Tag: Child-Friendly Municipality
Sexual harassment of minors has become more common – cities in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area have produced a support package for those working with the youth
The results of the biennial School Health Survey show that sexual harassment of children and young people has become more common. This year, schools, educational institutions and youth centres in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area will address the phenomenon so that children and young people can learn
Children's Rights Week
The City of Vantaa participates in celebrating Children’s Rights Week on November 17–23, 2025. All the children have the right to connect with their community and society, and the right to be heard. . During the week, Vantaa arranges myriad programs and events, targeted at children, the young, and
The City of Vantaa to receive the UNICEF Child Friendly Cities recognition
Finnish Committee for UNICEF grants the City of Vantaa the Child Friendly Cities recognition. “In two years, Vantaa has succeeded in making permanent changes in the city’s operations, as well as significant changes for children and the young,” UNICEF acknowledges.
Adults are responsible for realization of children's rights
Vantaa actors working with children and the young got together on November 21, in the annual seminar on the Children's rights week. The seminar focused on the realization of children’s rights in Vantaa.
Adult, would you help? The City of Vantaa launched a campaign against bullying and sexual harassment – the videos are based on real-life events.
Adult, would you help? -campaign is aimed at adults and its purpose is to get adults to intervene in bullying, harassment, and other inappropriate behaviour that children and young people encounter in their daily lives. The campaign is part of the City of Vantaa’s Child-Friendly City work
Liikuntapaikkojen turvallisemman tilan periaatteet
Vantaan kaupungin liikuntapaikoilla on käytössä turvallisemman tilan periaatteet. Tavoitteena on, että kaikki liikuntapaikkojen käyttäjät tuntevat olonsa tervetulleiksi ja turvallisiksi.
Ideas of children and young people for implementing Vantaa's strategy: from collecting garbage to supporting teachers’ coping
How would children and teens in Vantaa implement the city's strategy? Students at Vantaa's elementary schools, high schools, and Vantaa Vocational College Varia participated in the Influential Day at the City Hall in the spring to create ideas for how to implement the city’s strategy. This is how
Vantaa will once again implement the very popular playground meals
Vantaa will once again implement the very popular playground meals. Warm meals and picnic bags will be distributed free of charge to under-18-year-old Vantaa residents in various places around the city from June 5 to July 7, on weekdays at 11:00–12:00, or for as long as food is available.
Children and young people decided on a budget of 160 000 € in Vantaa – the money will be used to build cable slides and organise outdoor movies
Children and young people decided on a budget of 160000€ in Vantaa - the money will be used to build cable slides and outdoor movies. The winners of the participatory budgeting of children and young people in Vantaa were published on the Influential Day on April 26 at Vantaa City Hall.
City of Vantaa employees and decision-makers to be inducted in children’s rights
The City of Vantaa is committed to promoting child-friendliness. Vantaa has decided that all city employees and trustees take a training course on children's rights.