The ActionAid Community Centre aims to empower socially and economically vulnerable families and combat their social exclusion through the provision of programmes and services, free of charge. One of the main services of the Centre is the Employment Search Counselling, which offers personalised holistic support to unemployed people with multiple coexisting vulnerabilities, as well as vocational guidance to adolescents and young people up to 22 years old. In 2023, funding from the John S. Latsis Public Benefit Foundation was utilised to cover the necessary operational expenses of the Service, including individual counseling sessions, group trainings for the development of technical and soft skills, and networking activities with the labour market. The ultimate goal is the professional empowerment of the beneficiaries and the acquisition of skills that will bring about long-term and substantial changes in their lives.
- 161 beneficiaries were supported by the trained employment counsellors of the Employment Counseling Service between July and December 2023.
- Since its launch in 2017, the Service has supported 1,772 people, 590 of whom have been reintegrated into the workplace.
“Now I'll change my job position and aim for better. I said to myself, it’s now or never. But I was helped a lot. I say it and I get goosebumps. Both the soft skills and the computer classes we had helped me immensely. Everything! Did I know how to present myself or where to look for a job? I tell everyone to come to the ActionAid Community Center.”
L.T.
Beneficiary, 50 years old
GRANTS
SOCIAL ACTION & SOLIDARITY
Donation of Medical Equipment and Area Restructuring/Renovation Works
“ATTIKON” General University Hospital of Athens
Support for the Operation of the Special Unit for Neuromuscular Diseases
MDA HELLAS – Muscular Dystrophy Association
Home Care Service
“Galilee” Palliative Care Unit Holy Metropolis of Mesogaia and Lavrion
«Net-Zero Care» Project
Elderly Care Unit “DIAMANTIDEIOS CARE HOME”
Programmes of Medical-Psychological Support
Mission “ANTHROPOS”
“Points of Support” Programme – Small Grants, Big Ideas
PROGRAMME: “Points of Support”
JobsLink: Employment Integration Programme for People on the Autism Spectrum
GREEK ASSOCIATION FOR ASPERGER’S SYNDROME
Early Intervention Programme
"Η ΑΜΥΜΩΝΗ" - Πανελλήνιος Σύλλογος Γονέων και Κηδεμόνων Ατόμων με Προβλήματα Όρασης και Πρόσθετες Αναπηρίες
Educational Animation Workshop for People with Disabilities
ANIMASYROS International Animation Festival
“Inclusion in Action” Educational-Artistic Programme
Athens International Children's Film Festival NPO
Educational-Sports Integration Programme for People with Intellectual Disabilities
Special Olympics Hellas
Olympic Preparation Scholarship Programme 2023
PROGRAMME: “Olympic Preparation Scholarship Programme”
Creation of a Community Organic Vegetable Garden
Organisation Earth NPO
Culinary Education and Professional Empowerment Programme
FOODON NPO
Employment Counseling Service
ActionAid
Empowerment Programmes for CSOs
Higher Incubator Giving Growth and Sustainability (HIGGS)
Wildfires Response Extraordinary Programme | 2023
PROGRAMME: “Wildfires Response Extraordinary Programme”
