed into the centers, to facilitate their path to integration.
Today, all Restos du Coeur activities are listed on Soliguide, enabling people in difficulty to access the food aid on offer in France.
More information on Solinum.org and Soliguide.fr.
The Soliguide tool for mapping useful places is becoming an orientation tool for the thousands of Restos du Coeur volunteers. The aim is to provide the best possible guidance to those welcomed into the centers, to facilitate their path to integration.
Today, all Restos du Coeur activities are listed on Soliguide, enabling people in difficulty to access the food aid on offer in France.
More information on Solinum.org and Soliguide.fr.
Soliguide: what impact on society?
In 2021, the Solinum association carried out an impact measurement to better understand the needs of stakeholders (solidarity players, people in precarious situations) and how Soliguide could provide an appropriate response to the challenges of the social and solidarity economy. While the usefulness of the project has been proven, Solinum wanted to take the approach a step further and understand Soliguide's impact on society. To do this, Solinum has integrated an innovative method: the Social Return On Investment (SROI) to introduce a monetary value to Soliguide.
Discover without further ado the impact evaluation summary Soliguide !
Discover without further ado the impact evaluation summary Soliguide !
Distribution of Soliguide flyers in food parcels in ToulouseSolinum continues to map food aid in the PACA and Occitanie regions of France
We wanted to start mapping food aid outlets in France in departments where we are not yet present with Soliguide, and we have been able to recruit two coordinators in the PACA and Occitanie regions to start this mapping.
At the same time, our project has received letters of support from Action Contre la Faim, Banque Alimentaire, Secours Catholique and the UNESCO World Food Chair.