In the educational field, the Bouygues group provides help for students in difficulty. Bouygues SA supported 9 associations in 2010. 

Francis Bouygues Foundation

Set up in June 2005, the Francis Bouygues Foundation helps motivated school-leavers with financial difficulties to finance their studies.

At 1 September 2011, 365 students receive grants from the Francis Bouygues Foundation.

All the Group's business areas contribute to financing the Foundation.

Find out more about the Francis Bouygues Foundation, click here.

Coeurs à Lire - Literacy support network

The network has around 150 member associations working in the fields of educational support and literacy. It helps both adults and children and young people with educational difficulties.

Financial support since 2008. 

 Trait d'Union France – Madagascar 

Set up in 2000, the association sends new books in French to Madagascar. The books are then distributed locally.

Financial support since 2008.

Partnership for priority education contracts with Sciences Po 

Bouygues has been involved in the experimental high-school scheme since 2006.

In 2011, Bouygues is to provide financial support to a dozen deserving students from Sciences Po’s Priority Education Contracts programme.

Foundation for the development of Paris-Dauphine University

The foundation aims to support implementation of the university’s innovative educational projects, to extend the university’s influence, particularly internationally through involvement with teaching and research establishments in other countries, and to create grants for French or foreign students at Paris-Dauphine.

Bouygues is a founder member of the Foundation.

FÉÉ – Endowment Fund for Equal Opportunity at School 

The Endowment Fund for Equal Opportunity at School has for a number of years been providing support for the Coup de Pouce Clé scheme led by APFEE (an association promoting equal opportunity at school). The Endowment Fund aims to provide long-term support for any initiatives and actions that afford the ‘right to a successful school career for all’.

Bouygues is one of the founder members of the FÉÉ Donation Fund for Equal Opportunity at School.

Orchestre à l'Ecole 

The aim of the association is to encourage the practice of music in schools through initiatives that help to create, fund, develop and promote school orchestras.

Bouygues’ support provided financing for 19 musical instrument fleets in 2009 and a dozen in 2010.  

ENSAM/ESTP partnership – specialist masters diploma in Sustainable Construction and Housing 

With the support of Bouygues, France’s École Nationale Supérieure d’Arts et Métiers (ENSAM) and École Spéciale des Travaux Publics du Bâtiment et de l’Industrie (ESTP) have created a specialist masters diploma in Sustainable Construction and Housing. The post-graduate diploma will train national and international experts to understand the regulatory framework of sustainable construction and housing.

There were 49 students in the 2010/2011 intake, 49 in 2009/2010 and 21 in 2008/2009.    
       
 

 COREP

COREP (Centre for Career Guidance and Psychological Testing) was created by SPAEEM (Society for the Protection of Apprentices and Children Employed in Manufacturing) to help young people from deprived backgrounds to achieve their academic and professional goals.
 

Bouygues has been providing financial support to COREP since 2011

(Updated: February 2012)