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Horticultural professions
with
Fleurs & Jardins
de Cocagne
FRANCE–
The 120Gardens in the Cocagne
network currently have 4,320 employees
on job-creation contracts. Through train-
ing in market gardening and social and
vocational guidance, almost one out of
every two of the trainee gardeners finds
a job or a vocational training place after-
wards. Thanks to its partnership with
Carrefour, 20 Cocagne gardens are given
development support every year, with the
purchase of appropriate equipment.
In2015, the Foundation’s support enabled
the development of innovative projects on
urban agriculture and organic horticulture.
Other projects
supported
Set up by the
ARES
non-profit
association and XPO Logistics,
Log’Ins
is an “Adapted Enterprise” under
French civil law, serving as a springboard
to a career in logistics, with the aim
of improving the employment prospects
of people with disabilities, while helping
them to develop a professional project
and a personal plan regarding
accommodation, health care and
mobility. In 2015, the Carrefour
Foundation helped set up Log’Ins
in Lyons.
The
Conexão
programme
,
which is
backed by the
Rede Cidadã
association
in Brazil, was set up to offer high-quality
vocational training for people
fromdisadvantaged families.
Carrefour was particularly involved
in developing specific training
in the retail trades.
Since 2013, over 5,300 individuals
have been trained and nearly
950 of themwere then taken on
as Carrefour employees.
Catering professions
with
À table citoyens
FRANCE –
In Seine-Saint-Denis, a depart-
ment particularly affected by unemploy-
ment, nearly one young person in three
has no qualifications.
Baluchon
is a social
enterprise that helps create jobs, mak-
ing and delivering meals prepared with
fresh products direct from responsible
producers. Between 500 and 800 meals
(including lunch menus for offices and a
home delivery meal service) are prepared
daily by trainee staff. 35 jobs have already
been created in two years, 22 as part of a
training and employment trajectory. The
Foundation supports the project with a
€40,000 grant to help the existing struc-
ture to expand.
Retail professions
with
Fundación Exit
SPAIN –
Since 2008, Carrefour and its cor-
porate Foundation have been collaborating
with
Fundación Exit
on the
Conecta
project,
a vocational training initiative aimed at
16-21 year-olds who have failed at school
or are at risk of social exclusion, in a context
where more than one young person out of
two is unemployed.
Carrefour assists beneficiaries with in-store
training (e.g. at the delicatessen counter, as
a salesperson, a cheesemonger, or more)
and guidance on finding employment. The
partnershiphas already enabled300people
tobe trained and for 100 interns to get work
experience in the various stores, sometimes
leading to a job.
For more information, see
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