W13

What W13 does

W13 (Welzijnsvereniging W13) is a public welfare association (welzijnsvereniging) founded in 2015 and headquartered at Budastraat 35, Kortrijk, Belgium. It coordinates social welfare services across 14 member Public Centers for Social Welfare (OCMWs) and CAW Zuid-West-Vlaanderen in the South-West Flanders region. Its core service portfolio includes Konekti (youth support under the 1Gezin1Plan framework), Energiehuis (energy advice, renovation loans, and energy poverty assistance), Food Act 13 (a food redistribution program having distributed over 3 million kg of surplus food), and the Regionaal Crisisnetwerk (RCK), a 30-year-old cross-sectoral network providing emergency overnight accommodation including 3 crisis beds and a family studio. Complementary initiatives include Podcast 13-13 (homelessness awareness), Images of Homelessness (an award-winning image bank), and WAKOSTA?! (youth financial literacy).

The underlying technology consists of a multilingual content platform (welzijn13.be, available in Dutch, French, German, and English) used as the primary information hub for service access, news, and newsletter subscription. The site is partially conformant with WCAG 2.1 Level A accessibility and GDPR-compliant. Supporting analytics include Matomo, Google Analytics, and a 'Virtual Assistant' cookie layer for conversational continuity. There is no proprietary software product, no mobile application, no disclosed API, and no AI/ML capability.

W13's revenue model is managed-services/government funding: as a publicly mandated welfare association, its services are delivered to citizens free of charge or at subsidized rates, financed through contributions from its 14 OCMW members and Flemish public welfare budgets, supplemented by third-party donations (e.g., 125,500 EUR from De Poort and Ladies Circle to Food Act 13). Distribution is direct-to-citizen through the 14 OCMW office network plus specialized program locations (RCK crisis studios, Food Act 13 distribution points, Energiehuis points). W13 holds no patents or trademarks and reports 51-100 employees.

Name

W13

Legal name

Welzijnsvereniging W13

Website

https://welzijn13.be

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

W13 is a public welfare association in South-West Flanders, Belgium, coordinating social welfare services across 14 OCMWs and CAW Zuid-West-Vlaanderen through programs including food redistribution, energy assistance, youth support, and crisis accommodation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Welfare Services

NAICS

Individual and Family Services (6241), Community Housing Services (62422), Community Food Services (62421), Temporary Shelters (624221)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Local Public Health & Human Services Administration (BPAIACAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Housing Assistance & Homeless Services (BPAGAEAB), Food Assistance & Nutrition Relief (Emergency Feeding) (BPAGAAAD), Homelessness Prevention, Shelter & Supportive Housing Services (BPAIANAC)

Keywords

• Social welfare services
• Welfare association coordination
• Food redistribution programs
• Energy poverty assistance
• Crisis accommodation services

Headquarters

HQ city

Kortrijk

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Government funding: As a public welfare association (welzijnsvereniging) comprised of 14 OCMWs and CAW Zuid-West-Vlaanderen, W13 is funded through government sources and public social welfare budgets.

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

W13 is a regional welfare association (welzijnsvereniging) that coordinates and delivers social welfare services across South-West Flanders on behalf of 14 member OCMWs (Public Centers for Social Welfare) and CAW Zuid-West-Vlaanderen. Its core offerings are service programs: Konekti (youth guidance under the 1G1P framework), Energiehuis (energy advice and subsidies), Food Act 13 (surplus food redistribution), and the Regionaal Crisisnetwerk (RCK) for emergency crisis accommodation. Services are funded through government grants and provided to citizens free of charge or at subsidized rates.

Product overview

W13 is a social welfare association (welzijnsvereniging) serving 14 OCMWs and CAW Zuid-West-Vlaanderen in South-West Flanders, Belgium. The organization operates as a unified welfare service provider rather than a platform product company. Its portfolio includes: Konekti (youth support under 1G1P framework), Energiehuis (energy advice services), Food Act 13 (food redistribution program having distributed over 3 million kg), Regionaal Crisisnetwerk (crisis overnight accommodation), Podcast 13-13 (awareness content on homelessness), Images of Homelessness (documentation project), and WAKOSTA?! (financial literacy for youth). These are social welfare services, not technology products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Konekti

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• RCK (Regionaal Crisisnetwerk)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2024The Regional Crisis Network is a cross-sectoral collaboration providing emergency shelter for persons in crisis. In 2024, RCK celebrated its 30th anniversary. It provides 3 crisis beds plus a family studio.
• Politiezone VLAScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPolice zone VLAS (Kortrijk, Kuurne, Lendelede) handles the phone dispatch for RCK and provides keys to crisis studio guests after 5 PM. They serve as the first filter for crisis referrals, assessing if persons meet RCK criteria.
• Groep UbuntucoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGroep Ubuntu participates in RCK case consultations, providing support for persons with (suspected) disabilities. They help assess whether individuals need disability-specific support.
• CAW Zuid-West-VlaanderencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCAW provides crisis beds and is a founding partner of the RCK. With 30+ years of RCK experience among staff, they provide shelter and support for people in crisis including domestic violence survivors.
• vzw OikondeminorOthersvzw Oikonde from Kortrijk donated funding to furnish a studio as a family shelter location for the Regional Crisis Network.
• vzw De PoortcoreOthersSVK De Poort provides a studio used by RCK for family crisis accommodation, furnished by vzw Oikonde support.
• HowestminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHowest students collaborate with W13 to prepare hygiene packages for distribution to those in need.
• De Poort and Ladies CircleminorOthersDe Poort and Ladies Circle jointly donated 125,500 euros to Food Act 13 program.
• 14 OCMWscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner14 Public Centers for Social Welfare (OCMWs) are member organizations of the W13 welfare association.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Welzijnsschakels: Flemish network of local volunteer groups fighting poverty and social isolation. Comparable mission to W13 on poverty alleviation but operates through grassroots volunteer mobilisation rather than professional welfare services.
• Samenlevingsopbouw: Flemish organisation fighting poverty and social exclusion through community-level support and advocacy. Comparable to W13's broader welfare mission but with a community-building emphasis rather than direct service delivery.

Direct peers

• CAW Antwerpen: Regional Centra Algemeen Welzijnswerk providing welfare, housing, and crisis services across the Antwerp region. Same CAW institutional structure and welfare service portfolio as W13's CAW partner, operating in a different geography.
• CAW De Kempen: Regional CAW covering the Kempen area, offering housing, crisis, and welfare services. Same institutional model and service portfolio as W13's CAW partner, serving a comparable rural/mixed community.
• CAW Brussel: Brussels-based CAW providing welfare, crisis, and homelessness services. Closely comparable to W13's CAW partner in the services delivered, target population, and CAW institutional framework.
• CAW Zuid-West-Vlaanderen: Founding partner of the RCK and co-member of W13, CAW Zuid-West-Vlaanderen provides parallel welfare services (crisis support, housing, domestic violence) in the same region. Operating model and target population are essentially identical to W13's service lines.
• Voedselbanken België: Belgian Federation of Food Banks operates the nationwide food redistribution network that Food Act 13 plugs into. Same core activity (surplus food collection and redistribution to vulnerable populations), same nonprofit model, same regulatory framework.

Regional players

• Vluchtelingenwerk Vlaanderen: Flemish refugee support organisation providing shelter, legal aid, and social support. Adjacent to W13's RCK and housing services but with a specialised refugee-and-displacement focus.
• Straatvzw: Brussels-based nonprofit focused on homelessness outreach, shelter, and housing support. Directly comparable to W13's RCK crisis and housing programs but with a different geographic focus and outreach-based delivery model.

Broad incumbents

• Rode Kruis-Vlaanderen: Belgian Red Cross operates a broad portfolio of humanitarian and welfare services including emergency shelter, food assistance, and support for vulnerable populations. Overlaps with W13's crisis, food, and vulnerable-population work but at a national scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Welzijn13
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/w13

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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