New opening hours!
Tartu Youth Work Centre's youth centres changed their opening hours! 🔷 Anne Youth Centre Mon-Thu 13:00-19:00, Fri 14:00-21:00 & Sat 13:00-17:00. 🔷 Ilmatsalu Youth Centre Wed & Thu 13:00-19:00, Fri 13:00-20:00 & Sat 11:00-16:00. 🔷 Lille Youth Centre Mon-Thu 13:00-19:00, Fri 14:00-21:00 & Sat 13:00-17:00. More detailed information on the centres' Instagram pages: Anne IG –https://www.instagram.com/annenoortekeskus/ Ilmatsalu IG – https://www.instagram.com/ilmatsalunoortekeskus/ Lille IG – https://www.instagram.com/lillenoortekeskus/
Tartu Wisdom Day is back!
This year's theme for Tartu Wisdom Day is: “Wisdom circulates in Tartu!”. On the first day of school, September 1st, from 3:00 PM to 8:00 PM, Tartu will host a BIG entertaining back-to-school party! 💡 At the Wisdom Day fair area, you can explore and actively participate in workshops offered by various providers of hobby education and activities! Various competitions and games will also take place! Simultaneously, a diverse stage program will provide entertainment, and vendors will offer various goods. [...]
Young people from Tartu city and rural municipality put an eventful and safe end to the youth work camp summer
Young people from Tartu city and rural municipality, group leaders, and youth work camp organizers met this week at the Tartumaa youth work camp gathering to reflect on their experiences, exchange knowledge, and compete in various sports. The gathering is a traditional event, with nearly 80 participants this year. Groups presented their symbols, flags, and emblems, original youth work camp songs, and group videos, which were judged by a jury. In addition, they competed in volleyball, […]
SURVIVAL IN NATURE WITH THE HELP OF SIGN LANGUAGE
From July 24-26, the Ilmatsalu Youth Centre once again took young people to the forest for nature survival training days. The location was also an old acquaintance – Simisalu Nature House and Kollassaare. The trainer was also our old friend Erki Vaikre from Estlander MTÜ. One might think that the training content was the same as previous times. Yes, it was, but with the exception that everything, […]
Smart Youth Work Continues on YouTube
This year has particularly highlighted the necessity and potential of smart youth work in reaching and supporting young people. In connection with this, we created a YouTube channel at the beginning of the year, where we post monthly videos about our activities and topics relevant to young people. So far, videos from the TNTK account have been viewed 1376 times, and we have gained 23 followers in a short period. New videos are available on our [...]
On July 15, a football match took place between youth and youth workers
On July 15, a football match, hopefully becoming a tradition, took place at Mart Reinik Stadium between youth and youth workers. The youth workers kicked off the ball on the field, and a fairly even game began. That was the initial impression. However, the youth quickly scored the first goal, and the first half ended 3:1 in favor of the youth. By the end of the first half, it was noticeable that the youth workers were running out of steam [...]
Tartu Youth Day is exciting and full of adventure!
This year, Tartu Youth Day took place a little differently! From August 1st to 12th, a youth orienteering event took place! The focus of Youth Day was physical health, and therefore we invited all young people to participate in the orienteering course starting on August 1st, which could be completed until August 12th (until 4:00 PM). The course was linked to various alternative opportunities and young people in Tartu, where a small task also had to be completed at each point! […]
The Tartu Youth Work Center was looking for new international volunteers!
The Tartu Youth Work Center is looking for three European Solidarity Corps volunteers for the project “3 for Enriching the Community”. Service period: 24.08.2020-20.08.2021 (12 months) Location: Tartu, Estonia Volunteers: 3 Tasks: working in the youth center and organizing major events for young people Accommodation: volunteers live in a shared apartment; travel, food, and pocket money are provided. For application or additional information, contact: mariliis.maremae@raad.tartu.ee Inglise keeles: Tartu Noorsootöö [...]
Kolm Põrsakest and Tartu Youth Work Centre inspire future innovators
Science popularizer Kolm Põrsakest and Tartu Youth Work Center are jointly organizing an inspiring program for young people this autumn called 'Future Innovators'. The program aims to boost young people's courage to experiment, curiosity, ambition, and scientific grounding. Additionally, the program supports the integration of young people with and without special needs. Põrsakesed believe that these are the values necessary for creating innovation and new knowledge. The program aims to emphasize that anyone can become an innovator [...]
The Youth Summer Camp started on July 3!
Traditionally, the Tartu Youth Work Camp was opened this year with a parade and a bang. All the festivities began in the courtyard of Anne Youth Center, where groups got acquainted with each other and the Youth Work Camp Tree was planted. From there, the youth work camp participants marched to Tartu city center, to Autovabaduse puiestee, where they were greeted by Tartu Mayor Urmas Klaas, who offered both motivational and admonishing words. Of course, the youth work camp oath was also read, and the traditional [...]