Only 25% of the French population is currently involved in a volunteering activity. This level is very high among the 65+yo (35%) but is quite lower among the under 35yo (21%). We need to rethink commitment !
problem
We wanted to create a new “currency” that would be the time spent engaging in meaningful activities for social good.
With our solution, people can give as much time as they want and they will be rewarded proportionally.
REthink
Commitment
Our start-up would aim to create social links between different actors of engagement : on one hand, people who would like to get engaged and on the other hand, associations and actors of the social and solidarity economy.
Promote
social engagement
How ?
The goal of their social actions is to earn some virtual coins (from our engagement currency), and so a compensation for their time by concrete gifts, discount vouchers, etc from our partner firms. Indeed, we want to share the same values as our partner firms (local engagement, ecology, fair trade…). Rewarding citizen’s engagement will make them more efficient and more likely to help society. It gives them a concrete motivation : transforming their involvement time into a valuable currency.
our goal
Solving the engagement Issue
1/ We would like to motivate the highest number of people to start or continue engaging. Transforming their engagement time into a voucher permits them to have a clear view on their passed engagement, and give them a goal: the important is the feeling that while their engagement’s target always took benefit from his actions, the worker himself is now also recognized and granted.
2/ An obvious added-value of our project is the economic boost it gives to the ethical and solidarity economy: it brings economic activity to start-ups and small retailers, in an always bigger scale, but it guarantees also a great promotion for all these economic actors.
3/We shouldn’t underestimate the social impact of this project for the workers themselves: our project includes the creation and animation of a real community of “engagement workers”, permitting them to share their experience and feel even more part of a general movement.