Benefits and allowances in the Region of Thessaly

Almyros water utility: 50% water discount for large and three-child families, disability of 67% or more and single-parent or destitute families

The Almyros water utility gives 50% off the first-band water and sewerage price, the standing charge and the maintenance charge to large and three-child families with dependent children, people with a disability of 67% or more and single-parent or destitute families with an income up to €3,000.

Body: ΔΕΥΑ Αλμυρού — απόφαση ΔΣ 80/2025, τιμολόγιο 2026 (Διαύγεια)

Alonnisos Municipal Bus — Reduced Fare for Large and Three-child Families, Unemployed and Disabled (67%); Free for Children up to 6

On the Alonnisos municipal bus the fare is €0.90 instead of €1.80 for large and three-child families, unemployed people and people with a 67% disability, and children up to 6 travel free. Tickets are bought at sales points, not on the bus.

Alonissos: reduction or exemption from water, cleaning-lighting and cesspit fees for vulnerable groups

The Municipality of Alonissos fully exempts needy people and people with a disability of 80% or more, and cuts by 50% for large and three-child families, disability 67% and over, single parents, the long-term unemployed and GMI recipients, the water, cleaning-lighting and cesspit-emptying fees of the main home.

«Antonis & Stella Kyrkou» social programme: cash aid for vulnerable residents of the Municipality of Elassona

Cash aid of up to €2,000 for permanent residents of the Municipality of Elassona in vulnerable groups (homeless people, people with disabilities, people with serious or mental illness, people in extreme poverty, the long-term unemployed). It covers food, housing, transport, energy, health care and hygiene needs; applications all year at the Town Hall.

Zagora-Mouresi: 50% water tariff cut for large families and no standing charges for disability 67%+

For 2026 the Municipality of Zagora-Mouresi cuts the water tariff by 50% for the homes of large families and exempts people with a disability of 67% or more from the household water standing charges.

Body: Δήμος Ζαγοράς-Μουρεσίου — απόφαση Δημοτικού Συμβουλίου 176/2025 (Διαύγεια)

DEYA Larissa — Social Water Tariff for Vulnerable Groups (sample municipal water utility)

You belong to one of the vulnerable-group categories of the DEYAL Social Tariff.

Body: ΔΕΥΑ Λάρισας

Tuition Discounts at the Larissa Municipal Art Gallery's Free Art Workshop (single-parent, three-child and large families, people with disabilities)

The Municipal Art Gallery of Larissa – G.I. Katsigras Museum gives a discount on the monthly fees of its Open Workshop of Visual and Applied Arts: 20% for members of single-parent families, 50% for members of families with three children and large families, and 25% for people with disabilities.

Body: Δημοτική Πινακοθήκη Λάρισας – Μουσείο Γ.Ι. Κατσίγρα (Διαύγεια)

One-off €1,000–3,000 birth grant — Municipality of South Pelion

The Municipality of South Pelion pays a one-off €1,000 for the 1st child, €2,000 for the 2nd and €3,000 for the 3rd and each further child, for children born from 2026 to families of registered citizens who live permanently in the municipality, with family income up to €20,000 (€15,000 for single parents) +€1,000 for each child already in the family; the Municipal Committee has approved raising the limits by €15,000 (single parents €5,000).

Reduced water tariff at 50% off for disabled people, three-child families and the needy (Municipality of South Pelion, 2026)

The Municipality of South Pelion has a reduced water tariff at 50% off in all municipal units for people with a disability, three-child families and the needy.

Skopelos water utility: 50% water discount for pensioners, the unemployed, the destitute, large and three-child families, disability and Minimum Income recipients with incomes up to €15,000

The Skopelos water utility gives 50% off the first 40 cubic metres of each period to pensioners and the first 60 to the long-term unemployed, the destitute, large and three-child families, people with disabilities and Minimum Income recipients, with a household income up to €15,000.

Body: ΔΕΥΑ Σκοπέλου — απόφαση ΔΣ 97/2025, τιμολογιακή πολιτική 2026 (Διαύγεια)

DEYA Trikala – Social water tariff (50% off)

DEYA Trikala gives 50% off the normal tariff and the supply maintenance fee, up to a consumption limit, to three-child and large families, disabled people and Minimum Guaranteed Income (former KEA) recipients, for the main home.

Body: ΔΕΥΑ Τρικάλων — Κοινωνικό τιμολόγιο (deyat.gr)

Social Tutoring Programmes of Municipalities and Regions (free lessons for pupils)

Municipalities and regions run a Social Tutoring programme every school year: supplementary lessons for pupils, mostly at lower and upper secondary school. In Elliniko-Argyroupoli and Notia Kynouria there is no financial criterion; in Thesprotia, Salamina and Trikala the lessons are for children of low-income families, with an application once a year.

Body: Δήμος Ελληνικού – Αργυρούπολης (ανακοίνωση 2026-2027)· ανακοινώσεις των Δήμων Ηγουμενίτσας, Σαλαμίνας, Νότιας Κυνουρίας και Τρικκαίων

DEYA Tyrnavos – Special water tariffs for large families, disabled people and single parents

DEYA Tyrnavos charges a special lower tariff (€0.21 per m³ for the first 70 m³) to large families, people with a disability above 67% and single-parent families with annual income up to €10,000.

DEYA Farsala – Special water tariff for people with a disability

DEYA Farsala gives 50% off from the first cubic metre to people with a disability above 67% up to 99%, and charges only the fixed charge to people with a 100% disability and to families with two disabled members.