Between layoffs and lower activities, the associative world of sentence – Liberation
In the heart of the 11th arrondissement of Paris, in the reception room of the Le Picoulet social center, Pascale chatter with volunteers around a coffee. Like the dozen people present in the room, this 65 -year -old retiree is a regular. « I have never been so happy », announces the latter. Widowed for five years, Pascale discovered the Picoulet three years ago. Since then, it has been happiness: « I have friends now, we do lots of things thanks to the center, we go to the park, the museum or the aquarium. »
These outings are moments eagerly awaited by users of the senior program. But faced with the budgetary restrictions of 2025, they risk becoming increasingly rare, at Picoulet as elsewhere. According to a investigation From the associative movement (MA) carried out in March and published in early April, French associations are in great financial difficulty. 45 % of the 5,557 surveyed structures declare that they have uncertain or declining funding and 38 % lack stable solutions to make up for their faults. « It is not a new phenomenon in itself, Analysis the president of the MA, Claire Thoury. What is unprecedented on the other hand is the succession of crises that we take full force. ” And indeed, after the COVVI-19 pandemic and inflation of recent years, the State has asked local authorities
