Rennes

Rennes City Council promotes social inclusion through the Exit Card, which offers equal access to cultural, sports and leisure activities with reduced rates and community support.

Rennes City Council promotes the harmonization of rhythms of life, focusing on gender equality, labor reorganization and childcare services, improving quality of life and professional opportunities.

Since 2007, in Rennes, artist residencies have been held in primary schools in priority areas, promoting artistic and cultural education through creation experiences during school hours.

Citizens who live in apartment blocks, which do not have private green areas, transform the public space at the street level of their buildings into a community garden, which would in turn foster more direct contact amongst neighbours and socialization.

With the aim of fighting against inequalities, college students perform actions in the community in which they live in order to improve coexistence. In exchange they receive a room in a shared apartment, at an affordable price.

A new way of avoiding conflict situations, caused by excessive alcohol consumption among young people, through two teams: one mobile team of young people, and another of health professionals, that give information and raise awareness about this subject.

In Rennes, student nights out on Thursdays caused problems of drunkenness and disturbances. To mitigate this, an alternative program was created with free, alcohol-free activities from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m.

Rennes City Council promotes collaboration between leisure centers and cultural facilities so that children of different ages discover culture through recreational and educational activities.