SOCIAL SERVICES
SOCIAL SERVICES
INFORMATION
“Home Kitchen” Programme
Address: 96 Ionias Avenue (ground floor)
Opening hours: Monday – Friday, 11:30 – 15:30
Social Grocery & Social Pharmacy
Address: 25 Aristotelous Street and Afxentiou Street
Telephone: 210-9886947 – 210-9883140
Social Care Programme
Address: 96 Ionias Avenue (1st floor)
Telephone: 210-9969169
Children’s Creative Activity Centre (KDAP) of Ano Kalamaki
Address: 26 Georgiou Papandreou Street
Telephone: 210-9931223
Opening hours: 14:00-21:00
Children’s Creative Activity Centre (KDAP) of Kato Kalamaki
Address: 7 Eponiton Street
Telephone: 210-9818877
Counselling & Mental Health Office
Address: 25 Aristotelous Street and Afxentiou Street
Telephone: 210-9853580 – 210-9883140
Municipal Social Clinics
Address: 25 Aristotelous Street and Afxentiou Street (1st floor)
Telephone: 210-9886947 – 210-9886950
Blood Bank
Address: 25 Aristotelous Street and Afxentiou Street
Telephone: 210-9886947 – 210-9886950
Prevention Centre of the Municipality of Alimos
Address: 25 Aristotelous Street and Afxentiou Street (2nd floor)
Telephone: 210-9850339
Open Care Office for the Elderly
● 1st KAPI: 72 Kalamakiou Avenue, tel. 210-9836956
● 2nd KAPI: 17 Eleftheriou Venizelou Street, tel. 210-9935180
● 3rd KAPI: 10 Davaki Street, tel. 210-9802752
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Address: 25 Aristotelous Street & Afxentiou Street (4th floor)
The Directorate of Social Welfare is a department of the Municipality of Alimos that has been operating for about four years. It brings together and organises all the social solidarity services that used to be scattered, while many new ones have been added.
The Directorate of Social Welfare comprises two Sections, and each Section includes several Offices covering a wide range of social activities.
The telephone numbers, addresses and services provided by each Office are described below, so that every citizen can easily reach them.
Social services of the Municipality of Alimos
SECTION A: SOCIAL CARE AND HEALTH
1. SOCIAL WELFARE OFFICE
The mission of the Office is to care for and support vulnerable social groups, such as unemployed people, large families, young families, the very elderly and people in need, as well as to run social care programmes such as “Help at Home” and the Children’s Creative Activity Centres. The following currently operate:
● The “Home Kitchen” Programme: Every day, Monday to Friday, 11:30 – 15:30, freshly cooked quality food is offered to all citizens for a symbolic price of €2.5 per portion.
96 Ionias Avenue (ground floor)
● Social Grocery and the Social Pharmacy: Donations and sponsorships of food, detergents, medicines, school supplies and basic necessities are collected and distributed free of charge to fellow citizens on low incomes, unemployed or in need, whose need has been established and is immediate.
25 Aristotelous Street and Afxentiou Street, tel.: 210 9886947, 210 9883140
● “Help at Home”: It is aimed mainly at people living alone and at older people who are unable to look after themselves or have insufficient financial resources, and in some cases at families as well. Services provided at home include: psychosocial support and counselling, help with taking medication, help with household tasks, and monitoring of conditions such as blood sugar and cholesterol. It also handles administrative procedures (benefits, pensions, prescriptions), errands outside the home and accompanying beneficiaries to hospitals and similar institutions. It serves Kato Kalamaki.
25 Aristotelous Street and Afxentiou Street, tel.: 210 9883140 and 210 9853580
● The Social Care Programme: It operates in the same way as “Help at Home”. It serves Ano Kalamaki.
96 Ionias Avenue (1st floor), tel.: 210 9969169.
● The Children’s Creative Activity Centre (KDAP) of Ano Kalamaki: It is aimed at children aged 5 to 12 and creatively combines play with learning. Activities include: chess, dance, arts and crafts, music, drama games, board games, table tennis and more.
Opening hours: 14:00-21:00, 26 Georgiou Papandreou Street, tel.: 210 9931223
● The Children’s Creative Activity Centre (KDAP) of Kato Kalamaki: It operates in the same way as the KDAP of Ano Kalamaki.
7 Eponiton Street, tel.: 210 9818877.
2. COUNSELLING AND MENTAL HEALTH OFFICE
The mission of the Office is to provide counselling assistance and psychological support to all social groups, especially vulnerable ones. In particular: family planning matters, dealing with learning difficulties, aggression and antisocial behaviour, parent schools and groups, information talks in schools, prevention through information days for citizens, and referral of individuals to other services according to their particular needs (people living alone without housing or resources, and so on).
25 Aristotelous Street and Afxentiou Street, tel.: 210 9883140 and 210 9853580.
3. HEALTH AND PREVENTION OFFICE
Its task is to look after the health of the residents of our city, to spread and apply prevention, and to organise information activities and lectures on health and preventive medicine. The following currently operate:
● The Municipal Social Clinics: volunteer doctors systematically carry out preventive medical checks and preventive medicine procedures for large population groups (nurseries, schools, sports clubs, elderly centres and others). Volunteer doctors also provide basic care to people in need, unemployed and uninsured. The Municipal Social Clinics are at 25 Aristotelous Street and Afxentiou Street (1st floor), tel.: 210 9886947 and 210 9886950.
● The Blood Bank: In cooperation with the Asklipieio Hospital of Voula, voluntary blood donations are held three times a year at the Municipal Social Clinics. Every volunteer donor receives a special card and takes part in our Municipality’s Blood Bank.
25 Aristotelous Street and Afxentiou Street, tel.: 210 9886947 and 210 9886950.
● Prevention Centre of the Municipality of Alimos: In cooperation with OKANA (the Greek Organisation Against Drugs).
25 Aristotelous Street and Afxentiou Street (2nd floor), tel.: 210 9850339.
SECTION B: YOUTH, VOLUNTEERING AND OLDER PEOPLE
1. YOUTH, EQUALITY AND VOLUNTEERING OFFICE
Its mission is to strengthen young people’s initiatives in the local community, to inform about and address the problems of the younger generation by organising talks and activities, to promote gender and racial equality, and to spread the idea and practice of volunteering. The following operate:
● A meeting space for young people with free internet access and support for the newly established Youth Council of Alimos (ToSyN).
[Expected to start operating soon]
● Volunteering Office: registration and involvement of residents who wish to volunteer on environmental protection, social solidarity and similar matters.
● Help with Studying (Social Tutoring Centre): It is aimed at primary and secondary school pupils who need remedial teaching and whose parents cannot support them financially. Free lessons are provided by volunteer teachers, along with free-tuition scholarships from the secondary education and foreign language tutoring schools of Alimos.
2. OPEN CARE OFFICE FOR THE ELDERLY
It is responsible for the operation of the three Open Care Centres for the Elderly (KAPI) in our city. The KAPI are for residents of Alimos over 60 years of age. They provide EOPYY prescriptions for KAPI members, organised recreation and education (excursions, theatre performances, lectures), occupational therapy, physiotherapy, groups (choir, history group and others), and they organise events with the active participation of members.
● 1st KAPI: 72 Kalamakiou Avenue, tel. 210 9836956
● 2nd KAPI: 17 Eleftheriou Venizelou Street, tel. 210 9935180
● 3rd KAPI: 10 Davaki Street, tel. 210 9802752
The services described above of the Municipality Alimos are addressed to all social groups in our city and aim to make life better for all of us and our city more functional and humane. The participation of every citizen in them is more than welcome.
For more information about the services provided, you can call: 210 9883140 and 210 9853580.
