Giving Tuesday with Best Buddies Greece : Every charity, one step closer to independence"
The Best Buddies Greece association is participating in Giving Tuesday for the first time with the initiative
"Our Inclusive Home: The Road to Supported Living."
On Tuesday, December 2, 2025, an online information day will be held on the topic "Supported living as a right and an act of social inclusion," where the vision and operating plan for the organization's first Supported Living Facility (SLF) in Attica will be presented.
During the same week (December 3–8), the Independent Living Workshop for people with autism and intellectual disabilities will begin, with the aim of developing basic self-care, social inclusion, and independence skills.
Action Short Description
The Best Buddies Greece association is participating in Giving Tuesday for the first time with the initiative "Our Home: The Road to Supported Living."
The initiative aims to raise funds for the creation of the organization's first Supported Living Facility (SLF) in Attica and the launch of the Supported Living Workshop for people with autism and intellectual disabilities.
Through our participation, we seek to raise awareness in society about the right to independent living and to mobilize fellow citizens who will contribute to the realization of this effort.
On December 2, 2025, an online information day will be held on the topic "Supported living as a right and an act of social inclusion," while the week of December 3-8 will see the start of a training workshop on self-service and social inclusion skills.
Every contribution is a step closer to autonomy.
Short Description of Institute
Best Buddies Greece empowers adults with neuro-developmental difficulties (people on the autism spectrum, with down syndrome and/or mental disabilities), using “friendship” as the vehicle. By connecting these people with volunteers of typical development, we eliminate stereotypes that lead to discrimination and exclusion, while on the other hand we encourage the beneficiaries self-representation so that they claim their position in every aspect of social life, leading to an inclusive society. We focus our actions and programs on three main pillars: a) “one-to-one” friendships for inclusion, b) self-representation Ambassador program for individual development, c) supported inclusive work for inclusive work environments. Best Buddies was founded in 1989 by Anthony Kennedy Shriver, with a vision to create socialization opportunities for people with disabilities through “one-to-one” friendships in schools, higher education institutions and the community. Best Buddies Greece has been active since 2011 as a volunteer group and since 2016 it has developed as an independent non-profit Association with primary social care certification from the Ministry of Labor and Welfare. Our goal is, with the power of volunteerism, and with friendship and encouragement to make people who do not have a visible disability to the world, visible in an inclusive