Hellenic Kids Club launched in UK's Southampton

Making things out of clay, singing Greek folk songs along with karaoke, learning the secrets to baking the perfect spinach pie, putting together a magazine in Greek: these are just a few of the activities that young members of the Hellenic Kids Club in the port city of Southampton on England's southern coast can have a go at while practicing their Greek.

"Teaching at the Greek school, I noticed the kids needed more opportunities to actually use the Greek language, plus get a deeper understanding of Greek history and culture," explains Tea Kouraki, who got the idea for the Hellenic Kids Club after moving from Greece to the UK with her family. Southampton has long had a thriving Cypriot community, and lately the number of Greeks living in the city has increased too - mainly people working for shipping companies, the university, the hospital and in education. Southampton, which...