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 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, whom we call a "guest.e".
The term guest is not chosen at random. Because the host company is going to welcome him or her and provide a small kitchen, a shower and a bed, which may be in a meeting room, in an office or even in a siesta room. Each case is specific and everything 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.
The association is present in France, Belgium, Spain and Portugal.
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Launch of our volunteer recruitment campaign 🙌
Dear difteurs,
Today, the Bureaux du Coeur are:
-190 volunteers
- spread across 29 delegations in France and Europe
- 260 host organizations who open their doors every night
- 240 partner organizations
- 560 guests welcomed 🤩
The end of 2024 is also marked by our volunteer recruitment campaign.
A big thank you for your invaluable support and donations!
ZEvent 2024 🚀
Dear difters,
A ZEvent 2024 incredible 💙
10,145,881€ have been raised for the fight against precariousness!
A huge thank you to ZeratoR, to streamers and the whole community for their generosity.
Together, we're going to change even more lives and help those who need it most. Your support changes lives! 😍
A big thank you to you for your invaluable support and difts ✨
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 Coeur, you enable them to:
- set up new hostels;
- provide their guests with the best possible support 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.
Thanks to your difts
5,467
night-s
545 difts
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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