CPF | Cyclades Green Volunteers Syros | 2021

Apano Meria SCE was one of the four Cycladic organizations that participated in the first, pilot application of the Green Volunteers in the Cyclades program of the British Embassy and the Cyclades Preservation Fund. As part of the Cyclades Green Volunteers, a volunteer visited the island of Syros and learned about the operation of the SCE, the design tools and processes we use to achieve a positive environmental and social impact.

Cyclades Green Volunteers was a programme enabling interested active citizens and youth to engage with local communities concerning environmental challenges in the Cyclades islands in Greece.

The programme gives priority to British and Greek (ideally linked to the UK) volunteers as we celebrated the bicentenary of the Greek Revolution, marking Britain’s contribution to the Greek Struggle.

Volunteers were invited to offer environmental work in cooperation with local champions on the Cycladic islands of Andros, Naxos and Syros, and at the same time familiarise themselves with the Cycladic way of life and its unique characteristics.

This was a Cyclades Preservation Fund (CPF) programme supported by the British Embassy Athens.

What volunteers did with SCE Apano Meria

The Volunteer was given the chance to use the Precious Plastic Lab to learn about recycling plastic hands-on and create objects from it. 

The Volunteer was also offered pre departure and on arrival training, covid19 mask and weekly self test and a welcome kit (bag, T-shirt, cup, map, free guide, e-bike for certain days to explore the island).