The Foundation encourages and supports skills-sharing with partner non-profits on the job, but we also want to promote the volunteer work that Group employees do in their spare time.

Our Coups de Cœur Citoyens programme allocates funds to non-profit projects our employees take part in. Their focused personal involvement is gaining momentum nationwide.

The programme supports local non-profit efforts nominated by employees all across France in areas related to social solidarity and the environment.

Any SNCF Group employee who volunteers for or admires a non-profit can apply. The programme is also open to work-study participants, temporary employees and interim staff on contracts running for at least one year.

Twelve regional juries select the winning projects, and each region hands out a “Coup de Cœur” award as well as a Guy Crescent award for a project addressing disability issues. Once the regional juries make their selections, a national jury awards a “Coup de Pouce Fondation” prize to a project in one of the SNCF Foundation’s two focus areas: helping young people find their way as professionals and citizens, and working alongside them to create environmental projects in regions throughout France.

The regional juries also hand out Guy Crescent awards to recognize employees who give their time to help those with disabilities. The award comes with financial backing for non-profits whose projects make daily life easier for disabled people and their loved ones, with an emphasis on sport. One of the regional award winners is then selected for a national Guy Crescent award, which comes with a €3,000 prize.