Anne and Lille youth centers turn purple in honor of Premature Children's Day
On Thursday, November 17, the International Day of Premature Babies is celebrated. Within this framework, both Anne and Lille youth centers join the call to change outdoor lighting to lilac for one evening. Every tenth child is born into this world before the expected time, i.e., before the 37th week of pregnancy. On the evening of November 17, the day of the birth of premature babies, the world will be colored in honor of prematurely born children, their families, and all supporters […]
Youth Worker Aveli's Tips for Saving Money
What do you do with the pocket money you've been given? How do you plan to use the money you received for a birthday or special occasion? Have you also thought about how you could use the pocket money given by your family most effectively? Here are some ideas on how you can manage your own money: Think carefully about purchases before deciding to buy something. Having received a specific […]
Youth Work Week 2022
Youth workers are the main characters of our center, around whom everything revolves. To emphasize and further highlight their importance, Youth Work Week is celebrated nationwide from November 7-13. In Estonia, the importance of youth work has been highlighted since 2010, and its aim is to showcase the opportunities in the youth sector and youth work by creating favorable non-formal learning environments together with young people and youth sector workers (Harno, 2021). This year, the focus is on [...]
School Holidays in Tartu Youth Centers
Next week, schoolchildren will be on vacation, and to help young people spend this time actively and interestingly, we have put together our own vacation program, which runs from Monday to Friday, October 24-28. There will be lots going on throughout the week at all five youth centers, so we hope there will be something for everyone. You can go horseback riding or meet snakes and other animals; learn […]
Second project meeting of “Elevate YOUth Work” in Riga
From September 20-26, our staff participated in the second meeting of the Erasmus+ project “Elevate YOUth Work” in Riga. In addition to our staff, experts working with youth from Latvia, Portugal, Greece, the Netherlands, Italy, and other parts of Europe were also present. At the meeting, participants were able to reflect on and present local activities and workshops that had taken place in the interim, organize a forum for local LGBT+ youth, and […]
Youth Exchange “Be Real”
From September 8-15, the Tartu Youth Centre organized the youth exchange “Be Real”, where young people from Armenia, Hungary, Spain, and Estonia participated. The aim of the youth exchange was to learn more about today's online dangers, and the outcome was 6 videos that highlighted various dangers. During the youth exchange, online police officer Andero Sepp gave a talk, sharing his experiences and discussing prevalent dangers. Based on this, the young people started writing a script and […]
In cooperation between Estonian and Finnish youth, the area under the Sõprus Bridge was made colorful.
From September 5th to 9th, there was a lot of activity under the Sõprus Bridge. Specifically, a large mural, or rather murals, were created there in cooperation with Estonian and Finnish street artists and young people, as several walls, stairs, and even asphalt were covered, totaling over 500 square meters. The main goal of the activity was to offer young people the opportunity to learn and contribute legally to public art. The young people were guided by [...].
Tartu Youth Work Centre's Youth-Initiated Projects
☘️In spring, a youth-initiated project on the theme of Environment Week, 'Path to a Greener Future,' took place☘️ The project's goal was to inform the school community about environmental topics in fun and playful ways and to plant an environmental seed in everyone's hearts💛 Their activities included an environmental film night, a recycling fair, an exhibition of shocking facts, a waste sorting competition with preliminary rounds and a final, environmental lectures, the 'Come to School on Foot or by Bike' campaign, and World School traveling exhibitions. The project manager of Tartu Youth Work Center […]
Specialists working with young people met at Lille Youth Centre
On September 8, a networking meeting for people working with young people was held at the Tartu Youth Work Center on Lille Street. The purpose of the meeting was to learn more about each other's fields, establish new contacts, and find opportunities for cooperation. In addition, participants were told about restorative justice as a way of resolving conflicts or violations of the law and about the SPIN program, and they were given a closer look at the Lille Youth Center's facilities. In addition to youth workers from the Tartu Youth Work Center, the meeting was attended by [...]
New facilities were officially opened for 7–11 year olds
September 1st was an important day for many young people, as a new school year began. For the Tartu Youth Work Centre, however, this day was filled with busy work, because in addition to the Tartu Wisdom Festival, new premises were opened in the Lille and Anne youth centers for a younger target group than before. The second floor of Anne Youth Centre (Uus 56) and the first floor of Lille Youth Centre (Lille 9) now welcome 7–11-year-olds […]