An office to accommodate a person undergoing integration in the evenings and at weekends
Action zones
France
Pays de la Loire
Europe
The project
SolidarityInsertion
Created in 2020 by committed entrepreneurs, Bureaux du Cœur develops the use of business premises as individual emergency accommodation for people in precarious situations, at night and at weekends. The aim? Accommodate a person for 3 to 6 months to help them integrate into society.
350
peoplesince the project's inception
160
companieswho each evening welcome a person in a precarious situation
24
citiesin France, represented by 150 volunteers
Solution
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 side, 300,000 people sleep outside in France.
What if companies could help reintegrate someone who has lost everything?
Les Bureaux du Cœur is a bridge between these two realities: the association makes sure that offices are offices during the day and, at night and weekends, a place of welcome for a person in a street situation, whom we call a "guest.e".
The term guest is not chosen at random. The host company will welcome the person 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.
Luc, 23, was sleeping in his car while he had a job. Sabine had to leave her home because of domestic violence. Thanks to their support, they found refuge and stability in the office of a company in their town, and got back on the road to a normal life.
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AXA becomes host of Bureaux du Cœur!
AXA becomes a Bureaux du Coeur host! 🥲💙
This collaboration marks an important step forward in our mission to provide temporary accommodation for people in precarity. Thanks to the sponsorship support of Mutuelles AXA and the commitment of AXA's Human Resources Department in France, we will be able to extend our impact and help even more people in need.
This partnership goes beyond simple financial support. AXA is concretely opening the doors of its offices in the evenings and at weekends, offering a safe and comfortable space to a guest in need. This initiative is testament to AXA's commitment to making a real difference to people's lives.
This collaboration marks an important step forward in our mission to provide temporary accommodation for people in precarity. Thanks to the sponsorship support of Mutuelles AXA and the commitment of AXA's Human Resources Department in France, we will be able to extend our impact and help even more people in need.
This partnership goes beyond simple financial support. AXA is concretely opening the doors of its offices in the evenings and at weekends, offering a safe and comfortable space to a guest in need. This initiative is testament to AXA's commitment to making a real difference to people's lives.
We are La France s'engage 2024 winners!
Very proud to announce that we are among the 15 2024 winners of the France s'engage Foundation! 🏅
A wonderful mark of recognition for our action, which mobilizes companies and their offices left vacant in the evenings and at weekends to promote the integration of people in precarious situations. 💡
By becoming Laureate 2024, we will benefit from:
🏆 The recognized La France s'engage label, which will enable us to gain greater visibility,
💰 A financial endowment, necessary to develop our project and begin our territorial spin-off,
🤝 Personalized and collective support until 2027 to change scale, reach new beneficiaries and multiply our action in more territories.
Our goal by 2027 is to reach 1,000 host organizations, thanks to which we will have been able to welcome and insert 7,000 people in precarious situations.
Thanks to this support, we are more determined than ever to pursue our mission and make a positive contribution to our community! 🤝
🙏 A huge thank you to everyone who has believed in us and supported us along the way. We look forward to sharing the next stages of our project with the support of La France s'engage, and continuing to work for a better future.
A wonderful mark of recognition for our action, which mobilizes companies and their offices left vacant in the evenings and at weekends to promote the integration of people in precarious situations. 💡
By becoming Laureate 2024, we will benefit from:
🏆 The recognized La France s'engage label, which will enable us to gain greater visibility,
💰 A financial endowment, necessary to develop our project and begin our territorial spin-off,
🤝 Personalized and collective support until 2027 to change scale, reach new beneficiaries and multiply our action in more territories.
Our goal by 2027 is to reach 1,000 host organizations, thanks to which we will have been able to welcome and insert 7,000 people in precarious situations.
Thanks to this support, we are more determined than ever to pursue our mission and make a positive contribution to our community! 🤝
🙏 A huge thank you to everyone who has believed in us and supported us along the way. We look forward to sharing the next stages of our project with the support of La France s'engage, and continuing to work for a better future.
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 to one of the hosts, 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 hostels;
- support their guests as best they can in their social reintegration;
- set up in new European cities (already 28 cities including Paris, Brussels, Lisbon and Barcelona);
- 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 hostels;
- support their guests as best they can in their social reintegration;
- set up in new European cities (already 28 cities including Paris, Brussels, Lisbon and Barcelona);
- support a world with less inequality;
- pass on a little (or even a lot) of love to people who really need it.
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Action zones
France
Pays de la Loire
Europe
Why we love it?
Les Bureaux du Coeur is a great initiative that enables the corporate world to become even more involved, while optimizing unused office space during the night. A project we love!
I dream of a day when no one sleeps rough, thanks to the solidarity of companies and their employees.
Kinda GARMAN
General Manager
Dift gem2024 promotion
Bureaux du Cœur is a certified association meeting these six criteria:
Financial stability
Innovation
Ambition
Governance
Transparency
Systemic impact
Sustainable development goals
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