FONDATION CARREFOUR - 2014 annual report

Farinez’vous

A VISIONOF SOLIDARITY

FOR THE BAKING TRADE

Domitille Flichy, founder

and director of

Farinez’vous,

is convinced: “Training in

the bakery trades opens the

door to a varied career with

a number of possibilities

to get ahead. It’s a real chance

to find stable employment

and is very rewarding for

those in difficulty.” Her

solidarity bakery project has

been assisted, funded and

monitored by

France Active,

a network which supports

job creation and solidarity

initiatives. With funding from

the Carrefour Foundation,

Farinez’vous

was able to

benefit from the

France

Active

Fund, which supports

solidarity start-up enterprises.

“Without this helping hand,

our project would never have

seen the light of day.

This human and economic

challenge has been crowned

with success because,

this year, we were able

to open a second

establishment,” explains

the director. In five years,

15 people have already

been trained in the bakery

trades and the majority

have found a permanent job.

ENTREPRENEURIAL

VENTURES FUNDED BY THE

CARREFOUR FOUNDATION

THANKS TO FUNDING

FRANCE ACTIVE

AND

THE

CAP’JEUNES

YOUTH

SCHEME

FundaciónExit

ENROUTETOGETTING

A JOB!

Over one out of two people

under 25 years of age is

unemployed in Spain

(1)

. This

is why

Fundación Exit

is working

to provide targeted vocational

training for young people from

disadvantaged backgrounds

and help boost their

employability. One initiative is

the

Conecta

project, conceived

by Carrefour and

Fundación Exit

which encourages employees

from Carrefour Spain to guide

and mentor students on training

courses, in-store internships

and during their search for

a job. Carrefour has already

welcomed 137 interns since

2008 in 24 participating stores,

and 50% of them were

recruited by the company

following their training.

This is a long-term commitment,

thanks to support from

the Carrefour Foundation

for the 7

year running.

(1) Source: National Institute

for Statistics (INE).

270

YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE

ALREADY BEEN TRAINED

SINCE THE PROGRAMME

WAS LAUNCHED

SOLAAL

FACILTATINGDONATIONS FROMPRODUCERS

Catalyst, go-between,

facilitator… these are all terms

that could be used to describe

the work and ambitions of

SOLAAL

(

, whose aim is to

build a bridge between donors

in the food sector and

organisations responsible for

delivering food aid. “It acts as

the missing link, nationally as

well as locally,” explains

Angélique Delahaye, president

of the association, “helping

to optimise collections from

farmers, waste less food and

help beneficiaries to have a a

more balanced diet.” This kind

of food solidarity programme

is important for the Carrefour

Foundation. As a benefactor, the

Foundation has been supporting

SOLAAL

every step of the way

since its creation in 2013. This

support was readily continued

in 2014 to enable the

association to optimise its

logistics flows and to raise the

standards of its local relay

facilities. One of the main

challenges for

SOLAAL

is to simplify the logistics chain

underlying the donation of

food produce. The creation

of regional committees and

the increased awareness of

partners should make it possible

to optimise and speed up local

donations and improve dietary

diversity, with fresh and varied

produce. In other words, the

outcome depends as much on

the quality as the quantity of

donations. And this is of great

concern, when one knows that

the number of people in France

living below the poverty line is

constantly rising. The

association has already

contributed to the donation

of 1,200 tonnes of food,

or the equivalent of almost

2.4 million meals.

(1)

SOLidarité des producteurs Agricoles

et des filières ALimentaires.

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