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 The
aim of the Youth Affairs Department is to promote a healthy
lifestyle, tolerance, internationalisation and active
citizenship among youth and children. Youth work supports
parenting and aims at balanced growth.
Oulu has 15 youth houses, 2 camp centres and 4 band
training facilities. Youth organisations can use the youth
facilities free of charge, and apply for funding from the
Youth Committee, providing youngsters with a meaningful and
safe place to meet up at. Supervised activities to
7-17-year-olds are organised in the youth facilities. Youth
workers cooperate with such operators as schools and
youth organisations.
The Centre of Youth Affairs promotes the implementation
of young people’s own ideas and offers a range of
opportunities for international contacts, events and leisure
activities. The Oulu model of participation gives youth and
children the opportunity of having a say in matters
concerning them.
The Centre of Youth Affairs supports young people during
different stages of growth and in different life situations.
Services are provided for young people with an immigrant
background and those who need special support, for example.
The Youth Information and Counselling Centre Nappi offers
information, counselling and guidance on various areas of
young people's lives.
The Centre of Youth Affairs organises morning and
afternoon activities for school children in the 1st and 2nd
grade in cooperation with different organisations and the
Evangelical Lutheran parishes of Oulu.
Youth workshops provide training and job opportunities
for unemployed 17-24-year-olds. The workshops provide an
opportunity to get acquainted with a number of fields, such
as car repair, woodworking, cooking and home economics,
office work as well as art and the media. |
