This new mission puts the full weight of the SNCF Group Foundation behind the Group’s commitment to helping young people–also reflected in its ambitious human resources policy. Through partnerships with a wide variety of local and nation-wide non-profits, the Foundation supports a wide range of initiatives to help young people enter the working world.

• Rather than issue calls for proposals, we identify the non-profits ourselves and meet with them directly
• We invite the young “beneficiaries” of our programmes to join in our governance
• We engage in lasting partnerships (3 to 5 years)
• We make sure our sponsorship is not entirely focused on Paris-based projects and that part of our funding goes to initiatives in the French regions
• We offer our partner non-profits the benefits of support from SNCF employees through our skills-sharing programme
• We foster connections amongst our partners to increase the effectiveness and reach of our patronage across France’s regions
• We encourage donors to join forces to help new, innovative projects get off the ground

In response to multiple crises (economic, climate, health, etc.), most of our non-profit partnerships and the bulk of our €4.5 million annual budget are dedicated to helping the most vulnerable young people find their place in the working world.