05 November 2024 – 69 views
The second and final 2024 call for projects from Yuzu, the departmental crowdfunding platform, has delivered its verdict. After selection of the jury (bringing together representatives of the Department of Lot-et-Garonne, France Active Nouvelle-Aquitaine, “I adopt a project”, IéS, the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Region, Cress – Regional Chamber of the Social Economy and solidaire de Nouvelle-Aquitaine), the 4 projects deemed the most mature and corresponding to the selection criteria, launched on October 14 and will have until November 24 to carry out their fundraising campaign.
From 10 euros, citizens now have the power to grow local projects from the field of the social and solidarity economy.
The last 4 projects of 2024 selected
Emmaüs le Maquis
It is in Moncrabeau that the Emmaüs Le Maquis association was created to transform a farm in Lot et Garonne into a welcoming place for people in situations of exclusion. Cultivation of peasant wheat, processing into flour and bread, cultivation of peasant vegetable seeds are the main activities of this community. With Yuzu, the structure wishes to finance the rehabilitation and development of the new reception and activity premises for companions, employees and volunteers.
Financing requirement: €8,000
Martial Arts of the 4 Cantons
The sports association offering judo, jujitsu and Taiso lessons to children and the elderly has requested the Yuzu system to finance the purchase of new tatami mats so that the lessons can take place in the best possible conditions, in complete safety.
Financing requirement: €6,000
Departmental Rugby Committee to XIII
The Committee which organizes sporting events in the department aims to promote healthy sport and access to academic training for high-level athletes. With Yuzu, the structure wishes to finance the purchase of the equipment necessary for the organization of an annual and national, inter-committee-category U15 rugby league competition which will take place in our territory on March 29 and 30, 2025. This event on D-Day, will allow young people to be spotted by major clubs and thus develop their sporting careers.
Financing requirement: €6,000
Estillac Festival Committee
The very young association which aims to organize events in order to create social and territorial cohesion in the municipality wishes to finance, via Yuzu, the purchase of the equipment necessary for the organization of the very first inter-district & intergenerational game. EstiCompet'” planned for June 2025. Financing requirement: €4,000.
How to finance their project?
• Fundraising campaign until November 24 inclusive
• On the yuzu-lotetgaronne.org platform
• You may be awarded compensation depending on the amount invested.
• If the requested amount is not reached, contributors will be fully refunded their stake. The campaign is in fact based on the principle of “all or nothing”. The project leader must therefore achieve the objective set to receive the money.
The Yuzu “philosophy”
With Yuzu, the Departmental Council of Lot-et-Garonne invents a new tool that responds to two societal challenges: offering the opportunity to Lot-et-Garonne residents to give meaning to their savings, even with modest means, and to emerging businesses to find leverage to develop and make their activities viable.
The tool is unique in France in its design because it can operate both as a donation with counterparties and as an investment. Another Lot-et-Garonnaise specificity is the leverage effect of the community: for 1 euro citizen, the Department matches 1 euro (within the limit of €3,000 per project).
Many recognized players in solidarity finance (France Active Nouvelle-Aquitaine, “I adopt a project”, IéS) co-lead the system alongside the Departmental Council and are mobilized in the operational implementation. https://www.yuzu-lotetgaronne.org/
