Utopia 56

Utopia 56

Lorient, France

Refugees & MigrationHumanitarian aid & Disaster reliefHuman rightsTax-deductible donations
AssociationNational reach5,000 volunteers
Profile last updated: May 6, 2026

About

Utopia 56 is a non-profit association based in Lorient, France working on refugees & migration, humanitarian aid & disaster relief, human rights.

Utopia 56 is a French humanitarian association and civic mobilisation movement that defends the rights of people in exile and migration. It provides emergency support, including night shelter through volunteer hosts and night outreach with tents and blankets, to vulnerable people in France, and it campaigns on migration policy and publishes investigations. Its volunteers and hosts take action in eight French cities, including Calais, Grande-Synthe, Lille, Paris, Rennes and Tours. The association says it neither seeks nor receives state subsidies, relying on private donations and membership fees.

Location

Lorient, France

Organisation type

Association

Focus areas

migrationasylumrefugeeshumanitarian aidvolunteeringsolidarityhuman rightsshelter

Languages

FR

Causes & programmes

Causes

Refugees & MigrationHumanitarian aid & Disaster reliefHuman rights

Works for

Refugees & MigrantsChildrenFamiliesHomeless peopleWomen & Girls

How they work

Direct servicesAdvocacy & campaigningVolunteer programmesEmergency responseAwareness & education

Programmes

Hébergement solidaire

Refugees & Migration · France

Volunteer hosts offer one or more nights of shelter to unaccompanied minors, asylum-seeking and refugee families, undocumented people and people sleeping rough.

Maraudes

Humanitarian aid & Disaster relief · France

Night outreach teams meet people sleeping rough and distribute tents, blankets and other essentials, and connect them with shelter.

Countries of operation

France

Funding & support

Volunteers

5,000

Funded by

Individual donationsMembership fees

Ways to support

DonateMonthly givingVolunteerMembershipFundraise

Trust

Tax-deductible donations

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