Onze Mille Potes

Paris, France

Housing & HomelessnessCommunity developmentTax-deductible donations

AssociationFounded 2007Local reach89 volunteers

Profile last updated: May 3, 2026

About

Founded in 2007, Onze Mille Potes is a non-profit association based in Paris, France working on housing & homelessness, community development.

Onze Mille Potes is a Paris association founded in 2007 by neighbourhood councils of the 11th arrondissement. It offers people without a home a luggage storage service (bagagerie) and a laundry service (laverie) at its premises in the Bains Douches building on rue Oberkampf. It runs the local solidarity network Le Carillon, relies largely on volunteers, and is recognised as being in the general interest, so donations are eligible for a tax reduction.

Location

Paris, France

Founded

2007

Organisation type

Association

Focus areas

homelessnesslaundryluggage storagevolunteeringParis 11solidarity

Languages

Causes & programmes

Causes

Housing & HomelessnessCommunity development

Works for

Homeless peoplePeople in poverty

How they work

Direct servicesVolunteer programmesCommunity programmes

Programmes

Bagagerie

Housing & Homelessness · France

Secure luggage storage lockers for homeless people, allocated through partner organisations for up to three months.

Laverie

Housing & Homelessness · France

Laundry service for people referred by partner organisations, with washing and drying without appointment, available to bagagerie users.

Le Carillon

Community development · France

Local solidarity network of homeless people, shopkeepers and residents, promoting social ties and mutual aid in the neighbourhood, with vouchers for goods and services.

Funding & support

Volunteers

Funded by

Individual donationsCorporate partnershipsGovernment fundingMembership fees

Ways to support

DonateVolunteerMembershipCorporate partnership

Trust

Tax-deductible donations

Credentials & affiliations

Partnerships

Mairie de Paris, Secours Populaire, Le Carillon, Arkema France, Super Flacon, Big Jack, Cargill, BRED, U Express Oberkampf, The Beans on Fire, La Lessive Paris, Palais de la Femme, Armée du Salut, OPPELIA, Médecins du Monde, EMMAÜS Solidarité, APCARS, Fondation de l'Académie de Médecine