Open Day Centre for the Homeless in the Municipality of Corfu

The Open Day Centre in the Municipality of Corfu provides food, primary health care and personal hygiene services, professional orientation and psychosocial empowerment to more than 200 visitors per month.

Through the services provided, the aim is to address poverty, social exclusion, as well as to raise awareness and inform the local community.

Provided Services

From the beginning of the Center’s operation, our priority has been the holistic support of the visitors.

Thus, we provide:

Breakfast and lunch,
Psychosocial Care & Empowerment,
Medical services,
Nursing Services,
Work Consulting,
CV Writing,
Find a Job - Connect with local businesses,
Special area with washing machines/dryers,
Shower for guest's daily hygiene,
Specially designed area for lunch break,
Scholarships - Educational Support for Children/Adolescents,
Information days, and
Social Orientation Actions.

Beneficiaries

Beneficiaries of the Facility are the homeless. Homeless people include particularly those living on the streets, in hostels, those who are temporarily accommodated out of necessity in institutions or other closed structures, and those living in unsuitable accommodation.

Beneficiaries also include people who are in a situation of or threatened by poverty.

Basic registration documents

In order to join the Open Day Center in the Municipality of Corfu, the visitor is asked to present the following supporting documents:

Photocopy of ID or passport
Photocopy of bill or proof of permanent residence or lease or proof of homelessness
Certificate of marital status
Recent bank statement and
Social Security Registration Number (AMKA) certificate.

The additional supporting documents are examined on a case-by-case basis.

Social reintegration actions

Aiming social reintegration, the scientific staff of the Facility primarily provides visitors with the services offered, as well as organizes activities aimed at raising awareness of the local community.

Since the first year of operation, employees and volunteers have been carrying out street work, cultural events, voluntary blood donations and preventive medicine activities. At the same time, the social worker of the Facility carries out individual sessions aimed at the psychological empowerment of the beneficiaries and the improvement of their living conditions.

The visitors of the Facility also have the possibility to receive from the employment counsellor services of job counselling and CV writing in order to find a job. Every year, within the framework of the "Study with Scholarship" programme of our Organisation, scholarships are offered to children of needy families to learn foreign languages.

Become a volunteer

Volunteering is an act of selfless giving that contributes to the overall well-being of society. It is an attitude of life that helps to improve the conditions in the social environment and the volunteer as an individual. So if you are interested in volunteering your time at the Open Day Center in the Municipality of Corfu then complete your application. The volunteer can contribute to finding sponsorships and/or planning/coordinating activities.

Because the world needs you!