With the end of the decade approaching, Velos celebrated with a full day of decorating, creating arts and crafts, music and dance! The young people visiting Velos made sure to make our space festive. We created colourful garlands, beautiful shinny ornaments, wrote about our wishes for the new year, created drawings on our boards, and … Continue reading Celebrations in Velos
Velos Entrepreneurship Workshop
Velos Youth introduced our first ever Entrepreneurship Workshop to teach our young people how to think like an entrepreneur. It is very important for these young people to develop such skills which will benefit their future professional endeavours. Many of the young people have been interested in the stories of entrepreneurs from all over the … Continue reading Velos Entrepreneurship Workshop
Receiving support at Velos
As a safe space for young people, Velos Youth aims to support those who visit us holistically. For many, we are a "home away from home" and a place to escape. However, we recognise how important support and guidance on material and procedural matters is too! Our Youth Work team aims to provide the support … Continue reading Receiving support at Velos
Strengthening Creativity
Velos Youth has incorporated new Arts activities in its weekly program as we recognise the importance of expression and creativity. Every young person should have the opportunity to explore their creative self in a safe and open environment. Through our Photography workshop and our Creative Arts workshop taking place every week, we empower the people … Continue reading Strengthening Creativity
Transitioning to Adulthood: A Path to Autonomy and Self-Reliance
Scroll down for Greek Given the complex needs of young displaced persons in Athens, a holistic approach to transitioning to adulthood and integration is essential. Velos Youth has recently secured funding from the European Program for Integration and Migration in order to enhance those areas of its program that are closely linked to this. In … Continue reading Transitioning to Adulthood: A Path to Autonomy and Self-Reliance
Wrapping up the pilot period of ‘Monopati’ – The foundations of learning in Velos
The end of September marked the end of the one year pilot period for Monopati project. Even if the pilot period is ending, the foundations set through the project will be sustained and even further developed in our daily Velos activities. ‘Monopati’, meaning ‘footpath’ in Greek, promoted and facilitated engagement and access to formal and … Continue reading Wrapping up the pilot period of ‘Monopati’ – The foundations of learning in Velos
Sylvie & Arman join the Velos team!
The Velos team is growing! Last week, two new volunteers joined us from the UK - Sylvie and Arman! They brought fresh energy in the space and an abundance of new ideas. Sylvie and Arman will be staying until December, organising workshops around photography, entrepreneurship, and global awareness. To follow some of their activities, keep … Continue reading Sylvie & Arman join the Velos team!
Check out our new Needs List
At Velos our main goal is to be a safe and supportive space for young people in Athens. To help us achieve this, we have created a "Needs List"! We want our space to always be welcoming, safe and feel like a home away home - simple things like a cup of tea and some … Continue reading Check out our new Needs List
Velos playing football
When it comes to activities and workshop for the young people of Velos, there is nothing better than collaborating with other organisations of Athens! This is exactly what happened on Sunday 15th of September at Aghios Kosmas, where SCI, Greek Forum of Refugees, the Hellenic Red Cross and Velos Youth took part in a football … Continue reading Velos playing football
New activities with SCI
This week a group of international volunteers from Service Civil International (SCI) delivered a variety of workshops for the young people of Velos Youth. They did an incredible job! During their art sharing workshop they initiated discussions around music and classical artists. Their story-telling workshop was also great fun. The young people drew variations of … Continue reading New activities with SCI
