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Margit Kink, director of the Tartu Youth Work Center, shared her experiences with the Tartu Postimees newspaper regarding the involvement of a sign language youth worker in the activities of the youth center. "The Tartu Youth Work Center hired a sign language youth worker with the help of the Estonian Unemployment Insurance Fund. The center's director, Margit Kink, says that the experience was enriching, increased the empathy of the entire team, and showed them that there is no need to be afraid of communicating with sign language users."   Read more in the article⤵️ https://www.postimees.ee/7653252/viipekeelse-inimese-kaasamine-meeskonda-rikastab-kogu-kollektiivi

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, fill out the form you can find HERE by December 11th at the latest, and we will contact you very soon! PS: The first meeting will take place on the afternoon of December 14th, and a training day on January 5th. Additional information: Helene Toomeoks, TNTK Development Manager, helene.toomeoks@tartu.ee

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 lilac in honor of prematurely born children, their families, and all supporters. Lilac is the characteristic color of premature birth, celebrating the beginning of life and symbolizing optimism. The lighting solution for the youth centers' buildings will be provided by Sound Group OÜ, who also helped with lighting last year and whose representative Ülari Toots came up with the idea last year. Read more: https://enneaegsedlapsed.ee/uudised/ Additional information: Maarja Enumäe Anne youth center…

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 sum for a day, week, or month, you might feel an inner joy from getting money and the opportunity to spend it on yourself. Nevertheless, we recommend considering a few questions before making a purchase: 1) Is the upcoming purchase NECESSARY? 2) How long should this money last me? 3) What...

In September a cooperation project between Estonia and Finland took place in Tartu, within the framework of which a large interactive graffiti was made under the Friendship Bridge. The implementation lasted from September 6 to September 9. On September 10 at 11 a.m., took place the official opening of the graffiti. Grafiti is produced within the project "Diggiloo - Cultural production from youth to youth 2022–2023". In conjunction with this event, a new episode was also made in our podcast "Noorteaken". In this episode of the podcast, we can hear musician Liisa Tulvik, who will perform at the opening of…

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 creativity and self-development. We also celebrate Youth Work Week to value our dear youth workers for their great contribution to our young people. This week, young people can swap places with youth workers and try out what it feels like to be a youth worker, as well as put their own creativity to work by preparing for other young people (and for young people...

Tartu Noorsootöö Keskus (Tartu Youth Work Center) is looking for 2 ESC volunteers for the upcoming project „ESC volunteers at Tartu Youth Work Center 2023“. 📅Service dates: February 2023- September 2023 (8 months); 📍Location: Tartu, Estonia; 2️⃣Number of volunteers: 2; 👩‍🌾Tasks: working in youth center daily and organizing youth events in Tartu; 🏠Accommodation: volunteers will live separately, travel, food and pocket money are provided. Language: english or russian. For applying and more information, contact us as soon as possible at helen.toomsalu@tartu.ee.

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 get to know snakes and other animals; learn to raft; spend an exciting Halloween night at the youth center; go on a trip to Järvamaa, make Halloween decorations, or just hang out at the youth center and spend your time however you want. In addition to the activities at the youth center, there will also be an orienteering game called "Finnish Culture in Tartu" during the week. This is a game created as part of the Erasmus+ Diggiloo project, which...

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 other experts, and create various outputs for the project. For example, two videos, two photo collections, three poems, one podcast, and much more were produced on the project's themes. Within the framework of the forum, locals had the opportunity to explore the project's outputs, listen to a panel discussion consisting of local LGBT+ activists, share and hear personal stories from local youth, and…