In order to continue the training efforts in catering and professional inclusion, and to support disadvantaged young people, Accor Heartist Solidarity is renewing its support for five flagship projects at its long-standing partner associations.

Since 2008, Accor Heartist Solidarity, the new name of the endowment fund, has helped fight the economic and social exclusion of people at risk of poverty by improving their employability. The fund thus supports projects that have a positive impact for vulnerable people in the countries where Accor has a presence.

As a result of the pandemic, the actions of associations promoting access to professionalization, employment or entrepreneurship is more important than ever.

Accor Heartist Solidarity helped these associations get through the first months of the health crisis, such as by adapting the initially planned budgets and timetables, or sometimes even by providing additional financial and technical support. Today, the endowment fund helps them to deal with new needs.

What's more, it is the Group's staff who submit the projects of the associations they support to Accor Heartist Solidarity.  They are actively involved in associations throughout the year, further measuring the need to help vulnerable populations find their way back to work. Accor staff play a major role in providing concrete action on the ground - which they know better than anyone - close to the beneficiaries and local communities.

The Board of Directors of Accor Heartist Solidarity, chaired by Sébastien Bazin, renewed the fund's involvement in five previously supported projects.