The French more and more want to place their money in social and environmental beneficial structures. For the 13th edition of the Grands Prix de la Finance Solidaire, four organizations that benefit from it have been rewarded.
by Joël Morio
For the thirteenth edition of the Grand Prix of Solidarity Finance organized by Le Monde and Fair, Tuesday, November 8, in Lille, with the support of the town hall and the Wéo regional channel, four prizes were issued. The “Solidarity Savings Prize” highlights a structure of the social and solidarity economy, the “Prix France” distinguishes a structure exercising a strong social or environmental activity, the “favorite price” is awarded at the end of a vote of Internet users for an establishment whose activity is anchored in the economic and social fabric of Hauts-de-France. As for the “international prize”, it is allocated to a structure based abroad. Each winner receives an endowment of 4,000 euros, thanks to the support of our partners: La MAIF, France Active, Mirova, the Banque des Territoires, the Savings Caisses and the French Development Agency.
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What becomes of pastries presented in hotel buffets when they are not consumed by customers? They are often thrown away, as a night watchman noted, who ended up co -founding the solidarity hotels. This association, created in 2018, acts for the revaluation of hotel waste for the benefit of people in economic or social exclusion.
Today, the association collects, in around sixty Parisian hotels and a dozen establishments in Rennes, not only chocolate breads and other croissants, but also hygiene products, sheets, Furniture, mattresses … Three-star and palaces, such as Plaza Athénée or the Meurice hotel, are among those who give most regularly. Solidarity hotels have just recovered around forty mattresses from this luxurious establishment in rue de Rivoli (Paris).
All these products are then redistributed in emergency accommodation centers, in around twenty charitable associations, or directly from homeless people, isolated women, etc. With sheets, the association also manufactures washable cotton kits which are either given to those who need it or sold. The association thus makes people work away from employment or with disabilities. In 2021, 500 pastries, and especially 28,000 hygiene products and 24 tonnes of furniture were thus redistributed to more than 21,000 people in Ile-de-France. Solicited by many establishments, solidarity hotels hope to set up a collection system in more cities.
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