Putting Young People on Track for Success Through Sportst
Arkema is a supporter of Sport dans la Ville [Sports in the City], the main nonprofit working on inclusion through sports in France. It has been offering sports and education programs
for the last 20 years to provide a springboard for low-income youth, coaching them in their academic work, career guidance and first job hunt. The nonprofit has installed scores of facilities on the ground floors of buildings. They have given thousands
of girls and boys a chance to participate in sports ranging from soccer and basketball to tennis, as well as dance, free of charge. And that’s not all they do. “Once we make contact, we want to instill young people with confidence in their potential,
so we can put them on a better path to a job,” comments Pascale Remy, Head of Global Partnerships for Sport dans la Ville. “That’s especially true of the girls, who receive individual attention in choosing their career, focused on exploring sectors
and trades looking to attract more women into their ranks.” A thousand young girls enrolled in the L dans la Ville [Girls in the City] program to help girls get their first job, which was created to promote their development and give them the same
chance at success as boys. As a sponsor-partner company, we open our doors to all participants, offering facility tours, introductions to our activities and internship opportunities. Not a bad way to attract this talented group of young people to
our fields!
6,500
The number of young people who have been helped by Sport dans la Ville’s programs.
