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Voting on residents’ ideas to start soon – everyone aged 13 and over can have their say!
NewsIn April, Vantaa residents will have the chance to participate in the development of their own neighbourhood. For the first time, participatory budgeting is being carried out across the whole of Vantaa.
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The Bravo! Performing Arts Festival for young audiences will take Vantaa by storm in March
NewsThe Bravo! Performing Arts Festival for young audiences takes over the culture centres in the Helsinki metropolitan area from the 15th to the 24th of March with its international high-quality performances for children, young people and families.
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The winter holiday week features Lego robot programming, colourful ghosts, art camps and various sports activities
NewsVantaa schools are on winter holiday from 19 to 25 February. The city organises plenty of fun activities for those on holiday.
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Impact of Talentia's political walkout on Early Childhood Education on Tuesday, February 6, 2024
NewsThe trade union for graduated social workers, Talentia has announced that it will organise a walkout on Tuesday 6th of February 2024 at 14.00–16.00. The work stoppage will last until the end of the shift. The work stoppage affects Talentia’s members who are employed by the City of Vantaa.
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New career coaching service helps immigrants find jobs and plan their careers
NewsThe City of Vantaa has launched Get Work, a project to provide immigrants with one-to-one career coaching in English. Laurea and Metropolia are co-implementing the project. The project will run until 2025.
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The City of Vantaa to receive the UNICEF Child Friendly Cities recognition
NewsFinnish 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.
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Early childhood education decisions made earlier have been resent to customer families due to system malfunction
NewsEarly childhood education's VaSa system (CgiVesa) was updated on Monday, January 8, 2024. Because of an error in the update, some of the customers will receive by mail old early childhood education’s place or scope decisions that are related to, for instance, year 2022.
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Flooding in Varistonoja in Vantaa and Niipperinoja in Espoo will be reduced by water management structures – event for residents explaining the measures on 1 February
NewsThe water quality of Lake Pitkäjärvi will be improved and floods in its catchment area will be reduced by implementing natural water management structures at selected sites in Vantaa and Espoo. These measures will be discussed in an event for residents organised on Thursday 1 February.