Croix-Rouge française à Lille

What Croix-Rouge française à Lille does

Croix-Rouge française à Lille operates as the Nord departmental branch of the French Red Cross (Croix-Rouge française), the French national society of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement founded in 1864. The organization's primary commercial service is the deployment of licensed first aid stations (postes de secours) at sporting, cultural, and public events across the Hauts-de-France region, with volunteer teams sized and priced according to regulatory risk assessment. It also delivers first aid training to the general public through a national enrollment platform and operates the Chez Henry solidarity thrift shop, which sells donated clothing at affordable prices in Lille.

The organization is structured as a federated network comprising 17 local implantations (11 unités locales and 6 équipes) across the Nord department, with six physical locations in the Lille metropolitan area covering Lille, Roubaix, Tourcoing, Wattignies, and Templemars, and a territorial delegation headquartered in Lomme. Revenue is generated through three streams: fee-based event coverage priced via risk-based quotes (with multi-year contract cadence), donations and grants supporting humanitarian operations, and retail revenue from solidarity thrift shops. Customer segments include event organizers requiring regulatory safety compliance, citizens seeking first aid training and affordable clothing, and vulnerable populations receiving social support services.

Croix-Rouge française à Lille holds an official civil security operational approval (agrément opérationnel de sécurité civile) required to staff first aid stations at regulated events, and operates as a non-profit with no proprietary technology platform, no mobile application, and no disclosed AI capabilities. Marketing and recruitment run through Facebook, Instagram, X, and LinkedIn under the @CroixRouge59 and @croixrougelille handles, alongside the nord.croix-rouge.fr web portal for service requests and the inscription-formation.croix-rouge.fr national training enrollment platform.

Name

Croix-Rouge française à Lille

Legal name

Croix-Rouge française

Website

https://nord.croix-rouge.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1864

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Croix-Rouge française à Lille is the French Red Cross regional branch serving the Nord department, deploying licensed first aid teams at events, delivering public first aid training, and operating solidarity thrift shops across the Lille metropolitan area.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Humanitarian and Emergency Response Services

NAICS

Civic and Social Organizations (813410), Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services (6242)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Humanitarian Health & Emergency Medical Relief NGOs (HLAJAKAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Bilateral Development & Aid Agencies (HLAJAKAB)

Keywords

• Humanitarian services
• First aid training
• Event first aid
• Emergency response
• Charity retail

Headquarters

HQ city

Lille

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. First Aid Post Services: Fee-based coverage of sporting and cultural events through volunteer first aid teams. Pricing is quote-based and dimensioned according to event risk assessment.
2. Donations and Grants: Relies on public donations and likely government/structural grants for humanitarian operations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Croix-Rouge française à Lille deploys licensed first aid stations (Postes de secours) at sporting and cultural events through trained volunteer teams, and runs public first aid training programs (Formations aux gestes qui sauvent) plus a solidarity thrift shop (Friperie Solidaire Chez Henry) selling donated clothing at affordable prices to support the humanitarian mission in the Nord department.

Product overview

The Croix-Rouge française à Lille operates as a humanitarian aid organization offering emergency first aid services at public events, first aid training programs, and social enterprises including the 'Chez Henry' solidarity thrift shop. The Lille Métropole structure encompasses six local branches across Lille, Roubaix, Tourcoing, Wattignies, and Templemars, supported by the territorial delegation in Lomme. Services include: (1) Postes de secours — licensed civil security first aid stations deployed at sports and cultural events; (2) Formations — first aid training open to the public; (3) Friperie Solidaire Chez Henry — a clothing donation and resale shop; and (4) volunteer/civic service programs. This is a charitable organization, not a technology platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Chez Henry: Friperie solidaire (charitable thrift shop) operated by the Croix-Rouge française Lille Métropole, selling second-hand clothing at 158 rue Leon Gambetta, 59000 Lille.

Products and services

• Postes de secours (Dispositif Prévisionnel de Secours) Licensed first aid stations deployed by trained volunteer teams at sporting, cultural, and public events. Sized according to risk assessment (RIS ratio) to meet regulatory civil security requirements for event safety coverage. Targeted at event organizers in the Nord department.
• Formations aux gestes qui sauvent First aid training programs covering essential life-saving techniques and emergency response skills. Open to the general public in the Nord department, with enrollment managed through the national Croix-Rouge formation portal.
• Friperie Solidaire Chez Henry Solidarity thrift shop (friperie solidaire) located in Lille selling donated second-hand clothing at affordable prices, supporting the humanitarian mission of the Croix-Rouge française and providing affordable clothing access to disadvantaged populations.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Croix-Rouge française (national HQ): Parent national organization that the Lille unit operates within. Defines the service model, training programs, and brand that the regional unit executes locally.
• Secours Populaire Français: Major French humanitarian NGO delivering solidarity-based services including clothing aid, food assistance, and social support — directly comparable to the organization's solidarity thrift shop and humanitarian aid functions.
• Secours Catholique (Caritas France): Network of French humanitarian associations providing social assistance, training, and poverty relief. Comparable in mission, donor base, and volunteer-driven local branch structure.
• Association Nationale des Premiers Secours (ANPS): National first aid association providing event safety coverage and citizen training; closely comparable in delivery model, regulatory positioning, and volunteer-driven operations.
• Protection Civile: French civil protection association that also deploys volunteer first aid teams at events and provides first aid training. Most direct competitor for the organization's core poste de secours service line across France.
• Fédération Française de Sauvetage et de Secourisme (Croix Blanche): National federation of first aid associations offering identical services — DPS deployment at events, first aid training, and volunteer engagement — competing head-to-head in the French secourisme market.
• Ordre de Malte France: French branch of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta operating humanitarian and first aid services including event coverage and social aid — competing for the same volunteer and donor pool.
• Croix-Rouge française — Hauts-de-France regional delegation: Sister regional delegation of the same French Red Cross network, operating adjacent territory with the same service portfolio, training platform, and brand — a direct structural peer.

Broad incumbents

• Médecins du Monde: Larger French humanitarian medical NGO. While focused on international medical aid and domestic healthcare access, it shares the humanitarian aid mission and draws from the same French donor and volunteer pool.

Emerging players

• Fédération des Secouristes Français Croix Blanche: Regional federations of the Croix Blanche network that compete locally for poste de secours contracts and training enrollments in northern France, overlapping with the Lille unit's catchment area.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CroixRouge59
• Facebookfacebook.com/CroixRouge59
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/croixrougelille
• Instagraminstagram.com/CroixRouge59

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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