Since 2016, SNCF managers have been allowed to organize team solidarity activities in every region of France so that all members of a team can spend time helping a non-profit on a socially conscious project.

The programme has several benefits:

• forming social bonds among team members
• learning about the non-profit world and building ties with those who work there
• motivating employees to participate in the Foundation’s skills-sharing efforts 

• giving young people the confidence to pursue their training and career goals
• cleaning up litter
• fixing up non-profits’ facilities and grounds, or repainting their spaces to improve morale
• going on outings or organizing activities with people with disabilities, the socially isolated and the elderly
• preparing meals and collecting or sorting supplies for the underprivileged
• making goods to be distributed by food assistance non-profits

Team solidarity activities are part of our skills-sharing programme. They let employees volunteer for and get involved with non-profits during work hours for a day.