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Newsletter of April 2023

Dear Citizenfund supporter,

Les choses bougent au Citizenfund !

 

👋 After 4 years at Citizenfund as coordinator Aurore is stepping down and leaving her place to Astrid, who will take up the torch on May 8.

✍️ Our cooperators have received their invitation to the Annual General Meeting on May 15, 2023. This will be an opportunity to meet Astrid in person 😉

🚀 We have been selected by Ashoka to be part of their Impact Programme to duplicate our model, alongside Linked.Farm and BC Materials.

💰 €2,000 were invested by new cooperators this month! Welcome Marie Laure and Denis.


 

🌱 Portfolio news

🚴 urbike is one of 50 Brussels organizations committed to decarbonizing logistics.

🥕 Incredible Company breathes new life into its Oasis thanks to the work of a few cooperators and animators.

📖 Wilfried pulls out an incredible number on drug trafficking in Antwerp, among other things, and treats himself to stints on BX1 (1:14:00) and LN24 (00:24:00) to discuss it!

🤝 Give a Day convinces the province of Brabant Wallon to offer the platform to its active associations.

🚚 Happy Hours Market opens its second location in Jette.

🏦 NewB is looking for its next bank branch manager & CEO.

🧱 BC Materials appears on the 1pm RTBF news to show off its materials.

💰 Incofin was on CanalZ to talk about responsible investment.

🌳 Sonian Wood Coop took part in MVO Vlaanderen’s “Koplopers” podcast.

🩲 In 2022, Entusia avoided, thanks to its activities, 91,425 kg of waste, or 258,347.49 kg of CO2 equivalent avoided.

🏡 Novacitis and its Menuiserie will host the new incubator for social entrepreneurship in Wallonia, iES!

👗 Coucou has moved and welcomes you to its new premises.

🚜 Ma Ferme held its annual Fair with great success.

🐴 Hyppy is going through difficult times and is looking for financial support to perpetuate its business.

♻️ Yuman opened its second store in Etterbeek.

🪑 Relieve Furniture appeared on BX1’s “Big Boss” program.

🏕️ Evazion continues her RTBF appearances, this time sharing her tips and tricks for a first trip.

🤖 Polyperception

tests, trains and validates its Artificial Intelligence model for its customer levels.

🚴 Hooba deploys its solution at Sibelga and welcomes its first employee.


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🤓 Some interesting information

  • We’re sharing this new campaign from MakeMyMoneyMatter about the impact of your money. We won’t say more, except that it’s funny!
  • Less funny info… According to the annual “Banking on Climate Chaos” report, the world’s top sixty banks have secured $673 billion in financing for coal, oil and gas producers in 2022.
  • Our social entrepreneurs are idealists, and perhaps even mild-mannered. But let’s take them seriously! At least, that’s what this article in Echo suggests. And we share their opinion.
  • And finally, a reflection by Laura Rizzerio and Bruno Colmant on financial regulation in La Libre.

So, do we act?


 

See you soon,

 

The Citizenfund team