We keep young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds safe. We facilitate access to essential services including asylum, accommodation and education. We provide a program of activities that supports social development and improved mental health.
Velos Youth is a non-profit organisation that provides safe spaces for displaced unaccompanied children and young people on the move.
We connect young people with services they can use and run a varied program of activities.
Our program focuses on wellbeing, social development and informal education to support unaccompanied children and young people to re-start their lives where they are, or safely and legally reach an alternative destination that is in their better interests.
Thank you for everything! I will miss you all. I will keep in touch.
(When leaving Greece to be reunited with his family in the Netherlands.)
That was better than FIFA!
(about the ‘Wind-up Penguins’, a performing arts group that visited Velos)
Normally in other organisations people don’t deal with us and try to communicate with us. Here is good because people try to speak with us.
We have recently received funding from the European Programme for Integration and Migration to continue our work supporting young people as they turn 18 and their legal rights change. We … Continue reading Transitioning to adulthood: a path to autonomy and self-reliance
This week we have being joined by Merlin Labron-Johnson, a Michelin star Chef from the UK. Merlin has prepared an incredible lunch each day as well as shared simple but valuable … Continue reading Michelin star Chef visits Velos
All our usual services are running as normal – come and visit us at our new location: Tzortz Street, Nr. 26. 7th Floor.
SAFE & HAPPY: Keeping displaced young people that way is what we fight for Refugee Youth Service & Velos Youth are grassroots organisations providing since 2015 safe sanctuaries and opportunities … Continue reading Our Crowdfunding campaign is live!
This was a great opportunity for Velos Youth service users to have some first hands-on experience with electronics related materials and skills that Athens ReMakers’s project are the local community … Continue reading Electronics Workshop
