AVENIR SANTE

What AVENIR SANTE does

Avenir Santé is a French nonprofit association (association loi 1901) founded in 1998 and headquartered in Lyon, focused on youth health prevention across four thematic areas: addictions and psychoactive substances, sexual health, road safety, and hearing risks. The organization serves primarily young people aged 12-30, including students, festival-goers, and youth in priority urban neighborhoods, through peer-to-peer prevention delivered by Service Civique volunteers (aged 18-25) and salaried staff operating across 10 regional antennas covering at least 7 French regions.

The association's service portfolio comprises multiple branded programs rather than a single product. Core offerings include school-based interventions (PsychoTrop, Tabado, Campus Sans Tabac), digital prevention campaigns (Overnight, Polette #ciaolacigarette, Moi(s) sans tabac), festival and nightlife outreach (Monte ta soirée, Veilleurs de soirée, Équipes mobiles urbaines), and research/monitoring publications (Flash Addict, Alcoolator, ADdict). The technology stack centers on social media engagement (Instagram, Facebook, TikTok), SMS-based prevention campaigns timed around festive events, and a WordPress-based content platform, with prevention content co-created by peer volunteers through contests and participatory campaigns. Programs reach beneficiaries through direct field presence at major French festivals, university campuses, middle and high schools, vocational training centers, and urban street outreach.

Avenir Santé operates a grant-funded nonprofit business model with no disclosed revenue and no venture capital or private equity backing. Funding flows from public institutional sources including the Fonds de lutte contre les addictions, Regional Health Agencies (ARS), Préfectures, and the Conseil Départemental de Seine-Saint-Denis, alongside private institutional partners such as Santé Publique France, Ligue contre le cancer, and CRIPS Île-de-France. Services are delivered free of charge to beneficiaries, with the association employing between 11 and 50 staff supplemented by Service Civique volunteers and accepting donations through its website.

Name

AVENIR SANTE

Legal name

Avenir Santé

Website

https://avenir-sante.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Avenir Santé is a French nonprofit association founded in 1998 that delivers youth health prevention programs on addictions, sexual health, road safety, and hearing risks. It serves young people aged 12-30 across 10 regional antennas in France through peer-to-peer interventions, digital campaigns, and field outreach at schools, universities, and festivals, funded by public health grants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Health Prevention Services

NAICS

Social Advocacy Organizations (8133), Voluntary Health Organizations (813212)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Youth Justice, At-Risk Youth & Violence Prevention Nonprofits (BPAGADAM)

Keywords

• Youth health prevention
• Addiction prevention
• Peer education programs
• Harm reduction services
• Sexual health education

Headquarters

HQ city

Lyon

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Avenir Santé is a French nonprofit association that delivers youth health prevention and risk-reduction programs on addictions (tobacco, alcohol, cannabis, cocaine, nitrous oxide), sexual health, road safety, and hearing risks. Services are provided free of charge through peer-to-peer field interventions in schools, universities, festivals, nightlife venues, and public spaces, complemented by digital prevention campaigns via SMS and social media, across 10 regional antennas in France.

Product overview

Avenir Santé is a non-profit association ( loi 1901) focused on youth health prevention in France. The organization operates through multiple interconnected prevention programs rather than a unified software product. Core offerings include school-based interventions (PsychoTrop, Tabado), digital prevention campaigns (Overnight, Polette #ciaolacigarette), festival and event support (Monte ta soirée, Veilleurs de soirée, Équipes mobiles urbaines), and research/monitoring publications (Flash Addict/Alcoolator). The organization also recommends external health resources including Tabac Info Service and Fil Santé Jeunes. Prevention activities cover four main themes: addictions and psychoactive products, hearing risks, road safety, and sexual health. The association uses a peer-to-peer approach with volunteers in Service Civique across 10 regional antennas throughout France.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Polette #ciaolacigarette: Social media mascot campaign featuring a cat named Polette to help young people quit smoking, active on Instagram and Facebook.
• Overnight
• PsychoTrop
• Moi(s) sans tabac
• Tabado
• Campus Sans Tabac
• Monte ta soirée
• Bus Prévention Santé
• Alcoolator
• ADdict
• Flash Addict
• Les veilleurs de soirée

Products and services

• Tabado National tobacco cessation program providing free proximity support by healthcare professionals for young people aged 15-20 in vocational training centers, apprenticeships, and professional high schools to help them quit tobacco.
• PsychoTrop Three-session interactive school program developing psychosocial skills and critical thinking about psychoactive products among middle and high school students in priority neighborhoods of Seine-Saint-Denis and Paris.
• Bus Prévention Santé Itinerant mobile prevention unit sensitizing young people about HPV (papillomavirus) prevention in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
• Moi(s) sans tabac (Toi sans tabac) Youth-adapted version of the national tobacco cessation challenge, combining digital and field actions to engage young smokers in quitting tobacco.
• Polette #ciaolacigarette Smoking cessation mascot campaign featuring a cat character (Polette) on Instagram and Facebook, providing challenges, tips, and community support for young smokers wanting to quit.
• Overnight Connected prevention project using SMS, social media (Facebook, Instagram, TikTok), and a web platform to reduce alcohol and cannabis consumption among youth in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region through peer-generated prevention messages and contests.
• Monte ta soirée / Monte ta prév' Program supporting student event organizers in creating responsible festive events, with tools, resources, and the annual Prix Monte ta soirée competition offering prizes up to 8,000 euros.
• Campus Sans Tabac Tobacco-free campus initiative studying opportunities for implementation in universities in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, supported by the Regional Health Agency.
• Équipes mobiles urbaines Mobile urban teams conducting prevention actions in public spaces, festivals, and student environments across France.
• Veilleurs de soirée Evening watchers program operating in Nantes since 2012 to prevent and reduce risks related to festive practices among youth aged 15-30.
• Prévention en milieux festifs Risk prevention and harm reduction interventions delivered at festivals and festive events throughout France.
• Milieux scolaires et universitaires Prevention interventions in schools and universities targeting students on topics of addictions, sexuality, road safety, and hearing risks.
• Formation Civique et Citoyenne (FCC) Civic and citizenship training program for young volunteers in the association.
• Campagne de prévention de la cocaïne Digital prevention campaign on cocaine targeting young people, developed under the project 'Prévention, par les jeunes, pour les jeunes, des nouvelles dynamiques de consommations' and supported by the Fonds de lutte contre les addictions.
• Projet proto en Nouvelle-Aquitaine Prevention project targeting nitrous oxide (protoxyde d'azote) consumption among teenagers and students in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.
• Alcoolator Monitoring program tracking alcohol industry marketing strategies targeting young people, including social media surveillance and analysis of promotional tactics.
• ADdict (Flash Addict) Publication series analyzing and monitoring influence strategies (primarily marketing) used by the alcohol industry to target young people, including sports betting and advertising tactics.

Quantifiable outcome

• 1,293 young people received in-depth consultations during 2018 Moi(s) Sans Tabac campaign across 53 actions; 4,333 reached via Facebook page
• +3 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Recent moves7 records

Direct peers

• ANPAA (Association Nationale de Prévention en Alcoologie et Addictologie): France's leading national association dedicated to alcohol and addiction prevention, with a comparable mission of reducing substance-related harms through field interventions, school programs, and harm-reduction services for at-risk populations. Directly comparable in thematic scope and nonprofit operating model.
• AIDES: Major French nonprofit focused on HIV/AIDS and sexual-health prevention, with strong peer-led outreach at festivals, nightlife venues, and online. Directly comparable in combining peer-to-peer community engagement with sexual-health and risk-reduction themes targeting young people.
• Fédération Addiction: French federation of addiction-prevention and harm-reduction organizations, coordinating field actors across regions. Comparable as a peer network for youth-focused addiction prevention and risk-reduction methodology.
• Sidaction: French nonprofit raising funds and operating programs for HIV/AIDS and sexual-health prevention and care, particularly among young people and key populations. Comparable in mission scope (sexual health, harm reduction) and youth-focused outreach channels.

Broad incumbents

• Croix-Rouge Française: Large French humanitarian organization with significant youth health, prevention, and harm-reduction programming across France. Comparable as a broader incumbent offering overlapping prevention services through a wider institutional portfolio.
• Santé Publique France: France's national public health agency, which designs and funds national prevention campaigns (e.g., Moi(s) sans tabac) that Avenir Santé adapts locally. Comparable as the principal public-sector counterpart commissioning and scaling prevention programs.
• Médecins du Monde: International medical-humanitarian NGO operating harm-reduction and youth outreach programs in France. Comparable as a broader incumbent with overlapping health-prevention and at-risk-population work, though with a much larger footprint.
• Ligue contre le cancer: Major French health nonprofit funding cancer prevention and youth-targeted anti-tobacco initiatives, listed as a private partner of Avenir Santé. Comparable as an established funder and operator of youth prevention programming in the same thematic area.

Regional players

• Fondation de France: Large French philanthropic foundation that funds youth, health, and social-inclusion nonprofits through grant programs. Comparable as a funder/adjacent peer in the same nonprofit ecosystem rather than a direct program operator.
• CRIPS Île-de-France: Regional center for HIV/sexual-health information and prevention in the Île-de-France region, identified as an Avenir Santé partner. Comparable as a peer operating sexual-health and youth prevention resources in a specific French territory.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/0vernight.tirageausort
• Instagraminstagram.com/polette_ciaolacigarette

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

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