schilizzi donated money for hospitals, theatres, schools, and for war relief and other emergencies in greece. in widowhood, she sold her house in athens to become the british embassy in greece. one of her london houses in grosvenor square was used as a greek embassy, during the tenure of diplomat and writer giorgos seferis. helena schilizzi venizelos published a short memoir, "à l'ombre de veniselos" ("in the shadow of venizelos"), in 1955.