Early Childhood Education Clubs
Introduction
Children in home care and receiving home care allowance can also participate in the activities. If a family receives private day care allowance, the child cannot simultaneously participate in the club activities.
Clubs by the region
Early childhood education clubs only offers services in Finnish.
Apply to a club
The VaSa service will be updated on May 29th 2023 about from 20.00 to 21.00. We apologize for the inconvenience caused.
The application time for the following operating year of the clubs is in April. These applications are processed in May, and the decision regarding your child’s club place will be delivered to you by Midsummer. You can also apply to clubs during the operating year, in which case you will receive a place if the clubs have availability.
You can fill in a club application electronically in the VaSa service. You must log in to the application with the Suomi.fi identification method by using your online banking IDs, mobile certificate or certificate card. You can edit the application after submitting it as well as track its process in the service.
Application to the Club - Instructions for Guardians for using VaSa-Service(pdf, 1.07 MB) Instructions for guardians for using VaSa-service(pdf, 332.57 KB)If you cannot complete the application electronically, you can also submit one on paper. You can fill in and print out the form from the website. A filled-in form can be returned to any municipal day care centre or sent to early childhood education services at: Varhaiskasvatus, Kerhohakemus, PL 313, 01030 Vantaan kaupunki.
If you have any questions, you can contact the area’s service counsellor.
Decision on a Place in a Club and Accepting the Place
The decision on a club place will be delivered electronically to you in VaSa service. The decision will be delivered to you on paper only if you have specifically requested for it. The decision will also be saved in the Messages service of Suomi.fi if you have turned it on.
The place in a club must be accepted within 14 days of receiving the information. The place can be accepted in VaSa service or by informing the head of the day care centre of the child’s club place. After accepting the place, the club will contact you and you will receive information on starting the club.
Instructions how to apply to club activities in VaSa service
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VaSa service
You can fill in the application for early childhood education electronically in the VaSa service. Log in the VaSa service through Suomi.fi identification with the help of online
banking identifiers, mobile ID or certificate card.
Inquiries about using the VaSa service, for example, in case you cannot find your child's information on VaSa, or you have trouble logging in the service. This email is not protected; do not send any specific personal data through it. varhaiskasvatuksen.vasapalvelu@vantaa.fi
Information
The VaSa service functions best with the two newest versions of Chrome, Firefox, Edge and Safari browsers. The service cannot be used with an Internet Explorer browser or older versions of the Edge browser.
You can use the VaSa service with your mobile device's browser or with a separately downloaded mobile app. You will find the app, called CGI Vesa, in application stores and use it in Finnish, Swedish and English.