The Refuge is a safe space that hosts and supports LGBTQIA+ youth who can no longer live at home in Belgium.
Discover our Projects.
Our Shelter.
For 18-25s in Belgium.
Our Support for Refugees
For Asylum Seekers.
Our second-hand shop.
For consuming less, and better.
Our collaborative projects.
For sharing our solidarity expertise.
Le Refuge is there for every young person to express their orientations and gender with complete confidence.
12
Employees
25
Volunteers
34
Available accommodation.
195
Young people accommodated since our opening.
300.000€
To be gathered to ensure our mission in 2025.
A safe space
LGBTQIA+
since May 2018
A space where every young LGBTQIA+ person can feel safe and respected. Here, listening and kindness allow for rebuilding without fear of the judgement of others. More than just a place, it is a community where everyone finds their place and dignity.
Le Refuge, is
Our partners.
Our partners play a vital role by providing their support through collaborations, funding, and concrete actions to offer a safer and more inclusive future for the young people we support.
To heal and rise again.
“I had to leave my family because things were said and done that I could not bear. Most of the time, we think we’re alone in this situation, that there’s no one to help us.
But at le Refuge, I found people who listened to me, who reached out to me. Here, I realised that I wasn’t alone and that even after difficult times, you can move forward.”
Ezio, 20
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