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Participate in a webinar series where we discuss youth violence and its prevention! 🌍💙 We invite you all to participate in an exciting webinar series dedicated to an important topic - youth violence and its prevention. The webinars are held within the framework of the E+ project 'Preventing Youth Violence'. The lead partner of the project is the City of Gothenburg. In addition to Tartu Youth Work Center, the Estonian Sexual Health Association and SA Semper a Frente from Poland also participate in the project. In cooperation with our partners, we have involved several experts to discuss, share knowledge, and offer practical solutions to this complex problem. The webinars will be held in English from 11 AM to 1 PM Estonian time. 🗓️ Webinar schedule: 22.02 - Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) among youth – risk factors and…

This is the title of a four-episode podcast (Eng. “Inclusion is not an illusion”) created as one of the outcomes of the Erasmus+ project “Inclusion is On 2021-2024”. This slogan also aptly describes the entire project, as the inclusion of all young people in leisure activities and society at large, which was the main theme of the project, is not a baseless hope or an unfulfillable dream – one simply needs to expand their knowledge and boldly get started. The project leader was Nuorten Akatemia from Finland, and project partners, in addition to Tartu Youth Work Centre, were The Finnish Youth Association from Finland, Radio- R from the Czech Republic, Federation of Children´s and Youth Municipal Councils from Hungary, Le Discipline from Italy, and Croatian office for Creativity…

In December and January, youth workers could be seen bustling around in the cozy cottage of Tartu Christmas City, organizing diverse workshops for children, young people, and families. Young people themselves were also involved in the organization, coming up with ideas, seeking guests, and planning activities. Young people also conducted workshops themselves; for example, Aliise (14 years old) led a lip balm workshop. Participants could make their own chocolate or cinnamon-scented lip balm from natural materials, which made a lovely Christmas gift for a loved one. In addition, various cooperation partners from all over Tartu visited every day. For example, the Peemot center conducted a badge workshop, where interested participants could design their own cool badges. The Tartu City Museum challenged both the youngest family members and...

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 improve the materials created so far (mapping report, collection of good practices and methods). During the project, a well-being themed board game and a mobile application are also being developed. During the meeting, participants got to know each other, gave various presentations, discussed methods supporting mental health, and exchanged experiences between countries. The ESTEEM core group will continue to work with the feedback received from the meeting…

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) on digital games 18:30-19:15 Escape Room YOUTH WORK WEEK PARTY at WAF Lounges (Raekoja plats 10) 19:30 Gathering and non-alcoholic welcome drink, snacks. The evening is full of exciting interactive activities and performers. For dancing, DJ Liisa (Tartu Youth Work Centre) and DJ Angela (Tartu 2024) will play. Those interested can purchase their preferred drinks from the cocktail bar...

From November 13-19, the 13th nationwide Youth Work Week will take place, with this year's focus on environmental action. The Tartu Youth Work Centre will also host activities during Youth Work Week for young people, youth workers, the community, and cooperation partners. Call to schools and youth centres: good messages - prepare cards with positive messages with your student council, class, or simply at the youth centre, put them on the walls of the school building/youth centre, and enjoy being able to praise someone with a kind word! Open Doors Week at the centres: We invite teachers, other specialists working with young people, and parents to visit the youth centres during Youth Work Week to get acquainted with the centres' activities and staff. Simply drop in during the opening hours of a youth centre that suits you! We introduce our work to students, so come and shadow us! The Tartu Youth Work Centre awaits shadowers…

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 Iceland study visit can also be seen in video form - a vlog titled  "VLOG │TNTK employees' study trip to Iceland!"   was created in a free and enjoyable style. Youth work camp coordinator Keidi's experience story:  In the early morning of September 27, 20 employees of the Tartu Youth Work Centre departed by bus from the lower parking lot of Vanemuine to Riga, to then head towards Reykjavik to get acquainted with…

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 (police, child protection, etc.) have been invited to share necessary and noteworthy information. SCHEDULE 12:30-13:00 Gathering, coffee break 13:00-13:30 Introduction, inspiring speaker 13:30-15:00 Brainstorming common topics 15:00-15:30 Discussion and summaries 15:45-16:45 Active activity in the form of movement games 16:45-17:00 Coffee break, approximate end Movement games involve a fantastic enthusiast…

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 take part in a conflict resolution workshop – a skill that will never go to waste. Younger children will also have the opportunity to learn various drawing techniques. On Tuesday, a large group of young people from Kharkiv, Ukraine, will also be visiting the Anne Youth Center. Together with them, local young people will have the opportunity to participate in a pottery workshop, where they will make national birds, and then the young people will have time to get to know each other and spend time together.