Supporting disabled entrepreneurs

The project

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The association organizes the Trophées h'up: an event highlighting the daring and inspiring career paths of disabled people with remarkable entrepreneurial projects. Through this annual event, h'up entrepreneurs works to promote and recognize entrepreneurship by people with disabilities or health problems in France.
Action regions
France
11 000
entrepreneurs supported, including nearly 3,500 in our incubation programs
65
%
of entrepreneurs supported feel more legitimate in leading an entrepreneurial project
91
%
of companies created by h'up beneficiaries are still in existence 2 years after their creation

Solution

To remove the obstacles to entrepreneurship, h'up is rolling out personalized programs in all regions, combining coaching, mentoring, workshops and networking. Tailored to each individual's disability situation, these programs are designed to complement existing programs over the long term. At the heart of the approach: taking disability into account and the strength of a community of 4,000 entrepreneurs to support remobilization and secure projects.

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Use of the money

Your donation will make it possible to:
- Finance individualized and collective pathways for project leaders who would not otherwise have access to them.
- Strengthen the action of the salaried team and referents, true operational pillars of support.
- Train, coordinate and mobilize more volunteer coaches and experts.
- Deploy new programs closer to the needs of entrepreneurs throughout France.
Why we love it?

H'up entrepreneurs has been working for over 17 years to help people with disabilities turn their differences and their ability to adapt into a force for their own autonomy. As experts in their field, the association has carried out an in-depth analysis of the problem and the solutions to be offered, and has a real ambition to bring about systemic change.

Disability is a departure from the norm, a walking laboratory of innovation. What better way to get started?
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Damien Caillaud
Chairman of h'up entrepreneurs
Certified association
h'up entrepreneurs is an association certified by Dift, here are the criteria we evaluate:
Financial management
Innovation & efficiency
Entrepreneurial spirit, agility & ambition
Governance & values
Transparency, monitoring & impact measurement
Systemic impact
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Earned labels
Lauréat La France S'Engage 2022 label
Sustainable development goals
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