The health crisis is depriving associations of their events and meetings, which are essential in order to raise funds.

The HelloAsso platform seeks to help them by offering tools for raising donations or registering memberships.

The co-founder of the website presented these features on Monday on Europe 1. 

INTERVIEW

30,000 associations could file for bankruptcy, while creations are in free fall of 40%.

The associative world is suffering because of the health crisis, according to figures from the Research and Solidarity network of experts.

The associations are no longer able to organize the events and meetings that allowed them to fill their coffers.

Co-founder of the HelloAsso website, Léa Thomassin was the guest of the program 

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this Monday on Europe 1. Its platform, created in 2009, allows associations to raise funds, register memberships or even put in place. place of ticket offices.

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Develop financial resources with digital technology 

For many associations, digital culture is not in the DNA.

HelloAsso's tools allow them to make this essential transition in this period of confinement and social distancing.

"We help them to take in hand the economic tools to develop their financial resources", indicates Léa Thomassin.

"We support more than 130,000 associations," she says, while France has a total of 1.5 million.

HelloAsso has also enabled firefighters' associations "to dematerialize their 'calendar operation' which now takes place online, in the form of click & collect", specifies Léa Thomassin.

Nearly 500 firefighters' associations are currently running their calendars campaign on HelloAsso.

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A burst of generosity

The loss of earnings due to the crisis is important for all associations in this month of December, because the French are generally more generous at the end of the year.

"During the year 2020, we had very good surprises, especially at the time of the first confinement where there was a burst of generosity, with a 30% increase in donations during the first half of the year. But we are now entering into a risk zone with the month of December, which represents a lot for the collection of associations ", confirms Léa Thomassin.

"In addition, the closure of sports clubs has a very negative effect on their financial health."

15,000 sports associations currently use HelloAsso.

"Now is the time to be there," insists the co-founder of HelloAsso.