What Papillons Blancs de Lille does

Papillons Blancs de Lille (legal name Apei Les Papillons Blancs de Lille) is a French non-profit association founded in 1958 under the loi du 1er juillet 1901 and affiliated to the Unapei federation, which is recognized as being of public utility. The association operates a comprehensive portfolio of licensed medico-social establishments and services in the Lille metropolitan area, organized around the life-course of children and adults with intellectual disabilities. Educational and care offerings include three Instituts Médico-Éducatifs (Denise Legrix, Albertine Lelandais, Le Fromez), an Institut Médico-Professionnel (Chemin Vert), and SESSAD home-based services. Residential and day services encompass two Maisons d'Accueil Spécialisée (Frédéric Dewulf and La P'tite MAS at Baisieux), three Foyers de Vie, accueil de jour services, an emergency reception center (CAUSe) in Roubaix, and the PCPE Lille-Roubaix-Tourcoing for complex cases.

The association's employment arm, Groupe Malécot, runs seven ESAT sites, an Entreprise Adaptée inaugurated at Marcq-en-Barœul in 2016, and a Sisep insertion service, supporting roughly 900 sheltered workers and reaching around 1,100 persons overall. Activities span packaging, assembly, cleaning, landscaping, catering, textile care, digital printing, and FALC (Facile à Lire et à Comprendre) accessibility production. Artisanal sub-products such as La Léonce d'Armentières beers and ESAT-produced honey provide additional vocational pathways and act as fundraising vehicles. Support services for families include a caregiver respite platform (created 2019), Temps Lib' leisure service, and parent groups (Copains-Copines, Sac'ados).

The business model is a publicly funded managed-services operation: revenue comes principally from ARS Hauts-de-France via per-diem and CPOM financing of licensed establishments, supplemented by enterprise contracts (B'TWIN/Decathlon, Difcom, Enedis Nord-Pas de Calais, SuperQuinquin), membership fees, donations, and annual events such as Opération Brioches. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and services are free at the point of use for beneficiaries. The association reaches more than 2,000 families, supports 2,100-2,500 children and adults, and is governed by a board led by President Florence Bobillier, with Guillaume Schotté serving as Director General following the succession of Marie Morot. A new Projet Associatif 2025-2030 was adopted in June 2025 to guide the next strategic cycle.

Name

Papillons Blancs de Lille

Legal name

Apei Les Papillons Blancs de Lille

Website

https://papillonsblancs-lille.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1958

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Papillons Blancs de Lille is a French non-profit association (loi 1901) that runs licensed medico-social establishments — IMEs, MAS, ESATs, foyers, SESSAD and PCPE — serving around 2,100-2,500 children and adults with intellectual disabilities across the Lille metropolitan area.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Disability and Medico-Social Services

NAICS

Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120), Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facilities (62321), Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facilities (623210), Individual and Family Services (6241)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050)

akta.pro primary industry

Disability Services & Independent Living Support (BPAGACAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Specialized Assisted Living for Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities (Adult) (HLADABAJ), Human Rights, Social Inclusion & Disability Inclusion (BPAGABAN), Disability Services & Independent Living Support (BPAGAEAG)

Keywords

• Disability social services
• Medico-social care
• Intellectual disability support
• Sheltered employment services
• Vocational rehabilitation

Headquarters

HQ city

Lille

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices16 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Public funding and service reimbursements: The association participates in public service and general interest missions, receiving public financing to support establishments and services. The association also generates revenue through donations, membership fees, and charitable activities such as Opération Brioches.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Papillons Blancs de Lille is a non-profit medico-social association that accompanies children and adults with intellectual disabilities throughout their lives through a network of specialized establishments offering residential care, day care, medical-educational institutes, vocational training, sheltered employment, supported housing, and family respite. Services are funded predominantly by public authorities (ARS, Conseil Départemental, Conseil Régional) under the French medico-social tariff system, supplemented by member contributions, donations, and revenue from its sheltered workshops producing artisanal goods.

Product overview

Papillons Blancs de Lille is a parental, militant, and managerial association affiliated with Unapei, providing a comprehensive ecosystem of products and services for ~2,100 children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families in the Lille metropolitan area. The portfolio spans educational and care institutions (IME, IMPro, SESSAD), residential facilities (MAS, Foyers de Vie, SAJ, CAUSe), and vocational/professional integration (Esat du Groupe Malécot, Entreprise Adaptée, Sisep). The Esat du Groupe Malécot operates across 7 sites offering production workshops (conditioning, quality control, order preparation, digital printing, assembly, craftwork) and services (cleaning, landscaping, catering, vehicle preparation, textile care, second-work trades, FALC). Specialised offerings include the PCPE for complex-situation support, a caregivers' respite platform, leisure services (Temps Lib'), and parent groups (Copains-Copines, Sac'ados). The association also produces artisanal products through its Esat sites, including La Léonce d'Armentières beers and honey, and organises the annual Opération Brioches fundraising campaign. The PBL magazine (28th edition, April 2026) documents institutional activities and initiatives.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• IME (Institut Médico-Éducatif) — Medical-Educational Institute Specialized educational and therapeutic institute for children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities, combining schooling, care, and therapeutic interventions tailored to each beneficiary's needs.
• IMPro (Institut Médico-Professionnel) — Medical-Vocational Institute Medical-vocational institute for adolescents and young adults with intellectual disabilities delivering pre-professional training alongside medical and educational support to prepare them for sheltered or mainstream employment.
• SESSAD (Service d'Éducation Spéciale et de Soins à Domicile) — Special Education and Home Care Service Ambulatory service delivering specialized education, therapeutic care, and inclusion support directly in the child's home, school, or community to favor mainstream schooling and family inclusion.
• MAS (Maison d'Accueil Spécialisée) — Specialized Care Home Residential facility offering permanent medical, nursing, and therapeutic care to adults with severe intellectual disabilities requiring continuous specialized accompaniment.
• Foyer de Vie — Residential Home for Adults Residential accommodation and daytime activity service for adults with intellectual disabilities who are active but unable to work, offering housing, social activities, and occupational therapy.
• SAJ (Service d'Accueil de Jour) — Day Care Service Daytime reception service offering activities, accompaniment, and socialization for adults with intellectual disabilities living with their families or in supported housing.
• ESAT (Établissement et Service d'Aide par le Travail) — Sheltered Work Establishment Sheltered employment establishment providing vocational activity, paid productive work, and integration support to adults with intellectual disabilities, along with subcontracting services to enterprise clients such as Decathlon, Difcom, and Enedis.
• EA (Entreprise Adaptée) — Adapted Enterprise (Groupe Malécot) Adapted enterprise employing workers with disabilities in ordinary business activities, providing supported employment, professional integration, and corporate subcontracting services for clients including Decathlon, Difcom, and Enedis.
• PCPE (Pôle de Compétences et de Prestations Externalisées) — Skills and Outsourced Services Hub Skills and outsourced-services hub delivering flexible, individualized medico-social accompaniments and adapted support schemes for people with intellectual disabilities across the region.
• SAMSAH (Service d'Accompagnement Médico-Social pour Adultes Handicapés) Medico-social accompaniment service delivered in the community for adults with disabilities, supporting independent living, integration, and access to care.
• MAS « Un Toit Pour Moi » — Specialized Care Home for Aging Beneficiaries Specialized care home designed for aging beneficiaries of the association who are experiencing the effects of aging alongside their intellectual disability, offering gerontological adaptation of the medico-social support model.
• PEAJ (Pôle d'Enfants et d'Adolescents avec Troubles du Spectre de l'Autisme) — Autism Children and Adolescents Hub Specialized pediatric hub delivering coordinated diagnostic, educational, therapeutic, and inclusion services for children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders.
• ITEP (Institut Thérapeutique, Éducatif et Pédagogique) Therapeutic, educational, and pedagogical institute for children experiencing significant psychological, behavioral, or adaptation difficulties, combining care, education, and therapeutic support.
• Supported Housing (Habitat Inclusif) Inclusive housing service supporting adults with intellectual disabilities to live autonomously in ordinary housing, with on-call medico-social accompaniments based on each person's needs.
• Prodactive — ESAT Productive Workshop ESAT productive workshop delivering packaging, mailing, sterilization, material preparation, and small-scale artisanal production for enterprise clients and direct consumer sales.
• Bières Papy Kofta — Artisanal Beer Artisanal beer brewed by workers with intellectual disabilities in the association's sheltered productive workshop, sold to consumers and corporate clients as part of the association's inclusion-focused enterprise.
• Miel Frère Paul — Artisanal Honey Artisanal honey produced by beekeeping activities carried out by workers with intellectual disabilities in the association's sheltered workshop, sold to support the association's social mission.
• Cookies d'Henri — Artisanal Cookies Artisanal cookies produced by workers with intellectual disabilities in the association's sheltered workshop, sold to consumers and corporate clients to fund the association's social mission.

Quantifiable outcome

• 264 new accompaniment solutions created since 2018
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Integration1 record

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Club 41 (Bondues, Roubaix, Tourcoing, Lille-Lydéric, Lambersart)minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2021Five Club 41 organizations in the Lille metropolitan area partner with Les Papillons Blancs de Lille for the para foulées event at the Foulées de Bondues. Club 41 members (French clubs of men over 40, 350 clubs with 6,500+ members nationally) mobilize for solidarity and mutual aid actions and provide financial support to the association through the inclusive running event.
• SuperQuinquincoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 November 2017Partnership signed November 2017 between Les Papillons Blancs de Lille and the cooperative supermarket SuperQuinquin. Four ESAT workers discover the supermarket's operations every Wednesday and may become cooperators. Ten SuperQuinquin team leaders received S3A accessibility training. The partnership aims to strengthen social bonds, enrich life in the Fives and Hellemmes districts, and facilitate citizenship exercise for accompanied persons.
• B'TWIN LILLE (Decathlon)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorB'TWIN LILLE engages Groupe Malécot workers for brake guide assembly tasks. The company values diversity integration and the skills of workers with disabilities.
• DifcomminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDifcom works with Groupe Malécot for product packaging. Workers from ESAT handle packaging with efficiency and meticulousness, with the company teaching new skills.
• Enedis Nord-Pas de CalaisminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorEnedis has an established cooperation with Les Papillons Blancs de Lille based on trust and professionalism. They appreciate reactivity, ability to produce custom orders on time, and client-oriented follow-up.
• Keolis LilleminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Keolis Lille for the yarn bombing project at V'Lille Rihour station (October 2017). Approximately 500 hours of work by 31 persons with disabilities created 15m² of knitting to decorate the station. Project co-constructed by Papillons Blancs de Lille, Cultures du Cœur, and Keolis Lille to sensitize the public to mental disability.
• Lille 3000minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLille 3000 commissioned the ESAT de Lille-Fives to create a booklet in FALC (Facile à Lire et à Comprendre) for the Performance! exhibition at the Tripostal (October 2017), in celebration of Centre Pompidou's 40th anniversary. Six workers produced a 10-page guide in one month.
• Maria's World Foundation (Bulgaria)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBulgarian organization Maria's World Foundation conducted a 3-day exchange visit (January 2018) to learn from Les Papillons Blancs de Lille's professional practices for supporting persons with disabilities at their day center in Sofia.
• UnapeicoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLes Papillons Blancs de Lille is affiliated to Unapei, recognized as being of public utility. The affiliation provides access to a network of 45,000 members, national political weight for advocacy, training resources (such as Makaton), and collective campaigns like #avecnous (900,000 citizens). Unapei organized its 58th congress in Lille in June 2018.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves12 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Fondation des Apprentis d'Auteuil: Major French foundation operating educational, social, and medico-social establishments for vulnerable children, families, and persons with disabilities. Comparable in scale, public-financed operating model, and multi-establishment footprint.
• Croix-Rouge française: Major French non-profit operating a broad portfolio of medico-social establishments, home-help services, and disability support. Comparable as a large non-profit operator of public-funded social and health services across multiple regions in France.
• Unapei: National federation of associations for persons with intellectual disabilities, of which Papillons Blancs de Lille is a member. Operates as the umbrella network (45,000 members, 900,000 citizens) and provides advocacy, training, and policy leverage that member associations leverage.

Direct peers

• APF France handicap: France's largest disability NGO, providing medico-social establishments, employment support, and advocacy across the country. Comparable to Papillons Blancs de Lille in serving persons with disabilities through a federated network of regional structures.
• ADAPEI du Nord: Departmental federation of associations for persons with intellectual disabilities in the Nord department, operating a parallel network of IME, ESAT, MAS, and Foyers directly comparable to Papillons Blancs de Lille's service mix in the same region.
• Trisomie 21 France: National federation focused on trisomy 21 and intellectual disabilities, operating a network of regional associations that deliver medico-social establishments, employment support, and family services comparable to Papillons Blancs de Lille's portfolio.
• APEI de Roubaix-Tourcoing: Sibling Apei association in the adjacent Roubaix-Tourcoing sector, jointly operating the PCPE Lille-Roubaix-Tourcoing. Directly comparable in mission, service mix, and Unapei affiliation within the same Lille metropolitan area.

Others

• Fondation Abbé Pierre: Major French non-profit addressing housing exclusion and supporting vulnerable populations. Adjacent as a fellow non-profit social-services operator reliant on public funding and donations, with similar governance and advocacy models.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries3 records

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