A charitable institution, est. 1954
Some work must outlast its workers.
For seventy-two years this house has fed, taught and accompanied, through every government, every crisis, every fashion in generosity. We plan in decades, spend in receipts, and report every year.
- 72
- years of service
- 92%
- of funds go to the work
- 1954
- same mission since
The sorting hall, volunteers, as every Thursday since 1954
The works of the house
Programmes, measured yearly
Solidarity grocery & food parcels
A weekly grocery where people pay 10% of the shelf price, and emergency parcels for the weeks when even that is too much.
Night outreach rounds
Three evenings a week, a van, hot coffee and first names, we go to the people who no longer come to anyone.
After-school tutoring
One volunteer, one child, twice a week, homework done, confidence rebuilt.
Back-to-work coaching
CV workshops, mock interviews and a jacket that fits, the last mile between wanting a job and signing one.
Clothing & essentials drives
We collect, sort and redistribute clothes, bedding and hygiene kits all year round.
Digital help desk
Benefits, paperwork and appointments have all moved online, we sit next to people until it is done.
The accounts, in full
Where the money goes
A house that asks for legacies owes its donors the ledger, not just the promise. These figures are audited yearly.
- 84%
- of every euro goes straight to our social missions
- 9%
- keeps the lights on: rent, insurance, the van
- 7%
- is spent raising the rest, every campaign must earn its keep
Giving, three ways
Give for this year, or for the next seventy
A donation feeds the year's work; a monthly pledge lets us plan; a bequest builds the endowment that keeps the house standing when everyone here is gone. All three are tax-deductible at 66% (75% up to €1,000 a year when the gift funds food, care or shelter for people in difficulty), and all three are audited.
- The annual gift
- Funds the groceries, the tutoring, the outreach of the current year.
- The monthly pledge
- Predictable income, the difference between reacting and planning.
- Bequests & corporate patronage
- Received by appointment, with your notary or your board. Discretion is the house style.
Prefer another way to give? Call us and we'll help you directly.
The calendar
Upcoming occasions
Sep
26
Autumn food collection weekend
Two days, one trolley at every exit: add one item from your own shopping and we turn it into a month of solidarity grocery shelves.
12 partner supermarkets across town
Oct
8
New volunteers welcome evening
Meet the teams, tour the grocery and the sorting room, and find the mission that fits your hours, even two a month.
Our office, 12 Rue du Port
Oct
22
Open accounts night, annual general meeting
Our accounts, our results and our plans for next year, presented to everyone: members, donors, beneficiaries, neighbours.
Community hall, 5 Mill Street
Nov
14
Big winter clothing drive
Coats, blankets and sleeping bags: drop them off, or join the sorting line, warm hands make warm winters.
Sorting warehouse, 22 Canal Road
Dec
6
Solidarity winter run
5 km at your own pace, fancy dress encouraged, every bib funds a night of emergency shelter.
Riverside park, main gate
Joining the house
Offer your hours
Volunteers here stay for years, because the work is organised, the welcome is real, and nobody's time is wasted. Tell us yours.
Where we are
12 Rue du Port
Call us
01 23 45 67 89Write to us
hello@your-association.org
Office hours
Weekdays 9–18, Saturday mornings