November 13, 2025

Complementary Action Funding at Refashion: Second-Hand Calls for Projects

What are second-hand calls for projects?

Second-Hand Calls for Projects aim to support textile industry stakeholders in developing innovative and structuring projects to improve second-hand performance and develop a desirable and local second-hand market. This program has evolved over the editions to meet the sector's needs. 

2026 Edition

Application period: April 14 to May 24, 2026

Refashion is relaunching, for the 4th time, the Second Hand Call for Projects, confirming its lasting commitment to reuse. This call for projects pursues several objectives:

  • Finance concrete initiatives to support the reuse of TLC in France,
  • Optimize and streamline second-hand channels,
  • Develop volumes via the attractiveness of the second-hand offer,
  • Encourage scaling up and cooperation between stakeholders.
Learn more

2023 edition

Refashion's first Reuse Call for Projects, focused exclusively on the refurbishment of used CHF(Clothing textiles, Household linen and footwear) through two project formats (Seed funding up to €20,000 and Development up to €200,000).

Goals : 

  • Increase volumes reused and reused locally through refurbishment actions 
  • Provide stakeholders with the means to define refurbishment as a priority in order to develop quality reuse and reuse 

2024 Edition

The 2024 Edition pursues a triple mission through three project formats: Seed funding up to €20,000, Development up to €200,000, and Industrialization up to €2,000,000.

Goals: 

  • Extend the lifespan of items through the implementation of refurbishment actions: sanitization, cleaning, stain removal and repair. 
  • Develop volumes reused and reused locally 
  • Provide stakeholders with the means to develop the quality of items offered in order to build citizens' confidence in second-hand 

2025 Edition

2025 Edition came with a new format and new several funding areas:

  • Refurbishment actions for collected used textiles and footwear 
  • Development of collective preservation storage solutions 
  • Actions related to digital sales of collected used textiles and footwear 
  • Territorial cooperation: engineering actions and implementation of collective projects to develop a local reuse offering 

Applications have been closed since April 2025. 

In the meantime, discover the winners of the first three editions by browsing the interactive map below:

Additional information

Non-negotiable eligibility condition:

To be eligible for complementary action funding, the Clothing Textiles, Household Linen and Footwear (CHF) processed in your project must come from sources under contract with Refashion. This requirement ensures flow traceability and compliance with REP TLC sector objectives. 

Two possible situations: 

1. You collect and are eligible for contracting

You collect Clothing Textiles, Household Linen and Footwear (CHF), regardless of their condition. You can now submit a contracting request to Refashion. 

Steps to follow: 

  • Submityour contracting request (je n’ai pas trouvé un lien pour une version anglaise sur le site pro > probablement voir avec la teams Opés) 
  • Send it to the dedicated service for processing

Note: only social and solidarity economy (ESS) actors can perform the skimming action, which consists of selecting the best quality items. 

2. You do not collect or are not eligible for contracting

In this case, you must establish a partnership with a Collection or Sorting Operator contracted by Refashion, so that they can provide the volumes needed for the project.  

Consult here the list of contracted Collection Operators and Sorting Operators. 

Textile & footwear industry stakeholders

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