Centre Severine Planning Familial

What Centre Severine Planning Familial does

Centre Séverine Planning Familial is a non-profit ASBL headquartered at 84 avenue Raymond Vander Bruggen in Anderlecht (Brussels-West), Belgium. Founded in 1982 at the initiative of several secular moral associations and Planning Familial 'Famille Heureuse' de Saint-Gilles, the center obtained official COCOF accreditation in 1989 and has since operated autonomously as a recognized family planning center open to all regardless of age, residence, conviction, or culture, and explicitly LGBTQIA+ friendly. It delivers an integrated portfolio of sexual and reproductive health services through a multidisciplinary team of approximately 21 staff and regular interns — including social workers, psychologists, a sexologist, a lawyer-family mediator, seven physicians (one OB/GYN, five GPs practicing gynecology, one trainee GP), a midwife, a secretary, and two coordinators.

The service portfolio spans a free daily walk-in reception and listening service (on-site or by phone), scheduled medical consultations covering voluntary pregnancy termination (IVG) and gynecology, psychological consultations, social consultations, legal consultations and family mediation, sexology, and midwifery. Add-on health services include a 3€ urinary pregnancy test and free emergency contraception (morning-after pill and copper IUD) and free condom distribution. The center also runs EVRAS (Education Relationnelle, Affective et Sexuelle) animations for primary and secondary schools in the Anderlecht network — covering contraception, STIs, consent, gender, sexual orientation, legal framework, violence, and harassment — and accepts bespoke institutional animation requests (e.g., CPAS 'Miriam', asbl L'Escale). Multilingual reception is provided in French, Arabic, Dutch, English, Spanish, and sign language, with interpreter support for other languages. No proprietary technology platform is in evidence; service delivery relies on in-person clinical workflows, a telephone line, a WordPress website, and an Instagram channel.

The business model is that of a publicly subsidized non-profit: operational funding comes from the Commission communautaire française (COCOF) and EQUAL, supplemented by federation membership in FLCPF, Gacehpa, and Bruxelles Laïque. Revenue from end users is negligible (only the 3€ pregnancy test), and there is no commercial pricing, contract, or fee-for-service layer. Distribution is local and direct: a single physical site in Anderlecht plus regional school and institutional partnerships for outreach. Go-to-market is community-led, driven by walk-in access, word-of-mouth referrals from partner social services, and long-term school relationships.

Name

Centre Severine Planning Familial

Legal name

A.S.B.L. Séverine Centre de Planning Familial Laïque SEVERINE

Website

https://planning-severine.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1982

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Centre Séverine Planning Familial is a non-profit ASBL in Anderlecht, Brussels, offering free sexual and reproductive health services — IVG, gynecology, psychology, social work, legal/mediation, sexology, and midwifery — to walk-in visitors and EVRAS school animations across Brussels-West, funded primarily by COCOF and EQUAL.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Anderlecht

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Public Subsidies: Subsidized by the French-speaking public service of Brussels (Commission communautaire française - COCOF) and EQUAL. Operating as a non-profit association (ASBL) with community subsidies.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Centre Séverine is a secular family planning center (ASBL) located in Anderlecht, Brussels, providing free and confidential reception, listening, medical (gynecology, IVG, midwifery), psychological, social, legal, sexology, and family mediation services to the general public. It also delivers EVRAS (Relationship, Affective and Sexual Education) animations in primary and secondary schools, and distributes free emergency contraception, pregnancy tests, and condoms.

Product overview

Centre Séverine is a secular family planning center (ASBL) offering a comprehensive suite of sexual and reproductive health services. The organization operates as a unified service portfolio centered on welcoming, listening, and care. Core offerings include medical consultations (gynecology, pregnancy termination, midwifery), psychological support, social work, legal consultations with family mediation, and sexology. The center also provides preventive EVRAS (Relationship, Affective and Sexual Education) animations for schools and institutions. Add-on health services include free emergency contraception, pregnancy testing, and condom distribution. All services are available in multiple languages (French, Arabic, Dutch, English, Spanish, sign language) with interpreter support for other languages.

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Functional benefit

Products and services

• Free Welcome and Listening Service

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Commission communautaire française (COCOF)coreOthersPrimary subsidizing body providing operational funding. Service public francophone bruxellois. BCE: 0424.047.475.
• EQUALcoreOthersSubsidizing organization for Brussels-based initiatives.
• Fédération laïque de centre de planning familial (FLCPF)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember federation providing network support, best practices, and advocacy for secular family planning centers.
• GacehpacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember organization for continuing education and professional development (Formation continue des professionnels).
• Bruxelles LaïqueminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember of Brussels secular network association.
• TCC AccueilminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization providing therapeutic support services.
• Maison des Parents SolosminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner providing support services for single-parent families.
• RenfortminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOutreach team specializing in addiction support services (assuétudes), part of Enaden network.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Sensoa: Flemish expertise center on sexual health that combines SRH service provision, education, and advocacy at a larger regional scale; comparable mission, broader portfolio, and a strong counterpart reference for cross-community Belgian SRH activity.
• MSI Reproductive Choices: International sexual and reproductive healthcare provider delivering contraception, safe abortion, and SRH services globally; comparable mission and core clinical offering, particularly the IVG line that Centre Séverine operates.
• Planned Parenthood Federation of America: Largest non-profit SRH provider in the United States; offers a directly comparable portfolio of contraception, gynecological care, pregnancy termination, and SRH education, representing a mature analog of the secular family planning model.
• International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF): Global federation delivering sexual and reproductive healthcare, education, and advocacy through member associations; comparable mission architecture and service categories, though at vastly greater scale.

Direct peers

• Planning Familial 'Famille Heureuse' Saint-Gilles: Original parent organization that supported Centre Séverine during its founding years; delivers the same secular family planning service model (medical, psychological, social, legal) within Brussels.
• Fédération des Centres de Planning Familial des Femmes Prévoyantes Socialistes (FPS): Belgian sister federation of family planning centers operating through a parallel (socialist) ideological network; offers directly comparable SRH, contraceptive, IVG, and psychosocial services across Wallonia and Brussels.
• Fédération Laïque de Centres de Planning Familial (FLCPF): Belgian umbrella federation of secular family planning centers of which Centre Séverine is a member. Operates an identical mission and service model across French-speaking Belgium, making it the most direct organizational and operational peer.

Emerging players

• O'Yes: Brussels-based organization dedicated to youth sexual and reproductive health, with an overlapping educational and SRH access mandate targeting adolescents, a key demographic for Centre Séverine's EVRAS work.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/planning_severine

Compliance1 record

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