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Glisse en Coeur 19–21 March 2027

Over the course of 17 editions, Glisse en Cœur has established itself as the leading charity event in the French mountains, with nearly €6.5 million in donations given to 37 charities.

This success is based on a unique concept combining solidarity and a team relay ski race from 2pm on Saturday to the same time on Sunday, all in an atmosphere electrified by live concerts given every winter by headliners from the French music scene.

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Glisse en Coeur is...

   A fundraising campaign lasting several months

with nearly €6.5 million already raised over 17 editions

   A 24-hour non-stop skiing challenge with over 1,700 skiers every year

equivalent to nearly a trip around the world completed on a single ski slope

   A charity dinner and a major solidarity concert right on the slopes

featuring personalities from the worlds of sport, culture and the media

The charity event of the French mountains

In 2026, 137 teams took part in the 17th edition and helped to raise 873,416 euros in donations for the charity Ma Chance Moi Aussi. Find out more.

Glisse en Cœur has raised nearly 6.5 million euros in donations across all editions!

For 2027, the theme will be ‘dreams’, in partnership with Rêves andthe Association Petits Princes.

Rêves is a national non-profit organisation recognised as being of public benefit. Since its creation in 1994, its mission has been to fulfil the dreams of children and teenagers suffering from very serious illnesses.
The organisation’s aim is to offer them a magical escape from their illness. More than anyone else, sick children need to dream of things that inspire them and give them the strength to fight their illness.
By making their dreams come true, the charity enables them to escape from their daily reality and helps them regain confidence in the future.
Rêves operates across France thanks to the grassroots work of 800 volunteers in 30 departmental branches. The charity works in partnership with around sixty hospitals.
Every year, Rêves organises around 300 ‘Dreams’, funded by private donations.
To date, more than 7,300 children have been able to fulfil one of their dreams: Swimming with dolphins, meeting their idol, skydiving or even visiting an amusement park… what matters to Rêves is that every child chooses and experiences their own personal project, through which they can flourish.

Since 1987, theAssociation Petits Princes has been making the dreams of seriously ill children and teenagers suffering from cancer, leukaemia and certain genetic conditions come true…
By pursuing their passions and realising their dreams, children find the extra energy they need to fight their illness.
Because the illness turns the whole family’s world upside down, parents and siblings, in the majority of cases, share in the child’s dreams. The charity does not limit its work to fulfilling just one dream; depending on the progression of the child’s condition, several dreams can be organised for the same child.
More than 10,000 dreams have been fulfilled to date thanks to the commitment of our volunteers, and every day, two children’s dreams come true.
At the same time,the Petits Princes Association, in partnership with 150 paediatric departments across France, helps to improve hospital conditions for young patients. This support takes the form of funding for recreational, educational, artistic or cultural projects.
The Petits Princes Association will celebrate its 40th anniversary at the 2027 edition of Glisse en Cœur.

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Key figures

400 volunteers
Nearly 6.5 million from € in 17 editions
37 charities supported over 17 editions
about 25 000 km skied in each edition
Approximately 160 teams of 10 skiers

Objectives

  • To collect donations for causes supporting children. Through the Children’s Endowment Fund, donations are passed on to charities.
  • Raise awareness of the charity and the cause it supports.
  • Bringing energy and recognition to the charity’s leaders, the children, families, supervisors and support staff.
  • To offer a powerfulshared human experience for family, friends or colleagues. An adventure that combines solidarity, sport and celebration!

The winners of the Charity Run will be the teams that have raised the most donations in each of the two categories, “Company” and “Tribe”, AND that have completed the sporting challenge of 24 hours of non-stop skiing in a team relay.

The challenge for the competing teams is to race down the eponymous slope (every winter, this equates to almost a round-the-world trip being completed at Le Grand-Bornand) whilst having raised several hundred thousand euros through an intensive online fundraising campaign, held in aid of recognised charitable causes supporting children.

The official anthem!

The cause championed by the Ma Chance Moi Aussi association, the main focus of the 17th edition, struck a chord with one of the most prolific hitmakers on the French music scene, Gioacchino Maurici. The brother of Calogero, he has composed for the likes of Johnny Hallyday, Céline Dion and Florent Pagny, before teaming up with Bruno Guglielmi to create an official anthem for Glisse en Cœur. “A gift,” according to Isabelle Pochat-Cottilloux, General Delegate of the Children’s Endowment Fund, for whom “the educational issues championed by the Ma Chance Moi Aussi association resonated with Gioacchino’s own childhood, as he himself grew up in a working-class neighbourhood of Grenoble.”

"EN CHOEUR" - Collectif "Glisse en Coeur - Le Grand-Bornand"
"EN CHOEUR" - Collectif "Glisse en Coeur - Le Grand-Bornand"

The Children's Endowment Fund

Glisse en Coeur, Vendée Coeur and Danse en Coeur united under the banner of the Fonds de Dotation pour l’Enfance (Endowment Fund for Children)

The aim of the Fonds de Dotation pour l’Enfance is to create a sense of solidarity between existing 24-hour amateur sports and leisure charity events. A unique framework structure with an ethics committee for Glisse en Coeur as well as Vendée Coeur (Les Sables d’Olonne) and Danse en Coeur (Lyon).

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