Solidarity is central to our mutualist values

Crédit Agricole recognises its corporate social responsibilities and is actively involved in community efforts to address the plight of the disenfranchised in France today. Our commitments are reflected in our actions to help the poorest people to become reintegrated into society and in our support to housing and training for young people.

Giving instead of discarding; reclaiming instead of wasting

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Since 2007, Crédit Agricole S.A. has supported Dons Solidaires, a pioneer in product donations in France [ajouter un lien hypertexte derrière "product donations". The Dons Solidaires association receives donations from large corporations of new basic consumer items that are no longer saleable and were to be destroyed. It then passes them on to charities that help the disadvantaged. Crédit Agricole has helped Dons Solidaires to expand its scope of action vis-à-vis the donor corporations.

Dons Solidaires represents:

€11m of goods distributed over 5 years (hygiene and maintenance products, school supplies, toys, small appliances, clothing, etc.)
A network of 120 partner charities in France
200,000 disadvantaged people helped each year

(+) More about Dons Solidaires (in French)

Promoting social reintegration through team sports

Equipe de France - Coupe du monde des sans abris

Remise en Jeu helps the homeless to regain their dignity and to re-socialise them through team sports and the encounters they generate with others. This group of collective charities organises football competitions and participates in the annual World Cup for the Homeless. Crédit Agricole, a major sponsor of French football, naturally supports Remise en Jeu.

Through Remise en Jeu:

Over 80% of team members developed greater respect for themselves and for others;
53% of team members improved their housing situation;
20% of team members found jobs.

Figures from a study carried out by Remise en Jeu.

Worth knowing: in France, 70 football teams were created within social welfare organisations.

(+) on Remise en Jeu (in French)

Action to promote reintegration into the economy and society

The Crédit Agricole Solidarité et Développement association was created in 2000 to encourage and extend the actions of the Regional Banks. It supports programmes designed to integrate disadvantaged people in France into the economy and society. By helping to create jobs and through youth education, training, illeteracy prevention and housing assistance, we help children and adults fight all forms of exclusion.

Projects funded:

€600,000 and 20 projects financed in 2009
Nearly €1m for 28 Solidarité et Logement projects over two years
€300,000 for a community programme to help poor families in partnership with Fédération Habitat et Humanisme

Helping women over age 45 to find jobs

Since 2007, Crédit Agricole has partnered with Force Femmes to provide guidance and support to women over age 45 who want to return to work or to create businesses. Crédit Agricole donates funds to the association, which offers personalised assistance to these women, individual follow-up, group workshops, forums, etc. The Group has also undertaken to notify Force Femmes of job openings and to review applications from these women.

Force Femme in figures

2005: The association is created by female corporate executives
140 volunteers and 6 employees
Result: 65% of women followed by the association in 2009 found jobs

(+) on Force Femmes (in French)

Contributing to child healthcare and education in developing countries

Our subsidiary Crédit Agricole Immobilier is an active partner of La Chaîne de l’Espoir. This association, founded in 1988, helps children in developing countries to gain access to medical care and surgery and to education in France or in their own country. It also sponsors the construction of medical facilities and has helped to build three hospitals, including one in Kabul, which was inaugurated in April 2006.

La Chaîne de l’Espoir:

4,000 children receive surgery each year;
20,000 children sponsored.
With Crédit Agricole Immobilier’s support:
Cheik, a seven-year old boy from Senegal received a replacement for his bad heart valve (June 2007);
Abdoul, a six-year old boy from Burkina Faso, received surgery to repair a complex congenital heart defect (April 2009).

(+) on La Chaîne de l’Espoir (in French)

Helping disadvantaged children with congenital heart defects

Since 2003, through its subsidiary LCL, Crédit Agricole has been actively supporting Mécénat Chirurgie Cardiaque Enfants du Monde (MCC). This association helps children who have heart problems and cannot get adequate medical care in their own country to obtain surgery and follow-up treatment in France.

Funds raised:

€60,000 raised during the 2007 Gentleman du cœur amateur bicycle race sponsored by LCL;
Nearly €70,000 donated to MCC through the "Chez LCL, on croit au Père Noël pour tous les enfants" projects.

Projects funded:

6 projects funded through LCL's support of the 24H du Mans race in 2009.

Result:
1,400 children saved in 7 years.

(+) on Mécénat Chirurgie Cardiaque Enfants du Monde (in French)

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