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How do you fund the service?

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Our service has a cost: it pays for the bicycle, the upkeep and the driver. But the facility almost never pays alone. Several public and private supports exist, and they often add up. On this page we list the main aids you can use.

01

The facility takes part in the cost

  • Your facility can pay with its activity budget or its care budget.
  • The price is between 175 and 250 euros per session.
  • You can choose a pay-per-ride option or a half-day subscription.
02

Public funding you can use

  • The APA helps older people who have lost some autonomy.
  • Local Funding Conferences (Conférences des financeurs) support prevention of loss of autonomy.
  • Health agencies (ARS) and the CNSA often fund new health projects.
03

Sponsorship from companies

  • A company can fund part of the service. This is called sponsorship.
  • Sponsorship lets the company pay less corporate tax.
  • Private foundations also support useful projects.
  • We help you find the right partners close to your facility.
04

Our role

  • We do not write your funding application for you.
  • But we point you to the aids and the schemes that exist.
  • Our service meets many criteria that funders look for: health, social bonds, ecology, inclusion, local jobs.

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Funding, a prerequisite for the decision

No matter how relevant a programme is, it can only be deployed if it can be funded. Les Roues Solidaires has been designed to draw on existing public funding schemes. Several levers, often combinable, can cover all or part of the cost of the service.

APA · CNSA · ARS · funders' conference · private
Our role

Our added value when building your application

Les Roues Solidaires lets you demonstrate and measure the impact delivered to your beneficiaries, which strengthens applications for financial support and helps reduce costs. The benefits delivered - environmental usefulness, accessibility, inclusion, social bonds, meaningful and non-relocatable jobs - tick a wide range of criteria sought by many calls for projects, prizes and schemes: from public institutions, mutual insurers, insurance companies and participatory budgets run by local authorities.

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Pricing & packages

A clear price list and degressive packages.

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Your facility

Which funding for which type of facility? A table cross-referencing facility types and available sources.

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Map of available aids

A clear overview of the schemes you can mobilise - APA, funders' conferences, CNSA, ARS, European funds, foundations, calls for projects, mutual insurers, insurance companies, participatory budgets.

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Pricing

Tailored pricing

Our price list is designed to be clear and competitive compared with existing schemes. It includes the vehicle, the driver-facilitator and the impact-measurement platform.

For care facilities

€175 to €250 excl. VAT

per session

Remains compatible with the main funding sources (APA, funders' conferences, ARS).

For local authorities & CCAS

€600 excl. VAT

per session

Flat rate, degressive depending on the volume committed.

For Sport-Health Houses

On quote

depending on the format

Pricing adjusted according to the format of the programme (short cycle of 8-12 sessions or long programme up to 50 sessions). Personalised quote based on volumes and articulation with your offer.

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By facility

Funding sources by facility type

Each type of facility has its own funding levers. Below are the main sources you can mobilise, to be adapted to your territory and your project.

Nursing homes (EHPAD) & residential homes (Foyers de vie)

  • • Departments - APA, prevention programmes.
  • • Funders' conferences - prevention of loss of autonomy.
  • • Regions - senior and health policies.
  • • CNSA - calls for medico-social innovation projects.
  • • Private foundations.

Disability facilities (IME / MAS / FAM / Foyers de vie)

  • • Departments - disability remit.
  • • Regions - inclusion and training policies.
  • • Private foundations (Fondation de France, foundations dedicated to solidarity or disability).

Rehabilitation units & geriatric hospitals

  • • ARS - Regional Intervention Fund, regional programmes.
  • • Regions - health policies.
  • • Hospital foundations and private foundations.

CCAS / CIAS (local social-action centres)

  • • Local mobility, inclusion and senior aids.
  • • Funders' conferences.
  • • Territorial partnerships (pension funds, mutual insurers).
  • • Inter-municipal and departmental subsidies.

Cross-cutting levers - for all facility types

  • • Mutual insurers & complementary health insurers - calls for projects on prevention, health and autonomy.
  • • Insurance companies & pension funds - social-action funds and dedicated calls for projects for seniors or people with disabilities.
  • • Public-sector prizes and calls for projects - social innovation, health, inclusion, ecological transition.
  • • Participatory budgets and citizen projects run by local authorities - towns, inter-municipal bodies, departments and regions.

The benefits delivered by Les Roues Solidaires - health, social bonds, inclusion, ecological transition, non-relocatable jobs - match the eligibility criteria targeted by the schemes listed above.

Funding map

A map of the levers you can mobilise

Here are the main public and private schemes we mobilise with our partners to fund the solution. Most of them can be combined; the right mix depends on your type of facility and your territory.

Institutional public funding

The recurring schemes run by the State, regional health agencies and regional councils. The funding bedrock, accessible on eligibility.

APA - Personalised Autonomy Allowance
When prescribed by a psychomotor therapist, cyclo-therapy can be included in the support plan of an APA recipient, in replacement of or in addition to other support services.
CNSA - National Solidarity Fund for Autonomy
Calls for projects on medico-social innovation and Sections IV/V. Several funding lines can support deployment.
ARS - Regional Health Agencies
Co-funding of up to 50% available for schemes recognised as innovative, via the FIR (Regional Intervention Fund) and regional programmes.

Calls for projects & collective schemes

Competitive programmes, European funds and calls for projects: opportunities to seize as calendars open up, often well-resourced and structuring.

Departmental funders' conferences
Within the scope of preventing loss of autonomy, departmental funders' conferences fund collective actions for seniors. Our programme fits squarely within this framework.
Calls for projects, prizes, mutual insurers & insurance companies
Many calls for projects and prizes - run by public institutions, mutual insurers, insurance companies and pension funds - reward programmes combining health, inclusion, the ecological transition and social bonds. Les Roues Solidaires ticks every one of those boxes.

Private & participatory engagement

Private foundations and participatory budgets: complementary levers to kickstart a project or fund its extension.

Private foundations
Fondation de France, hospital foundations and pension funds; foundations dedicated to solidarity or disability.
Participatory budgets run by local authorities
Municipal, departmental or regional participatory budgets: residents or elected officials can put forward cyclo-therapy as a public-interest project serving seniors, people with disabilities or territorial cohesion.

Funding & pricing

Controlled costs, with several funding levers available and often combinable.

Facility

€175 – 250

excl. tax / session

Nursing homes & assisted living

Positioned between mini-group APA (€20) and premium support (€30–40).

Local authorities & CCAS

€600

excl. tax / session

Per-session rate

Decreasing with the volume committed (sessions, events, prevention operations).

APA

APA prescription

On prescription from a psychomotor therapist, integrable into the APA support plan.

CCAS

CCAS prevention budget

Autonomy prevention axis: CCAS budget line available.

ARS

ARS co-funding

Up to 50% support for innovative medico-social initiatives.

Example: 3 beneficiaries × €22/h × 2 sessions/week × 12 weeks = €1,584 - often 50% co-funded.

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