Center
In the premises of the Support Center for Children and Family we operate:
- The Center for Young Children.
- The Youth Day Center.
- The Family Center.
Our building at Alikarnassou 82
Since 2025 the Support Center for Children & Family has been housed in a three-storey, 450 m² building at Alikarnassou 82 & Platonos in Kolonos.
Basement – Clothing store
- Storage for shoes, clothing, linen, baby items and household goods.
Ground floor – Reception & distribution
- Reception and dining area where the people we support have their daily meals.
- Food store and distribution point for donations (food, clothes etc.).
- Space for the big celebrations: birthday, Christmas and Carnival parties.
1st floor – Educational Day Center
- Large room: tutoring for primary and lower-secondary school children; also used for theatre and music performances, film screenings and the volunteer groups who introduce the children to the arts and culture.
- Small room: tutoring for 1st and 2nd grade pupils.
- Third room: creative activities.
- Fourth room: computers and games.
2nd floor – Administration & Social Service
- Social Service office: welcoming the people we support, solving their issues, booking appointments.
- Waiting area.
- Meeting room, also used for smaller birthday parties, the New Year's cake (Vasilopita) and more.
- Store for the school supplies we distribute.
What we do & our services
Family Center (Social Service)
- Enrolling children in school
- Renewing DYPA unemployment cards & public transport cards
- Booking medical appointments & vaccinations
- Handling applications (Greek Ombudsman, KEPA, OPEKA, Community Center)
Day Center (for children)
- Tutoring (primary – lower secondary school)
- Creative activities & use of computers / games
- Cultural activities, theatre, music & cinema
Meals & material support
- Daily meals, in cooperation with the Municipal Infant Center of Athens (Dimotiko Vrefokomeio)
- Distribution of donated food, clothing / shoes, linen and baby items
Suspended (lack of funds)
- Youth Center – we aim to reopen it as soon as possible
Opening hours & who we help
The Center is open Monday to Friday, 11:00 – 19:30, from 1 September to 31 July.
- Food, clothes and shoes: for family members of all ages, from babies a few days old to 85-year-olds.
- Social Service and appointments with doctors, public services etc.: also for family members from babies a few days old to 85 years.
- Creative activities: children aged 6 to 15.
- Tutoring: pupils aged 6 to 18.
Tutoring and creative activities run from September to June. If a child has to resit exams, we continue with them in July too.