Les Petits Riens

The local impact of Les Petits Riens is 308 people housed in three shelters, 120 people monitored at home, 17 people housed in transitional housing and 859 people and/or families supported by their social services! 🧑‍🤝‍🧑🏡

Since 2020, Les Petits Riens has been working on a new area of impact development: social real estate. The aim of this service is to create affordable supported housing in Brussels (LAA) for people in precarious situations. In collaboration with partners in the sector, the department has already been able to capture more than a hundred homes!

Nearly 8,000 tons of donations (clothes, toys, household appliances and objects of all kinds) pass through the sorting center each year. ♻️ These second-hand goods are sorted according to their condition, brand or material. On a daily basis, more than 130 people make the most of these items.

The non-profit organisation is convinced that putting people into activity/work is a key way to contribute to the enhancement of the person, the (re)construction of their social fabric, the acquisition of skills and autonomy. This is why it organises  collection, sorting and sales activities as levers for work-based training. More than 479 people have now followed a socio-professional integration programme ! 👷👨‍🔧👩‍💼

To push the upcycling of textiles even further, Les Petits Riens has launched its upcycling brand, the Label Jaune. The Label Jaune's sewing workshop uses stocks of textiles that are not very valued and transforms them into unique pieces before putting them back on sale. ✨ In 2022, the Label Jaune expanded its offer by testing the upcycling of design objects. In total, 2,657 unique pieces were made in 2022 by the workshop's team, made up of 2 employees, 23 volunteers and interns!