Lille Youth Centre's health tip: Is dessert really unhealthy?
There is a widespread misconception in society that dessert is unhealthy and is essentially a sugar bomb. Dessert usually refers to products soaked in processed ingredients, sugar, and fat, which are bought ready-made from stores. In such cases, the consumer cannot control what and how much goes into the dessert or how it is made. There is less of a habit of making dessert at home. However [...]
Board Game Week at Tartu Youth Work Center
This week, January 16-20, Tartu Youth Center is hosting a board game week. The event is organized in cooperation with Brain Games. The week runs from Monday to Friday, during which various board games will be played with young people. Games such as Carcassonne, Sushi Go, Klask, Lama, and others will be played, provided by Brain Games. On Thursday, Brain Games game leaders will visit three centers (Anne […]
The Tartu Youth Work Centre in Tartu Christmas City on January 4th.
During the first week of the year, our youth workers broke the routine in a fairytale glass house, in the magical Christmas city on Tartu Town Hall Square. Visitors who entered the house were offered various creative activities. For example, young people could design socks, t-shirts, and fabric bags; those who wished could draw, and those who wished could play board games. During the day, they met both older and younger visitors, as well as their parents, [...]
Street youth work specialists and practitioners gathered in Tartu.
Perhaps you have already heard us mention terms like MONO or mobile youth work or inviting youth work? This is quite likely, because in addition to open youth work, our focus for two years has been precisely inviting youth work, which is part of mobile youth work! The goal of inviting youth work is to introduce youth work opportunities to young people and to reach young people who would not otherwise come to the centers. […]
Including a sign language user in the team enriches the entire collective
Margit Kink, Director of the Tartu Youth Work Centre, shared experiences in the newspaper Tartu Postimees regarding the involvement of a sign language youth worker in the youth centre's activities. "The Tartu Youth Work Centre, a youth work institution, hired a sign language youth worker with the help of the Estonian Unemployment Insurance Fund. Margit Kink, the centre's director, states that the experience was enriching, increased the empathy of the entire team, and provided the experience that communicating with a sign language person should not be feared." Read more […]
Join the “Noorteaken” podcast team
Are you at least 13 years old? Are you interested in the world of podcasts? Are you looking for a new challenge? Then YOU are exactly who we are looking for! Specifically, the podcast "Noorteaken" operating under the Tartu Youth Work Center is looking for awesome young people for its team. It doesn't matter if you are interested in hosting, scriptwriting, editing, or social media marketing – we will definitely find an opportunity for you to work with the "Noorteaken" team according to your interests. To apply [...]
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 […]