Kontula Youth Participation

Hi 12-17 years old young people! Do you want to make an impact, plan fun things and be involved in creating a homely, fun and safe feeling Mellunkylä and its areas Kontula, Kivikko, Vesala, Mellunmäki and Östersundom? Come along to the youth center and participate, follow us on social media and come spend time together with other young people and youth workers! Tell your ideas about a better Mellunkylä, we help you with your ideas. The city of Helsinki has many channels for young people to participate, you can find the right and your ways to participate here.

In addition to participating the youth center activities, young people can make their voices herd through the Youth Budget and Youth Council, which rotates year after year! Any young person can participate and make an impact.

2024-2025


What ideas have been realised this year!
Last autumn we (Mellunkylä-Kontula-Östersundom area) got 19 750€ for different activities in our area as a result of youth budget necogiations:

  • Youth event EPICPARTY (8250€)
  • Family and cultural event (3500€)
  • Extreme hobbies (8000€)
  • Nature and adventure trips to surronding areas such as Östersundom (2000€)
  • Specific trips and activities related to animals and nature (4000€)

Youth budget process happens every year therefore in the spring 2024 the process will start again for young people age 13-17 year old.

Information gathering from 11.3.-30.4

Youth budget workshops on 18.-20.9. in Luuppi and on 26.9. in Östersundom camp centre (signup, if you want to participate)

Voting 21.10.-1.11. will be taken place at schools during the school hours.
Nuorisopalveluiden yksiköiden nuorten neuvottelut –> 6.11. Kontulan toimintakeskus Luuppi
Nuorisopalveluiden alueneuvottelut –> 26.11. Idän alueneuvottelupäivä

Autumn 2023 is the peak time for influence!

The Youth Budget 2023-2024 continues!

Youth Budget workshops were organized between 11 and 13 September 2023. 87 young people in the Mellunkylä region participated in the workshops! Good job young people! In October, the young people get to vote at their own school on the ideas they like, which the young people planned in the workshops. Read more about the ideas through this LINK. Voting will take place between 2 and 27 October. Voting takes place via schools at their own days for voting. Youth aged 13-17 years can vote.

  • Youth Budget voting days:
    • Naulakallio school 9.10.
    • Vesalan comprehensive school 12.10. and 26.10.
    • Helsingin yhteislyseo 13.10. and 26.10.
    • Sakarinmäki comprehensive school 13.10.

After voting the young people get to nagotiate with the chiefs of Youth services about which proposals will be implemented in 2024 an d which proposals we will nagotiate the youth budget money! Youth can sign up to the advisory board which takes place at 16.11.2023 and 29.11.2023.

SIGN UP now by whatsapp message 040 3509 736 / 040 6433 862 – tell us your name and that you want to be part of the youth advisory bourd.

Young peoples ideas are promoted e.g. also through OmaStadi and the youth initiative channel. We submitted youth ideas through Omastadi between 2 and 15 October 2023! Voting to these ideas will take place at february-march 2024 so stay tuned. Young people can leave initiatives at any time in the initiative channel!

Standing for the Youth Council has ended! Young people born in 2006-2010 are eligible to stand and vote in the elections held in autumn 2023. Any young person born in 2006-2010 who offically lives in Helsinki can be part of this group of 30 young people.

  • Nomination 11.-29.9.2023-> APPLY HERE
  • The voting period/the elections, will be held at schools from 6 to 24 November 2023
    • Schools voting days:
      • Vesala comprehensive school 6.11. and 8.11. (extraday 13.11.)
      • Helsingin yhteislyseo 9.-10.11.
      • Laakavuori primary school 15.11.
      • Naulakallio school 20.11.
      • Sakarinmäki comprehensive school 22.11.
    • Youth centers voting days:
      • Youth center Kontula Luuppi 11.11.2023 17-21
      • Youth center Vesala 15.11.2023 17- 20.45
      • Youth center Kivikko 22.11.2023 17-19.30
    • Voting is also possible in Oodi for youth in Helsinki, Espoo and Vantaa

So you can influence exactly how you want! Just you or with another young people. We help and support you.

Lisätiedot

Mira Honkaniemi

Youth worker / youth participation

Kontula Youth center Luuppi

mira.honkaniemi@hel.fi,

040 645 3862

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