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Bureaux du Cœur
Offices open at night and weekends for the most disadvantaged
Social actionPays de la Loire
With 1.5 €,
Bureaux du Cœur finances:
1 reception day(s) for one person
3,525 €15,000 €
25 Captains
Challenge
The offices are occupied only 30% of the time. At night and at weekends, they are empty. Yet they are often heated in winter and air-conditioned in summer.
On the other hand, 300,000 people sleep outside in France.
What if companies could help reintegrate someone who has lost everything?
Solution
Les Bureaux du Coeur is a bridge between these two realities: the association ensures that offices are offices during the day and, at night and weekends, a place of welcome for a person in a street situation, who we call a "guest.e".
The term guest is not chosen at random. The host company will welcome the guest and provide a small kitchen, a shower and a bed, which could be in a meeting room, an office or even a siesta room. Each case is specific and anything is possible.
Recent result
Today, les Bureaux du Cœur has welcomed 110 guests at 55 companies in 22 cities across France. This is just the beginning!
Les Bureaux du Cœur needs your help to continue telling this incredible story: the story of someone who had lost everything, down to sleeping outside or in his car, and who was able to count on the solidarity of French companies and you, dear donors, to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
The money will be used for
Donations will enable us to recruit permanent staff to canvass new host companies, finance any fittings and furnishings at hosts' homes, the guarantee fund in the event of damage at one of the hosts' homes, welcome kits (bedding, kitchen items, etc.) offered to guests and the several support programs set up on a case-by-case basis.
By donating to the Bureaux du Cœur, you enable them to:
- set up new reception facilities;
- support their guests as best they can in their social reintegration;
- support a world with less inequality;
- pass on a little (or even a lot) of love to people who really need it.
By donating to the Bureaux du Cœur, you enable them to:
- set up new reception facilities;
- support their guests as best they can in their social reintegration;
- support a world with less inequality;
- pass on a little (or even a lot) of love to people who really need it.
Goal
Doubling the number of guests welcomed and reintegrated thanks to Bureaux du Cœur: from 110 to 220!
35, rue Jules Verne, 44700 Orvault, France
Evenings and weekends, open your offices.
Created in 2018 by committed entrepreneurs, the association "Les Bureaux du Cœur" works to welcome people in great precariousness by offering temporary accommodation solutions within corporate offices, evenings and weekends.
Les Bureaux du Cœur is a groundbreaking initiative that enables populations in situations of exclusion to get back on the path to a normal life.
Les Bureaux du Cœur is a groundbreaking initiative that enables populations in situations of exclusion to get back on the path to a normal life.
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EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2023!
The West Ceremony of the Prix de l'Entrepreneur de l'Année 2023, organized by EY, took place on September 20 in Nantes.
And guess what? We won the Prix de l'Engagement sociétal!"
What a joy and honor for us, this distinction strengthens our resolve a little more.
Three years ago, we launched our initiative to combat precariousness. And thanks to your unwavering support, Bureaux du Coeur now boasts:
- 110 host companies
- 100 volunteers
- 110 partner associations
Dispersed in no fewer than 20 towns in France.
We would like to warmly thank EY for awarding us this Prize, and congratulations to the winners in the various categories: GREEN IMPULSE, Entech smart energies, RUSTIN Caoutchouc, Lhyfe, CETIH and Bout' à Bout'
We look forward to continuing to work with you so that together we can continue to build a world of greater solidarity.
The Campus 2023
On June 8 and 9, 2023, our annual Campus was held.
A time of meetings and exchanges eagerly awaited by our members, which enabled us to organize our General Meeting, strengthen our shared vision and pursue our mission for people in precarious situations more motivated than ever. For this second edition, we met at the Centre des Jeunes Dirigeants in Paris!
More than 50 volunteers and hosts came from all over France to celebrate our collective successes and discuss our future challenges.
A time of meetings and exchanges eagerly awaited by our members, which enabled us to organize our General Meeting, strengthen our shared vision and pursue our mission for people in precarious situations more motivated than ever. For this second edition, we met at the Centre des Jeunes Dirigeants in Paris!
More than 50 volunteers and hosts came from all over France to celebrate our collective successes and discuss our future challenges.
An explosive start!
Since the start of 2023, not 1, not 2, not 3... but 42 new guests (!) have been welcomed at our 90 host companies in France!
How far we've come in just a few short months!
It's partly thanks to you, thanks to your donations, that we're managing to convince more and more companies to join us. So, THANK YOU!
How far we've come in just a few short months!
It's partly thanks to you, thanks to your donations, that we're managing to convince more and more companies to join us. So, THANK YOU!
Bureaux du Coeur thanks you!
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