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The Tartu Youth Work Centre plans to move to Tallinn starting next year. The main reason for the relocation is the small number of young people in Tartu. The new address for the Tartu Youth Work Centre in Tallinn will be Estonia puiestee 9 (Solaris Centre). According to the youth work centre, the new location offers many new opportunities and will allow them to reach a larger number of young people. The youth centre will be located on the 6th floor of the Solaris Centre starting next year. Additional information: Mitte Keegi mitte.keegi@raad.tartu.ee APRIL FOOLS' DAY!

Tartu Youth Work Center, together with four Tartu schools (Forseliuse, Tamme, Veeriku, and Variku), created a game in Actionbound called "Knockdown for Spring Fatigue," which encourages young people to maintain their mental health during distance learning. The game lasts 10 days, with a new game and exciting challenges designed for each day. During the day, five tasks need to be completed, and these are based on Peaasi's five mental health vitamins: sleep, nutrition, relationships, emotions, and movement. The activities are aimed at supporting the improvement of young people's mental health and well-being. This active self-development game helps young people overcome spring fatigue, encouraging them to act, think, and reflect on their activities. The game is not intended to assess young people's knowledge, but to help them remember during this current…

The idea for the Grasping Graffiti project was born a little over a year ago from the thought of what graffiti is and why it is done. This was followed by discussions about what is art and what is actually vandalism? How to understand this and make it clear to others? From there, the graffiti-themed project found its way to the European Solidarity Corps project competition. The project received funding, and within its framework, numerous different events have been carried out, primarily with young people in mind. We participated in a training with street artists SÄNK and Bach Babach. The first of them introduced us to the origin story of graffiti and how the culture of 'tagging' or drawing names began, and there we practiced for the first time with a smaller group. In summer, together with Tartu Youth Work Centre...

Do you also have that déjà-vu* feeling, as if all this has happened before and we are in a loop where everything starts over? That it all started a year ago and now we are back in the same place... Well, why everything is as it is right now... let's leave that for now. Instead, try to think with me about how we could do something cool when we're not allowed to do much. You've certainly heard recommendations – go for a walk, go into nature, etc. But why don't you go? Moving in nature is free and not at all difficult. Besides, it's allowed to do it in pairs and...

Do you also have that déjà-vu* feeling, as if all this has happened before and we are in a loop where everything starts over? That it all started a year ago and now we are back in the same place... Well, why everything is as it is right now... let's leave that for now. Instead, try to think with me about how we could do something cool when we're not allowed to do much. You've certainly heard recommendations – go for a walk, go into nature, etc. But why don't you go? Moving in nature is free and not at all difficult. Besides, it's allowed to do it in pairs and...

The Tartu Youth Work Centre invites all young people to the Discord e-youth centre after school hours to spend time there pleasantly. The e-youth centre is open Monday to Thursday from 1:00 PM to 7:00 PM, Fridays from 2:00 PM to 9:00 PM, and Saturdays and Sundays from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM.   The e-youth centre is a free web server that offers many different and interesting ways to spend time. To participate, you need to log in to https://discord.com/ or download the Discord app on your phone. Link to the e-youth centre: https://discord.gg/7PdRXWgd.   In the e-youth centre, you can: communicate with youth workers and other young people, play games together, participate in discussion groups, challenge yourself, and win cool prizes! Stay informed about all Tartu Youth Work Centre information - including what's happening on our other channels. For example, the centre has its own YouTube and…

The Tartu Youth Work Centre invites all young people to the Discord e-youth centre after school hours to spend time there pleasantly. The e-youth centre is open Monday to Thursday from 1:00 PM to 7:00 PM, Fridays from 2:00 PM to 9:00 PM, and Saturdays and Sundays from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM.   The e-youth centre is a free web server that offers many different and interesting ways to spend time. To participate, you need to log in to https://discord.com/ or download the Discord app on your phone. Link to the e-youth centre: https://discord.gg/7PdRXWgd.   In the e-youth centre, you can: communicate with youth workers and other young people, play games together, participate in discussion groups, challenge yourself, and win cool prizes! Stay informed about all Tartu Youth Work Centre information - including what's happening on our other channels. For example, the centre has its own YouTube and…

Summer break is a great opportunity for young people to gain new experiences and earn pocket money. If you want to find an exciting and enjoyable job for this summer, you should start preparations now. First, it's worth figuring out what kind of jobs suit you and are of interest. One way to do this is to take the Tripod test: https://www.tripod.ee/?invite=14667, which displays the most suitable professions for you based on your answers. Additionally, consider your own interests and strengths – perhaps you have a cool hobby that could earn you extra money. If needed, contact the career information specialists at the Unemployment Insurance Fund, who can provide advice in person, by phone, or online. In addition to helping with career choices, they assist with preparing application documents,…

February marked the start of the Erasmus+ strategic cooperation project “Young creators discover 3D”, through which young people from Tartu youth centres can get acquainted with 3D printing technology. Today, the first project meeting took place within the international cooperation project “Young creators discover 3D”, initiated by the Lithuanian organization Robotikos mokykla, which focuses on applying 3D printing in youth work to develop young people's technical knowledge and skills. In addition to the Tartu Youth Work Centre, Baltijas Reģionālais fonds from Latvia is involved as a partner in the project, with whom a 3D printing training material for youth workers will be developed. During the project, workshops will be conducted for at least one hundred local young people, who will be able to try out the entire 3D printing process themselves and develop their skills to succeed in the future job market. 3D printing…