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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.

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 charge of what is happening on a specific day, to helping my co-workers with what they have planned. It’s the kind of work that is different every single day, thus I can’t really say in just a few sentences how was my experience as one…

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 will be closed for this week starting September 27. Lille Youth Centre for the 12-19 age group will reopen on October 2. Ilmatsalu and Lille Youth Centre for the younger target group will reopen on October 3.    A large part of the Tartu Youth Work Centre's staff will be on a study visit to Iceland from September 27 to October 2. They will visit various youth work institutions and learn best practices…

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 participants will gain from the event. Then, under the guidance of a youth worker, a poster for the event was made along with a registration form, after which they immediately went to practice their performance. Next, we determined what needed to be prepared before the show and what roles the organizers needed to divide. A lot of time was also spent on…

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 and even was a bit scared in the beginning. But thinking about the time that I’ve spent here, I know that I made a right decision to come. Each day I learned something new for me, and moments when it was hard the team of…