InfinityGreece is a Social Enterprise that was established on 2014 as a non-formal students group. Our organisation is a leading entrepreneurship on Youth Empowerment in Digital Media with a variety of outdoor and indoor activities.
Our volunteer program is about developing soft and hard skills in Digital Media. This process is spitted in 3 parts: Content creation for a Media portal, (WebRadio, Blogging, Photography and WebTv), Management (Marketing, Human Resource, Project and Event management) and Technology (Web development and Web design). Since 2014 more than 450 young people volunteered on Infinity Greece. Each Content group and project operates with the supervision and assistance of an experienced volunteer youth worker, whose role is mentoring and supporting. Each mentor has optioned both theoretical and technical knowledge of the subject he is working on.
Our educational program includes series of workshops open to the public, trainings for our volunteers, workshops , the online educational platform Academy http://academy.infinitygreece.com/ and granted on “openschoolsthess” https://www.openschoolsthess.gr/ project from the SNF (Stavros Niarchos Fundation) and Municipality of Thessaloniki, for after school activities in primary schools.
In addition we do outdoor activities such as treasure hunting, “My Bike Rocks” biking through the city and “pick a smile - action about international day of happiness" https://infinitygreece.com/smile/ founded from the participatory youth budget of the Thessaloniki Youth Council.
http://www.kedith.gr/en/youthparticipatory-budget/
Aim of our activities is to make young people active citizens, that's why we organize events and festivals in a way to leave our mark in the city. In total we account more than 54 actions, events, parties, workshops and festivals with total attendance over 16000 people.
Our vision is to make young people more creative, give them the opportunity to experiment and improve their soft and hard skills in a safe environment provided from the organisation.
We have experienced youth leaders, youth workers and mentors able to support young people and motivate them. Key persons involved in Erasmus+ projects are young leaders developed their experience abroad. This has not only given them strong educational basis but has also taught them how to communicate with people coming from different cultural and social backgrounds. Their knowledge spreads on various fields, based on non-formal education techniques and working with young people. Our staff expertise is on Digital & Social Media, Content Creation, Event & Project management, young people inclusion and intercultural exchange.
The key staff involved have been part of all the previous activities of the association.
• Ioannis Charchantis (Founder, Trainer) BSc on Informatics and Management, Trainer at Summer Camp and Sports & Culture facility, Content Creator and Video Producer, Music Theory Teacher.
Is the legal representative and founder of InfinityGreece. He is studying Informatics and Administration at the University of Macedonia and is a graduate of the New Conservatory of Thessaloniki, where he was also working as a music theory teacher.
In addition, he continues to undertake projects related to digital media and advertising, or education (inside or outside InfinityGreece).
He has been involved in children camps since 2005, where he first came into contact with European Program Participants (EVS and Youth Exchanges). In recent years, as an employee, he has worked with EVS participants on and off the campus many times. He has participated as a student in the Comenius program and as an adult in Erasmus + and AIESEC exchange and training programs.
• Dimitrios Papadopoulos (Marketing Director) Marketing and Human Resource Mentor, Project Manager at Business Mentality, Cooparator of Europe Direct Halkidiki.
Is a member of the InfinityGreece management team. Is is a student of Balkan, Slavic & Eastern Studies in the Department of Economics and International Business at the University of Macedonia and has proficiency in foreign languages such as English, French and Russian at basic communication level.
Has participated in youth exchange (EU) programs as well as training seminars (TC) on the facilitation of the European ERASMUS+ Programs. He has been a direct partner at the EU Direct Europe Halkidiki, as well as a project manager at BUSINESS MENTALITY. At the same time, he has been in charge of youth exchange programs organized by BUSINESS MENTALITY. He has worked with EVS participants providing advice and support during their volunteer work. He is actively involved in digital media and communication with new people.
• Vasiliki Tsiakiridou (Creative Director) Digital Marketer, Content Creator, BSc on Balkan, Slavic Eastern Studies in the Department of Economics and International Business at the University of Macedonia.She is a co-partner of the InfinityGreece social enterprise and has proficiency in foreign languages such as English and Bulgarian. She has been a volunteer at InfinityGreece for the last 3 years and participated in training seminars (TC) on the facilitation of the European ERASMUS+ Programs. As part of her internship, she worked in TIF-HELEXPO and was a member of the organizing team of the 82nd Thessaloniki International Fair. Currently, she is involved in Digital Marketing and Content Creation, for business and mentoring purposes.
• Aleksandros Nanaj (Project Coordinator) Youth worker, Economist, experienced on international programs, Orator on intercultural project in primary school in Poland, cofacilitator on organisations trainings.
Born in Albania and at the age of 2 immigrated with his family in Greece. He is responsible for communicating with international partners, especially the Erasmus + programs and coordinating the projects.
Supports, informs and prepares the participants of the programs in which Infinity Greece participates as well as being the rapporteur and coordinator of the programs of the organization. He is a graduate economist with master on Energy Finance.
He has participated in several Erasmus + projects and is an active youth worker supporting organizations abroad and in Greece.
