Social Protection and Solidarity Organization of the Municipality of Vrilissia

TITLE: SOLIDARITY - CULTURE – RECYCLING:
HUMAN CAPACITIES COMBINED WITH PROFESSIONALISM, RESPONSIBILITY AND SERIOUSNESS
FROM: THE SOCIAL PROTECTION AND SOLIDARITY ORGANIZATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF VRILISSIA


INTRODUCTION
The Social Protection and Solidarity Organization of the Municipality of Vrilissia, within the framework of the Social Policy Program which has been implemented for the last 3 years, has developed 14 structures aiming at a free solidarity network to facilitate the communication among all social benefit structures and to make them easily accessible to each resident of the municipality.

During these three years, support and information structures have proven to be necessary, taking into consideration the immense appeal they have to the public.

STRUCTURES
Structures such as the following have been combined with the promotion of citizens' familiarization with the rewarding benefits of recycling, while enabling city shops to connect to the city's electronic platform in order to provide discount vouchers to those citizens who offer food, medicines, clothing, etc.

Groups of people that promote the concept of recycling and are trained for it belong to the following structures:
-the social clinics and pharmacies of the Municipality (3,500 patients within 18 months)
-the Center for Parenting Support and Education with the participation of over 160 families
-the Psychological Service Center for kindergarten, primary and secondary school pupils as well as adults (cases of child sexual abuse are handled with the cooperation of the public prosecuror’s office)
-the ‘Social Clothing’ Department for the support of the vulnerable groups of the municipality and also of various institutions throughout Athens
-the ‘Social Grocery’ which supports 190 families as well as beneficiaries of the European Aid Assistance Fund (TEBAA)
-the Time Bank via the relevant online platform
-the beneficiaries of the Community Centers
-the beneficiaries of the Social Income of Solidarity (ΚΕΑ)
-the Red Loan Office in direct cooperation with the Official Secretariat for Red Loan Management
-the Legal Support Department
-the Accountancy Support Department
-the Oral History local team

An important contribution was also made through the plastic caps’ recycling campaign for the purchase of wheelchairs for people in need.

GOALS:
The Municipality of Vrilissia seeks to respond to the daily needs of every citizen whether they belong to a vulnerable group or not.

Our pursuit involves service upgrading, staff training, modern approach and organization, programming and implementation process innovation, as well as communication innovation. All the above bring a fully coordinated administration-employee-citizen function as well as multiple benefits such as:

a) Best results and high quality services to the citizen, daily information and service provision
b) Development and evaluation of all possible combinations / scenarios / forecasts.

Our goal is the connection between staff and citizens in a way that is solid and more humane.

The day-to-day provision of services of each social structure is characterized by high standards, and this stems from the high sense of responsibility, education, and competence of the staff working in the Organization.

CONCLUSION:
people are all we care about and the staff involved in the whole process are at the highest level of work consciousness and efficiency, combining excess zeal and responsibility with a human face.