Le Carillon, a local solidarity network

La Cloche

Action zones

France

The project

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Le Carillon is a community-based network of shopkeepers and residents with and without homes, designed to improve the daily lives of homeless people and combat their isolation.

have discovered new shops, which are emerging as new places of sociability

of homeless people report meeting new people

1 283

retailers

throughout France

Solution

Le Carillon involves various local players:

The shopkeepers offer micro-services and everyday products (phone recharging, luggage drop-off, meals, drinks, haircuts, etc.).s offer micro-services and everyday products (recharging your phone, leaving your luggage, meals, drinks, haircuts, ...) and offer a warm welcome to homeless people;
Homeless people use the services and products at the shopkeepers' and can get involved as volunteers in the network to animate and develop it (recruiting new shopkeepers, monitoring shopkeepers, organizing events, ...);
Inhabitants.e.s create links by offering/pre-paying for products on standby at merchants for homeless people, and can get involved as volunteers in the network to animate and develop it ;
Partner associations send homeless people the list of supportive merchants.
Companies support the network and mobilize their employees.

In order to inform residents.s (with and without domicile):

the shopkeeper commits by displaying a "Le Carillon" label on his door and pictograms corresponding to the services and products on offer;
La Cloche prints lists of the location and offer proposed by each shopkeeper which are distributed by 1) volunteers, with and without domicile, on the street, 2) by associative and social partners and 3) by the asso itself during weekly social link permanences (entitled "Repères").

In order to keep the network alive and develop links between all these players, La Cloche volunteers with and without homes organize neighborhood events (Apérue at a shopkeeper's, karaoke, choir, game of pétanque, unpopular soup...).

News

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5/6/2024

LE KARAOKRÊPES

Friday, April 26, a hundred residents and volunteers with and without homes got together for a colorful festive evening! A musical blind test/quiz organized by the team's interns and civic service volunteers kicked off the evening with energy! The crêpe buffet was also a great success, thanks to our Captains for contributing to the event with their donations and to our Carillon stores for their unsold goods, as everyone enjoyed themselves. The evening continued with the inevitable karaoke, which allowed us to discover a little bit of each other's culture!

2/13/2024

Film-debate

Tuesday, January 23 was our last movie-debate evening! 🎥

Around thirty residents with and without homes in the neighborhood were able to discover the documentary Au clair de la rue by Julien Goudichaud. An event made all the more touching by the fact that it was our last ciné-débat.

We'd like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who was able to take part in this great project! Since May 2022, the Maison de la Conversation, in the 18th arrondissement, has opened its doors to us to present 9 films and short films. These free evenings, open to all, not only contributed to making culture accessible to all, but were also a good pretext for meeting people and creating social links.

In fact, for almost a year and a half,210 spectators were able to meet and exchange with 26 speakers who came to present their work. Many thanks to all of you 🫶

The money will be used for

Expanding the Carillon network
Distributing vouchers for products and services
Conducting social outreach marauding campaigns
Training and supporting network merchants
Supporting weekly social outreach sessions

La Cloche

19 € = 1 good of products and services distributed

already funded

35 difts

Action zones

France

Why we love it?

We love this association, which does everything right and never stops innovating to create the world of our dreams and remind us to have faith in humanity. The Carillon network includes over 1,300 committed businesses: that's what we call having a systemic impact!