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.
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
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
Radio You project, run by three volunteers, Elle, Emma and Jake from the UK, was a great project – it took place during July 2018 and is bound to resume … Continue reading Radio You!
That morning K., an 18 year old asylum seeker from Afghanistan was rude to M., a 21 year old Syrian refugee who volunteers for Velos. M. was surprised because this … Continue reading Skills sharing activities: IT, employment etc.
A workshop starts in Velos. Two UK volunteers fill the place with colourful crochet threads and young people get really busy with knitting. As I follow them repeating crochet movements and patterns, I catch myself … Continue reading Fates
Velos Youth is a Non-Profit that provides a safer space and a youth service for displaced and disenfranchised young people (aged 16-21). The service operates as community-minded, grassroots layers of … Continue reading About Velos
Velos supported a group of young people for participating in the Exarcheia Champions tournament (that took place during several Wednesdays in Spring). Communities, organisations, etc.) played against each other and … Continue reading Football brings people together!
