Community centre programme, ActionAid Hellas
Building on its international experience in eradicating poverty and social exclusion around the world, ActionAid Hellas initiated a social support programme in 2016 targeting municipalities in Attica most affected by the crisis. Implemented through the creation of community centres offering a broad range of services, the programme empowers the most vulnerable groups within local communities so that they may break the vicious circle of poverty and marginalisation, with both immediate and long-term results. The first community centre, Epikentro, in the municipality of Athens, provides services for children, adolescents and adults in need: innovative empowerment programmes involving instruction in new skills; psychosocial support; legal, accounting and financial counselling and support services; and job centre and counselling services for the unemployed. The programme’s methodology draws on ActionAid’s human rights-based approach and is implemented in partnership with leading local NGOs and experienced professionals.
Grants given:
2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
