CEV member organisations

France: France Bénévolat (Full member )

Contact information

France Bénévolat
127 rue Falguière, Hall B - 1
75015 PARIS

Tel: +33 1 40 61 01 61
Fax: +33 1 45 67 99 75

Email: international[at]francebenevolat.org
website: www.francebenevolat.org.

Member information

France Bénévolat (registered in France under the legal status of "association Loi 1901") was founded in 2003 by merging the activities of two older entities, Centre National du Volontariat  and Planète Solidarité.  Today, nearly all major national non-profit networks are partners of France Bénévolat.  Its president is Jean Bastide.

France Bénévolat is the most important network in France welcoming and orientating potential volunteers.

Its main mission is the promotion of volunteering.  This aim is carried out by :

• maintaining regular contacts with  the stakeholders of the non-profit sector
• building up an efficient communication towards potential volunteers
• offering a mediation service either by
  - linking potential volunteers with associations needing their help through a website www.francebenevolat.org or,
  - interviewing potential volunteers in one of their 230 offices throughout the country and study with them their motivations and skills.

France Benevolat has developed other activities and competences, such as

• undertaking studies about the non-profit sector at home and abroad
• counselling associations ( help clarify their needs, raise awareness-level..)
• build partnerships with different institutions whose activities concern volunteer target groups, such as :
  - Pension Scheme Funds
  - National Employment Agency (ANPE)
  - Universities and Schools of higher education

France Bénévolat represents France at the International Association for Volunteer Effort (IAVE) and at the Centre Européen du Volontariat (CEV).