Project “ESTEEM – Youth work responses to young people well-being” meeting in Spain
Tartu Youth Work Centre staff Kristina, Aveli, Liisa, and Helen participated from November 21-26 in sunny Alicante, Spain, in connection with the well-being project aimed at young people, “ESTEEM – Youth work responses to young people well-being.” In addition to Estonia, people working with youth from Spain, Latvia, and Bulgaria also participated in the project. This project lasts approximately two years, and the aim of this meeting was to test, provide feedback, and [...].
Workshop for specialists working with youth - “Youth into the Digital Future”
What challenges does an increasingly digitalizing society offer? How to keep pace with children and young people? These questions will be addressed during a free training and discussion evening for youth workers, teachers, activity leaders, and others who work with young people, taking place already on November 17th. WORKSHOP in Tartu 2024 premises (Raekoja plats 6) 17:30 Opening remarks and snacks 18:00-18:20 English online presentation by game researcher-writer Jaakko Kemppainen (Finland) [...].
Youth Work Week with Tartu Youth Work Center
From November 13-19, the 13th nationwide youth work week will take place, with this year's focus on acting for the environment. The Tartu Youth Work Center will also host activities during the youth work week for young people, youth workers, the community, and cooperation partners. A call to schools and youth centers: good messages – prepare cards with positive messages with your student council, class, or simply at the youth center, put them on the walls of the school building/youth center, and enjoy making someone feel good […]
Keidi and Sigrid's Experiences – from a study visit to Iceland!
At the end of September and beginning of October, from September 27 to October 2, a large part of the Tartu Youth Work Centre's team was on a study visit to Iceland. They visited various youth work institutions and learned best practices on both mobile youth work and open youth rooms. Now others also have the opportunity to experience a piece of this, as two of our employees have written down their experiences. PS! In addition to the experience stories […]
The network meeting for Tartu city's youth leaders, youth workers, and social pedagogues will soon be held again.
On December 1st from 1 PM to 5 PM, a networking meeting for Tartu city's youth leaders, youth workers, and social pedagogues will take place at the SA Tartu 2024 office in the Arts of Survival Hall (Raekoja plats 6). The purpose of this joint meeting is to provide youth workers, youth leaders, and social pedagogues with an opportunity to get to know each other better, share information about future events and cooperation possibilities, and discuss common topics. In addition, various support units of the City of Tartu have been invited […]
Tartu youth centers offer young people opportunities to spend their autumn break meaningfully
Starting this week, from Monday to Friday, all five Tartu youth centers have offered a wide range of activities for young people to spend their school break in an active and exciting way. The five-day break program, which starts today, includes both the usual activities at youth centers and various educational, eye-opening, and integration-promoting activities. For example, on Tuesday, 12-19-year-olds can look forward to a conflict resolution workshop – a skill that no one can do without [...].
Volunteering at Tartu Noorsootöö Keskus – My experience
Ever since February of this year, I’ve been a volunteer at Tartu Noorsootöö Keskus, TNTK for short under the European Solidarity Corps program of Erasmus+. At this organization, my work has ranged from being a youth worker to an event organizer, to working with really young children or young adults, to being the person in […]
Changes in opening hours during the period 27 September - 2 October
Due to the learning journey of Tartu Youth Work Centre's youth workers to Iceland from September 27 to October 2, there will be changes in the opening hours of Tartu youth centers. Anne Youth Centre for the 7-11 age group is open as usual Mon-Fri 12-18. Anne Youth Centre for the 12-19 age group is open Mon-Thu 13-19, Fri 14-21, and will be closed this weekend. From the new week, October 2-7, the center will be on collective leave. Both Ilmatsalu and both Lille youth centers […]
Youth Initiative Talent Show
We bring you a look back at a youth initiative that took place at the Ilmatsalu Youth Center. On September 19, two young people wanted to organize a Talent Show at the Ilmatsalu Youth Center, the aim of which, according to them, was to offer all participants the opportunity to perform for others. We started by having the young people fill out a small project form designed for youth, where they write down what and when they want to organize, who it is aimed at, and what […]
Volunteering in Estonia
It’s hard to realize that my volunteering project is going to the end. Before my coming, I’ve thought that 8 months is quite long period of time. But when I see my schedule for September, my last schedule, I understand that time has run so fast. I had no idea about youth work, about Estonia […]