Local projects
The Kereis 4 Impact Endowment Fund aims to make a positive contribution to civil society by mobilizing Group employees to help others. The aim is to enable everyone to become fully involved in the actions that are important to them.
By opening a call for projects open to all employees, the Fund is supporting four local communities (Düsseldorf, Lille, Liège, Milan, Nantes, Nice, Pampelune, Rennes). This has resulted in the support of 13 projects that address four priority issues: health risk prevention, support for children and students, medical research and social integration.
Discover the 13 projects supported below:
CHROMOSOME
Founded in 2016, the “Chromosome Nantes” association aims to ensure the professional integration of adults affected by a disability, in particular trisomy 21. The catering and food preparation sales activity enables these adults to access the job market in a protected setting, but close to reality, and thus build a meeting place.
The association’s ambition is to raise awareness of disability, encourage encounters and promote diversity, by offering employment opportunities in a mainstream environment to people who have difficulty finding work. The association seeks to transform difference into a positive force.
The Kereis 4 impact endowment fund is supporting the opening of a second restaurant in Nantes, close to the future new university hospital. The opening of this restaurant will enable the recruitment of 6 disabled employees.
CLOWNS DE L’ESPOIR
Founded in 1996, “Clowns de l’Espoir” is an association dedicated to bringing joy and comfort to sick children. Its mission is to improve the stay of children hospitalized in hospitals in the Hauts de France region, by organizing regular artistic interventions by clowns and sand merchants.
The Kereis 4 impact Fund is supporting the association’s program to support three new hospital departments specializing in neonatal care, intensive care and post-acute care. Specially-trained clown and sandman duos will work in these departments.
CLUBHOUSE
Supported by the CLUBHOUSE France association, the CLUBHOUSE in Nantes is a place where people with mental health problems are supported in their social and professional integration, by actively participating in their personalized recovery project.
Kereis 4 impact’s support will enable the club to expand, offer healthy meals and organize activities for its members.
FONDATION FIMA
Kereis 4 impact supports the FIMA foundation, which promotes research in health and biomedicine. Kereis 4 impact is funding a research program on childhood leukemia, contributing to the efforts of the Center for Applied Medical Research at the University of Navarre in Spain (CIMA).
HOPE
Kereis 4 impact supports the association created in 2017, which helps women with cancer from the announcement of the diagnosis to post-treatment whatever the type of cancer. Hope supports stays based around equitherapy and art.
L’INSTITUT DE LA MÈRE ET DE L’ENFANT (IME)
In collaboration with the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rennes, the Institut de la Mère et de l’Enfant offers support to sick children and their families.
Thanks to the initiative of the Kereis 4 impact Fund, two controlled multisensory stimulation carts have been financed to promote the well-being and development of children during their medical consultations and intensive treatments. The carts are specially designed to awaken, orient and maintain the sensoriality of the individuals stimulated, all in a safe environment.
This contribution aims to improve children’s quality of life.
INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE
The institute, founded in 1894, is a medical research foundation.
The Kereis 4 impact Fund supports its researchers, contributing to research into pathogens, the development of vaccines and medicines, and the promotion of preventive and hygienic measures for the health of all.
KAISERWERTHER DIAKONIE
Kereis 4 impact supports the association, one of Germany’s largest diaconal organizations, in setting up an outdoor fitness park for people with mental health problems, to promote their well-being. Improving their health.
LA VIE KINTSUGI
Founded in 2017, the association supports cancer patients, their caregivers and carers. In particular, Kereis 4 impact supports individual pathways dedicated to caregivers, and is also contributing to the development of an interactive app, offering access at all times to key health coaching resources to help create a new balance with the disease.
LES BLOUSES ROSES
Since 1944, the association has been supporting hospitalized children and elderly people in EHPAD with 4400 volunteers. Kereis 4 impact finances 300 story boxes, digital radios without screens, to help children escape and break their isolation.
LES PETITS PAS DE LA GRENOUILLE
Kereis 4 impact supports “Les petits pas de la grenouille” in Belgium, and more specifically in the Liège region. The association works for the inclusion of people with multiple disabilities and their families.
The Evo’répit project offers tailor-made respite solutions, enabling parents and siblings to benefit from monthly evenings, 3 annual weekends and a week’s respite from disability at home.
OASIS
The association, founded in 1996, fights against all forms of exclusion by offering personalized support to restore people’s autonomy through a residential center, a day care center and health care beds in Romans sur Isère (26).
The “En voiture” project, supported by the Kereis 4 impact endowment fund, finances the purchase of an adapted vehicle to transport beneficiaries and meet the association’s logistical needs.
PIZZAUT
The association set up in 2017 in Lombardy, near Milan (Italy), aims to improve the lives of young people with autism and their families through training and professional integration. The Fund supports AutAcademy, a program helping these young people, aged 18 to 29, to develop their skills and foster their employability.