Accessibility

Since 2015, through its Foundation dedicated to disability and its social initiatives, Malakoff Humanis has been supporting festival organizers in implementing measures to make their events more accessible to people with disabilities.
From Reperkusound to the Trans Musicales de Rennes, and including La Nuit de l'Erdre (July 3–6), the Group will support 25 festivals across mainland France this year, of all sizes and musical styles.

In 2023, the Malakoff Humanis Foundation strengthened its commitment by publishing, in collaboration with GoGoGood [1], the white paper « Festivalons tous ensemble ». As the first guide to best practices on festival accessibility, this white paper brings together field experiments as well as testimonials from festival organizers, accessibility professionals, and festival-goers with disabilities. It provides practical guidance for initiating or further developing an accessibility strategy.

(1) GoGoGood supports companies in implementing responsible experiences. By making ecological and social engagement more accessible, GoGoGood offers companies projects of general interest to enhance their CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) action plans.

 Fondation Handicap – Malakoff Humanis

The Association for Mediation and Accessibility to Art and Culture (AMAAC) is an organization that improves the accessibility of temporary events (festivals, cultural events, etc.) so that they are accessible to everyone. During events, the association’s volunteers welcome and assist people with specific needs as well as deaf or hard-of-hearing individuals. Since 2011, the association has been working with the Nuits sonores festival by checking the accessibility of venues before the festival, providing specific equipment or services (such as a vibrating floor or a French Sign Language bar for deaf or hard-of-hearing people), and adjusting technical facilities, such as providing bar counters at accessible heights for people with reduced mobility.