Target group: Young people
School has started – welcome to the new school year!
The school year 2023–2024 started in schools in Vantaa on Thursday, 10 August. The first day of the school year is significant for many.
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A meaningful hobby provides experiences of success and joy. Hobbies also help children and young people learn useful life skills.
Youth Council election will be held in autumn
New members of the Vantaa Youth Council will be elected in the autumn for the two-year term 2024–2025. Young people living in Vantaa who turn 13–18 years during the election year are eligible for the election.
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
Science in all languages event week 25.8 - 1.9. 2023
Lifelong learning, events and science in many languages. Programmes for all ages. The Aina oppiva Vantaa network organises events all around Vantaa. Events are free of charge unless mentioned otherwise.
Käärijä, who wowed the world with Cha Cha Cha, performs in Vantaa at Louhela Jam!
The City of Vantaa will host a Käärijä gig at Louhela Jam on Sunday, June 4th, 2023. In addition to Käärijä, twenty other great jam bands will perform at the event. The event is free of charge.
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.
Youth work in educational institutions
The City of Vantaa's educational youth workers work in all Varia vocational school campuses, as well as at Lumo Upper Secondary School. The educational youth workers serve as safe, trusted adults within the school environment.