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 […]
Young people hiked to the Piusa Ancient Valley together with youth workers.
Hike on the Piusa Primeval Valley hiking trail August 18-19 ~15 km. Youth workers and hike organizers Elisabeth and Liisi, along with young participant Aliise-Gea Vares, share their memories of the hike: We started our hike from Tartu bus station. We waited for the Tartu-Võru bus, which was a little late. Since there were 16 of us, it took time to load our belongings and get on the bus, so […]
Youth Work Camp Summer 2023
Youth Summer Camp 2023 has concluded for this year, and in the last days of August, with rain falling outside, it is probably the best time to summarize this eventful summer and look back at everything. Preparations for the Youth Summer Camp began already at the end of last year, but the real momentum for the camp's preparations started in spring as the Youth Summer Camp approached. In spring, we visited various schools in Tartu […]
The Youth Work Camp Summer concluded at the Estonian Student Youth Work Camps gathering
The long and activity-filled youth work camp summer is now behind us. Traditionally, the youth work camp summer concluded with the 2023 Estonian Student Youth Work Camps gathering, held from August 14-16 at Toosikannu Holiday Center. Youth work camp participants from Tartu, Tallinn, Viljandi municipality and city, and Pärnu met at the gathering. The three-day program was packed, including both competitions and performances. Over the three days, the youth work camp participants competed in volleyball, tug-of-war, [...]
International Youth Day was celebrated at Lille Youth Centre on August 12!
International Youth Day is celebrated on August 12th, and this year, the Lille team decided to organize a festival-style youth day party. At the 3-hour event, there was an opportunity to get glitter face paint, Waf soft-serve ice cream, capture fun photos in a photo booth, participate in a mocktail workshop, and join various competitive games. The aim of the party was to offer young people a free and enjoyable environment where they could enjoy colors, company, music, ice cream, and [...]