At PRONIA, we are heartbroken by the news of her death. Evangelia Katris, mother of Nicholas Katris, former President of PRONIA, was a beloved member of our community. For decades, Mrs Katris had received services from PRONIA which enabled her to live independently in her own house well after her 100th birthday, despite the severe vision problems she faced and endured with rare strength of spirit and grace. We offer our condolences to Nicholas Katris and the extended Katris family including Lana Laios her grandaugther who is a current PRONIA board member. May her memory live on.

PRONIA is proud to announce that the Cocktail event, a fundraising cocktail party supporting the organisation’s work on preventing family violence, raised $85,000, surpassing its original goal. The success of the event is a testament to the support of our community that embraced PRONIA’s initiative to create a foundation against family violence. Close to 140 guests attended the cocktail fundraiser, which took place Friday, 10th November, at the Brunswick Town Hall. The event featured speeches from PRONIA’s President Elpis Korosidis, PRONIA’s CEO Tina Douvos-Stathopoulos, Merri-bek’s Mayor Angelica Panopoulos, PRONIA’s family unit coordinator Kathy Barbakos and Safe and Equal’s Chair Maria […]

Today PRONIA’s management was very happy to receive a visit from Multicultural Commissioner Viv Nguyen at the offices in Brunswick and give her a tour of the organisation’s facilities. In addition, there was an opportunity for discussion about the current projects of the organisation and about the Greek-Australian community within multicultural Victoria. We thank Ms Viv Nguyen for her visit and her constant support.    

“Stronger Together” is PRONIA’s support services program for people with early stages of dementia and their carers. The program was officially launched in Melbourne on Friday 27th October at the Treacy Center in Parkville by Maria Vamvakinou MP. Guest speakers included PRONIA’s Board President Ms Elpis Korosidis, Dementia Australia’s State Manager Client Services Ms Jacinta Allen, Director Neuropsychiatry at Royal Melbourne Hospital Prof. Denis Velakoulis. MC of the event was PRONIA’s CEO Ms Tina Douvos-Stathopoulos. More than 110 guests came together to learn about PRONIA’s new support program including community leaders, media and professionals. Guests enjoyed light lunch, discussion and […]

Sergeant Con Matsamakis from Victoria Police with PRONIA PRONIA’s seniors had the opportunity to hear and learn about living safely and with confidence from Sergeant Con Matsamakis, who visited PRONIA’s offices on Thursday, 26th October. As part of the Victoria Seniors Festival, our seniors enjoyed an afternoon full of information, education and fun! First, the safety presentation and, followed by a TRIVIA afternoon to test our general knowledge! Everyone enjoyed the quiz and asked for more Trivia afternoons in the future!

𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐀 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐞𝐥𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤, 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤. We have two exciting Greek Story Times for all children to participate in: The Greek Story Time at Glenroy Library (50 Wheatsheaf Rd, Glenroy ) is participating this FRIDAY October 27th (10:30-11:30am) in the celebrations for Children’s Week with the Program ‘Celebrate your Roots’. The Greek Story Time at Malvern Library (1255 High St, Malvern) is participating this FRIDAY October 27th (10:30-11:30am) in the celebrations for Children’s Week with the Program ‘Celebrate your Roots’. Bring your children for a morning full […]

These monthly sessions are delivered in collaboration with Services Australia on the second Wednesday of each month at the MYFS Room in the Courtyard of the Centre. Each session is designed to share essential information with the community. The topic covered in this session was language services and an overview of supports available, including an introduction to MyGov. The next session will be focused on MyGov and linking services / navigating the site and is scheduled for Wednesday, 8 November, at 10 a.m. If you wish to participate or inquire for further information, call PRONIA at (03) 9388 9998

𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐀 𝐈𝐒 𝐀 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐃 𝐅𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐋 𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐎𝐑 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐅𝐈𝐋𝐌 𝐅𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐋 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 Founded in 1993, the Greek Film Festival has gone from strength to strength, presenting a snapshot of the cine culture that is the Greek Film Industry. It has become a landmark on the calendar of the Greek community in October. For 2023, the dates are from 19th to 29th October. The 2023 Greek Film Festival will present a jam-packed program of contemporary dramas, documentaries, the Student Film Festival and tributes to Irene Papas This year, the festival features: • Multi award-winning Feature Films • Exceptional documentaries • Tribute […]

𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐀 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫. The participants had the opportunity to hear from Professor Bianca Brijnath (NARI) on issues around dementia. PRONIA’s Lucy Louka also informed the audience about the program “Stronger Together” that PRONIA runs in order to support people with early stages of dementia and their families/carers. Vice President of the Greek Community of Melbourne and well-known singer and songwriter Anthi Sidiropoulos entertained the audience with Greek music and songs. At the end of the presentations, all participants were treated to […]