Association Pleyades

What Association Pleyades does

Association Pleyades is a French non-profit association (Association Loi 1901) founded in 2000 and headquartered in Orléans-La Source, Centre-Val de Loire, France. The organization was established as a spin-off from UDAF (Union Départementale des Associations Familiales) to continue a "Rond point service" mission of supporting vulnerable populations through social and professional integration services. Directed by Tom Manceau, the association operates with a small team of approximately 6 employees and is structurally designed as a stable, mission-driven public service delivery vehicle rather than a scalable commercial enterprise.

The association delivers a portfolio of social support services including permanent welcome (Accueil Permanent), the AEDS module (a structured accompaniment framework), psychological support, art therapy, parenting support, collective workshops, and social/professional accompaniment. It also operates GEM Les Maillons, a Groupe d'Entraide Mutuelle (mutual aid group) functioning as a community-based support ecosystem. Annual throughput is approximately 470 beneficiaries welcomed, 250 visits, and 300 accompaniments, indicating a high-touch, individualized service model. The underlying delivery mechanism is relational and human-delivered, with no proprietary technology platform identified.

The association's business model is grant-funded, with revenue derived primarily from French public-sector bodies including ANCT (Agence Nationale de la Cohésion des Territoires), ARS (Agence Régionale de Santé), Cités Éducatives, Département du Loiret, Orléans Métropole, Préfecture du Loiret, and Région Centre-Val de Loire. As a non-profit social services provider, it does not pursue commercial revenue; its operating economics are driven by public-sector contracting and grant cycles within the French social welfare framework, with the organization functioning as a stable, geographically anchored service delivery partner to local and regional government.

Name

Association Pleyades

Legal name

Association Loi 1901 PLEYADES

Website

https://pleyades-orleans.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Association Pleyades is a French non-profit founded in 2000 providing social and professional integration services in Orléans, serving approximately 470 beneficiaries annually through accompaniment, psychological support, art therapy, parenting support, and the GEM Les Maillons mutual aid group.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Integration Services

NAICS

Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAKABAK

Family-School Collaboration & Inclusion Planning Support

Education/Special Education & Learning Support Services/Inclusive Education & Mainstream Classroom Support

SECONDARYHSAAAIAN

Inclusive Group Care & Peer Inclusion Facilitation

Home & Personal Services/Childcare, Babysitting & Nanny Services/Special Needs & Inclusive Childcare Services

Keywords

• Social integration services
• Psychological support services
• Art therapy programs
• Mutual aid groups
• Parenting support workshops

Headquarters

HQ city

Orléans - La Source

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Public funding and grants: Association loi 1901 (non-profit organization) funded primarily through public partnerships with government agencies and regional authorities. Services are provided free of charge to beneficiaries.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Association Pleyades is a socio-professional integration association that welcomes, accompanies, and supports adults facing precarity, isolation, and social or professional disengagement. Its core offerings include a permanent open-access reception space, a structured 5-week Module AEDS program for employment and social rights access, individualized social and professional accompaniment, collective workshops (expression and mosaic), individual psychological support, art therapy, parenting support, and the GEM Les Maillons mutual aid group. All services are delivered free of charge to beneficiaries.

Product overview

Association Pleyades is a non-profit socio-professional integration organization offering a unified service portfolio centered on welcoming, accompanying, and supporting individuals facing precarity and isolation. The core offering includes: the Permanent Reception Space (Accueil Permanent) as the entry point; the Module AEDS (Accès Emploi et Droits Sociaux) as a structured 5-week program for employment and social rights; individual Social and Professional Accompaniment; Collective Workshops for social bonding; and Psychological Support, Art Therapy, and Parenting Support services. The GEM Les Maillons (Mutual Aid Group) complements these services as a separate community space for social reconnection. Services are delivered through a multidisciplinary team combining social workers, a psychologist, and an art therapist.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• GEM Les Maillons: Groupe d'Entraide Mutuelle (Mutual Aid Group) operating as a space of conviviality accessible to any adult wishing to reconnect with others to implement a project of solidarity and mutual aid.

Products and services

• Accueil Permanent (Espace Permanent) A permanent reception space open without appointment where individuals can seek advice, schedule initial meetings, or be directed to appropriate resources. Serves as a friendly, accessible community hub for exchanging ideas and breaking isolation for adults facing precarity or social difficulties.
• Module AEDS (Accès Emploi et Droits Sociaux) A structured 5-week program for people distanced from employment, offering participants the opportunity to pause, reflect, discover, and project themselves toward an adapted professional and personal plan. Includes collective sessions and weekly individual follow-up interviews. Aimed at RSA beneficiaries and persons with professional or social difficulties.
• Accompagnement Social et Professionnel Personalized social and professional accompaniment delivered at the beneficiary's pace, covering employment access, access to rights (housing, social benefits, foreigners' rights), and health access for adults in precarity.
• Ateliers Collectifs Collective workshops including an expression workshop held twice monthly (led by a psychologist) and a mosaic workshop held twice weekly (led by an animator), designed to combat isolation and encourage social bonds among participants.
• Soutien Psychologique Individual psychological support sessions with a psychologist, providing a confidential space for people experiencing difficulties to find emotional support or be oriented toward appropriate structures.
• Art Thérapie Art therapy sessions using artistic expression techniques (drawing, painting, dance, music) adapted to individual needs, helping participants work on emotions, feelings, and stress to regain self-confidence.
• Soutien à la Parentalité Parenting support that strengthens parents' educational engagement by valuing them, restoring dignity and self-confidence, developing personal skills, and facilitating communication between parents and school (co-education).
• GEM Les Maillons (Groupe d'Entraide Mutuelle) A mutual aid group providing a convivial space for adults facing isolation and exclusion, offering social and cultural activities, exchange times around coffee, and solidarity and mutual assistance projects. Located in Orléans - La Source.

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• ANCT (Agence Nationale de la Cohésion des Territoires)coreOthersNational agency for territorial cohesion providing institutional support and funding for social integration initiatives.
• ARS (Agence Régionale de Santé)coreOthersRegional health agency supporting health-related initiatives and access to healthcare for vulnerable populations.
• Cités ÉducativescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEducational cities program focusing on educational support and parental involvement in schooling.
• Département du LoiretcoreOthersLocal departmental authority providing funding and institutional support for social action programs.
• Orléans MétropolecoreOthersMetropolitan area authority supporting local social integration and cohesion initiatives.
• Préfecture du LoiretcoreOthersPrefectural authority providing institutional oversight and support for social programs.
• Région Centre-Val de LoirecoreOthersRegional council providing funding and support for social integration and professional reintegration programs.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Broad incumbents

• Emmaüs France: National federation of Emmaüs social solidarity organizations addressing exclusion, precariousness, and social reintegration through reception, housing, and economic activity programs across France.
• Secours Catholique: Major French Catholic non-profit providing reception, accompaniment, and rights-access support to people in precarity, with local antennas in the same Centre-Val de Loire region.
• Restos du Cœur: Major French non-profit providing food aid and accompanying social and professional integration services to people in precarious situations, with local centers in the Orléans region.
• Médecins du Monde: International medical and social non-profit operating in France with programs for vulnerable populations including rights access, health mediation, and social accompaniment, with regional delegations in Centre-Val de Loire.
• ATD Quart Monde: International movement co-founded in France to combat extreme poverty and social exclusion, with territorial programs supporting accompaniment and participation of people in precarity.
• Fondation Abbé Pierre: National French non-profit focused on housing access and combating housing precariousness, with regional branches that overlap Pleyades' housing-rights accompaniment work in Loiret.
• Association Aurore: Large French non-profit providing reception, housing, social reintegration, and professional integration services to people in precarious situations, operating across multiple regions.
• UDAF du Loiret: Union Départementale des Associations Familiales du Loiret, the parent organization whose 'Rond point service' Pleyades was founded to continue; operates broader family and social support services across the same Loiret department with substantially larger scale.
• Croix-Rouge française: National humanitarian organization operating local reception, social accompaniment, and emergency aid programs for vulnerable populations throughout France, including Orléans.

Direct peers

• CCAS d'Orléans: Centre Communal d'Action Sociale of Orléans, the municipal social services body providing reception, accompaniment, and rights-access support to vulnerable residents in the same city as Pleyades; directly comparable in mission and beneficiary base, though funded and operated by the municipality rather than as an independent association.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/association-pleyades45

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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