social.brussels

Search Bruxelles Social, the bilingual directory of social and health services in the Brussels-Capital Region: shelters, CPAS/OCMW offices, medical centres, help for families, seniors, migrants and more, with addresses, opening hours, contacts and the kinds of help each offers, in French or Dutch. No account or API key required.

Actions

Action	What it does
Get organisation	Get one Brussels social or health organisation in full: what it does and for whom, opening hours, how to get in touch, the languages spoken, the kinds of help it offers and the areas it serves.
List category organisations	List the organisations offering one kind of service in Brussels, such as women's shelters or meals for the homeless, A to Z, with contact details.
List sector categories	List the kinds of service within one sector of the Brussels social and health directory, such as shelters or meals for the homeless, with their IDs and the heading each sits under.
List sector organisations	List the organisations and services in one sector of the Brussels social and health directory, A to Z, with address, phone, email and website.
List sectors	List the 21 sectors the Brussels social and health directory is organised into, such as homelessness, housing, seniors and mental health, with their IDs.
Search organisations	Find social and health organisations in Brussels by name, in French or Dutch, such as a CPAS/OCMW, a medical centre or a charity, A to Z with contact details.

Get organisation

Get one Brussels social or health organisation in full: what it does and for whom, opening hours, how to get in touch, the languages spoken, the kinds of help it offers and the areas it serves. No API key required.

Inputs

Organisation IDorganisation_idtextRequired: The organisation's ID, as the other actions return it or as it appears at the end of its social.brussels page address.
Languagelanguagetext: Which of the directory's two languages to return text in. A field only written in the other language falls back to it.One of: fr (French), nl (Dutch). Default: fr.

Outputs

accesslist: How to reach it, e.g. 'Par e-mail', 'Par téléphone'.
action_zoneslist: The areas it serves, e.g. 'Région bruxelloise'.
activitiestext: What it does, in full.
addresstext: Street, number, postcode and municipality on one line.
categorieslist: The kinds of service it is listed under.
company_numberslist: Its Belgian company numbers, e.g. '0876.908.803'.
descriptiontext: A general description, when given.
districttext: The neighbourhood, e.g. 'CUREGHEM BARA'.
emailslist: Email addresses.
faxlist: Fax numbers.
former_nameslist: Names it used to go by.
idnumber: The organisation's social.brussels ID, for Get organisation.
languagetext: The language the text is in: 'fr' or 'nl'.
language_statustext: Which community it answers to: 'FR', 'NL' or 'FR-NL'.
languages_spokenlist: The languages it can help people in.
last_updatedtext: When social.brussels last checked it, as YYYY-MM-DD.
latitudenumber: Latitude of the address.
legal_statustext: Its legal form, e.g. 'Association sans but lucratif (ASBL)'.
longitudenumber: Longitude of the address.
municipalitytext: The municipality, e.g. 'Anderlecht'.
nametext: The organisation's official name.
offer_typeslist: How it helps, e.g. 'Sur place', 'À domicile', 'Online'.
opening_hourstext: When it is open or reachable.
other_nameslist: Other names and abbreviations it goes by.
phoneslist: Phone numbers, sometimes with a note on what each is for.
postcodetext: The postcode, e.g. '1070'.
remarktext: Any other note, e.g. funding.
serviceslist: Named services or projects it runs.
target_publictext: Who it is for.
urltext: Its page on social.brussels.
websitetext: Its main website.
websiteslist: Every website it lists.

Example output

{
  "access": [
    "Par e-mail",
    "Par t\u00e9l\u00e9phone"
  ],
  "action_zones": [
    "R\u00e9gion bruxelloise"
  ],
  "activities": "Aide psycho-m\u00e9dico-sociale et orientation aux personnes sans abri",
  "address": "Rue Gheude 21-25 (box 4), 1070 Anderlecht",
  "categories": [
    {
      "description": "Accompagnement sur leur lieu de vie des personnes vivant habituellement en rue.",
      "id": 71,
      "name": "Travail de rue avec les sans-abri"
    }
  ],
  "company_numbers": [
    "0876.908.803"
  ],
  "description": null,
  "district": "CUREGHEM BARA",
  "emails": [
    "info@idr-sv.org"
  ],
  "fax": [
    "02/265.33.00"
  ],
  "former_names": [],
  "id": 14747,
  "language": "fr",
  "language_status": "FR-NL",
  "languages_spoken": [
    "fran\u00e7ais",
    "n\u00e9erlandais",
    "anglais"
  ],
  "last_updated": "2022-04-15",
  "latitude": 50.84252512410906,
  "legal_status": "Association sans but lucratif (ASBL)",
  "longitude": 4.334253972422226,
  "municipality": "Anderlecht",
  "name": "INFIRMIERS DE RUE",
  "offer_types": [
    "Travail de rue",
    "\u00c0 domicile"
  ],
  "opening_hours": "Du lundi au vendredi de 9h \u00e0 13h et de 14h \u00e0 17h",
  "other_names": [
    "IDR"
  ],
  "phones": [
    "02/265.33.00",
    "0477/48.31.50"
  ],
  "postcode": "1070",
  "remark": "Financement des autorit\u00e9s f\u00e9d\u00e9rales, r\u00e9gionales et du priv\u00e9",
  "services": [
    "HOUSING FAST"
  ],
  "target_public": "Personnes sans abri ou vivant dans la grande pr\u00e9carit\u00e9",
  "url": "https://social.brussels/organisation/14747",
  "website": "https://www.infirmiersderue.be",
  "websites": [
    "https://www.infirmiersderue.be"
  ]
}

List category organisations

List the organisations offering one kind of service in Brussels, such as women's shelters or meals for the homeless, A to Z, with contact details. Narrow it to a municipality or postcode. No API key required.

Inputs

Category IDcategory_idtextRequired: The category's ID, as List sector categories or Get organisation returns it.
Municipality or postcodemunicipalitytext: Only organisations in this Brussels municipality, in French or Dutch (Ixelles or Elsene), or with this postcode (1050). Leave it blank for the whole region.
Languagelanguagetext: Which of the directory's two languages to return text in. A field only written in the other language falls back to it.One of: fr (French), nl (Dutch). Default: fr.
Number of organisationslimitnumber: How many to return, from 1 to 200, A to Z. Defaults to 25.From 1 to 200. Default: 25.

Outputs

categorytext: The category's name.
category_descriptiontext: What the category covers.
category_idnumber: The category's ID.
countnumber: How many organisations were returned.
languagetext: The language the text is in: 'fr' or 'nl'.
organisationslist: The organisations, A to Z.
total_matchingnumber: How many matched, before Number of organisations was applied.

Example output

{
  "category": "Repas pour sans-abri",
  "category_description": "Repas gratuits ou \u00e0 petits prix servis aux personnes sans-abri sur leur lieu de vie ou dans les locaux d'une association.",
  "category_id": 12,
  "count": 1,
  "language": "fr",
  "organisations": [
    {
      "activities": "- Centre r\u00e9cr\u00e9atif\n- Restaurant de quartier (possibilit\u00e9 d'emporter les repas)",
      "address": "Rue des Colombophiles, 1070 Anderlecht",
      "emails": [
        "affairessociales@anderlecht.brussels",
        "gestionrepas@anderlecht.brussels"
      ],
      "id": 16554,
      "last_updated": "2024-02-06",
      "latitude": 50.81903427350551,
      "legal_status": "Service public - Commune",
      "longitude": 4.298892443341256,
      "municipality": "Anderlecht",
      "name": "COMMUNE ANDERLECHT - CAFET COLOMBOPHILES",
      "other_names": [],
      "phones": [
        "02/524.45.01 (restaurant)",
        "02/800.07.44(bureau)"
      ],
      "postcode": "1070",
      "url": "https://social.brussels/organisation/16554",
      "website": "http://www.anderlecht.be"
    }
  ],
  "total_matching": 1
}

List sector categories

List the kinds of service within one sector of the Brussels social and health directory, such as shelters or meals for the homeless, with their IDs and the heading each sits under. No API key required.

Inputs

Sectorsector_idtextRequired: The sector, as List sectors returns it.One of: 92 (Basic social and health help (Aide sociale-santé de base)), 1 (Homelessness (Aide aux sans-abri)), 5 (Housing (Logement)), 62 (Help for offenders (Aide aux auteurs de faits punissables)), 55 (Help for victims (Aide aux victimes)), 79 (Work and training (Insertion socioprofessionnelle)), 46 (Early childhood, 0-3 (Petite enfance)), 37 (Children and young people, 3-18 (Enfants et jeunes)), 68 (Youth care (Aide à la jeunesse)), 128 (Family (Famille)), and 11 more.
Languagelanguagetext: Which of the directory's two languages to return text in. A field only written in the other language falls back to it.One of: fr (French), nl (Dutch). Default: fr.

Outputs

categorieslist: The sector's categories: first those directly in it, then those under each heading.
countnumber: How many categories were returned.
languagetext: The language the text is in: 'fr' or 'nl'.
sectortext: The sector's name.
sector_idnumber: The sector's ID.

Example output

{
  "categories": [
    {
      "description": "Repas gratuits ou \u00e0 petits prix servis aux personnes sans-abri sur leur lieu de vie ou dans les locaux d'une association.",
      "group": null,
      "id": 12,
      "name": "Repas pour sans-abri"
    },
    {
      "description": "Accueil et h\u00e9bergement communautaires et accompagnement psychosocial individuel de femmes seules et/ou enceintes et/ou avec enfants, via un tarif journalier fixe.",
      "group": "H\u00e9bergement pour sans-abri > Maisons d'accueil",
      "id": 7,
      "name": "Maisons d'accueil pour femmes avec ou sans enfants"
    }
  ],
  "count": 2,
  "language": "fr",
  "sector": "Aide aux sans-abri",
  "sector_id": 1
}

List sector organisations

List the organisations and services in one sector of the Brussels social and health directory, A to Z, with address, phone, email and website. Narrow it to a municipality or postcode. No API key required.

Inputs

Sectorsector_idtextRequired: The sector, as List sectors returns it.One of: 92 (Basic social and health help (Aide sociale-santé de base)), 1 (Homelessness (Aide aux sans-abri)), 5 (Housing (Logement)), 62 (Help for offenders (Aide aux auteurs de faits punissables)), 55 (Help for victims (Aide aux victimes)), 79 (Work and training (Insertion socioprofessionnelle)), 46 (Early childhood, 0-3 (Petite enfance)), 37 (Children and young people, 3-18 (Enfants et jeunes)), 68 (Youth care (Aide à la jeunesse)), 128 (Family (Famille)), and 11 more.
Municipality or postcodemunicipalitytext: Only organisations in this Brussels municipality, in French or Dutch (Ixelles or Elsene), or with this postcode (1050). Leave it blank for the whole region.
Languagelanguagetext: Which of the directory's two languages to return text in. A field only written in the other language falls back to it.One of: fr (French), nl (Dutch). Default: fr.
Number of organisationslimitnumber: How many to return, from 1 to 200, A to Z. Defaults to 25.From 1 to 200. Default: 25.

Outputs

countnumber: How many organisations were returned.
languagetext: The language the text is in: 'fr' or 'nl'.
organisationslist: The organisations, A to Z.
sector_idnumber: The sector's ID.
total_matchingnumber: How many matched, before Number of organisations was applied.

Example output

{
  "count": 1,
  "language": "fr",
  "organisations": [
    {
      "activities": "- Centre r\u00e9cr\u00e9atif\n- Restaurant de quartier (possibilit\u00e9 d'emporter les repas)",
      "address": "Rue des Colombophiles, 1070 Anderlecht",
      "emails": [
        "affairessociales@anderlecht.brussels",
        "gestionrepas@anderlecht.brussels"
      ],
      "id": 16554,
      "last_updated": "2024-02-06",
      "latitude": 50.81903427350551,
      "legal_status": "Service public - Commune",
      "longitude": 4.298892443341256,
      "municipality": "Anderlecht",
      "name": "COMMUNE ANDERLECHT - CAFET COLOMBOPHILES",
      "other_names": [],
      "phones": [
        "02/524.45.01 (restaurant)",
        "02/800.07.44(bureau)"
      ],
      "postcode": "1070",
      "url": "https://social.brussels/organisation/16554",
      "website": "http://www.anderlecht.be"
    }
  ],
  "sector_id": 1,
  "total_matching": 11
}

List sectors

List the 21 sectors the Brussels social and health directory is organised into, such as homelessness, housing, seniors and mental health, with their IDs. No API key required.

Inputs

Languagelanguagetext: Which of the directory's two languages to return text in. A field only written in the other language falls back to it.One of: fr (French), nl (Dutch). Default: fr.

Outputs

countnumber: How many sectors were returned.
languagetext: The language the text is in: 'fr' or 'nl'.
sectorslist: The sectors, in the directory's order.

Example output

{
  "count": 2,
  "language": "fr",
  "sectors": [
    {
      "description": null,
      "id": 92,
      "name": "Aide sociale-sant\u00e9 de base",
      "order": 1
    },
    {
      "description": null,
      "id": 1,
      "name": "Aide aux sans-abri",
      "order": 2
    }
  ]
}

Search organisations

Find social and health organisations in Brussels by name, in French or Dutch, such as a CPAS/OCMW, a medical centre or a charity, A to Z with contact details. Narrow it to a municipality or postcode. No API key required.

Inputs

NamenametextRequired: Words in the organisation's name.
Municipality or postcodemunicipalitytext: Only organisations in this Brussels municipality, in French or Dutch (Ixelles or Elsene), or with this postcode (1050). Leave it blank for the whole region.
Languagelanguagetext: Which of the directory's two languages to return text in. A field only written in the other language falls back to it.One of: fr (French), nl (Dutch). Default: fr.
Number of organisationslimitnumber: How many to return, from 1 to 200, A to Z. Defaults to 25.From 1 to 200. Default: 25.

Outputs

countnumber: How many organisations were returned.
languagetext: The language the text is in: 'fr' or 'nl'.
organisationslist: The organisations, A to Z.
querytext: The name searched for.
total_matchingnumber: How many matched, before Number of organisations was applied.

Example output

{
  "count": 1,
  "language": "fr",
  "organisations": [
    {
      "activities": "- Centre r\u00e9cr\u00e9atif\n- Restaurant de quartier (possibilit\u00e9 d'emporter les repas)",
      "address": "Rue des Colombophiles, 1070 Anderlecht",
      "emails": [
        "affairessociales@anderlecht.brussels",
        "gestionrepas@anderlecht.brussels"
      ],
      "id": 16554,
      "last_updated": "2024-02-06",
      "latitude": 50.81903427350551,
      "legal_status": "Service public - Commune",
      "longitude": 4.298892443341256,
      "municipality": "Anderlecht",
      "name": "COMMUNE ANDERLECHT - CAFET COLOMBOPHILES",
      "other_names": [],
      "phones": [
        "02/524.45.01 (restaurant)",
        "02/800.07.44(bureau)"
      ],
      "postcode": "1070",
      "url": "https://social.brussels/organisation/16554",
      "website": "http://www.anderlecht.be"
    }
  ],
  "query": "colombophiles",
  "total_matching": 1
}

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