News - Children and young people
Tuusula is rewarding the successful Taitaja9 team with summer jobs
The municipality of Tuusula is offering summer jobs to the members of the A.L. Stop & Go team – the municipality’s best team to have reached the finals of the Taitaja9 competition – as a token of recognition. The three-member team’s journey in the competition will culminate in the final in May, which will be held in Tuusula as part of the national Taitaja2026 event.
The Walkers car meets young people in Tuusula
The Walkers car will arrive in Tuusula on 10 April, following in the tyre tracks of its big sister, the Walkers bus. The project complements the municipality’s mobile youth work, in which youth workers meet young people wherever they happen to be. During the scheme, which runs until the end of the year, young people can also request the car to come to them, even for longer journeys.
In a child-friendly municipality, children’s voices are heard even before construction begins – the traffic park is being designed based on children’s wishes
Tuusula’s new traffic park is being built based on the children’s own wishes. In workshops held in March, children had the chance to design the future park’s features using Lego, drawing and brainstorming. The results provide designers with valuable insight into what kind of environment best serves children.
Tuusula’s first digital council for children and young people is boosting participation in a new way
The municipality of Tuusula held its first digital council for children and young people from 12 to 15 March 2026 as part of the next phase of the municipality’s participatory budgeting process.
Volunteers as part of everyday community life in early years education
Early years education in Tuusula is supported by a fantastic group of volunteers. Volunteers bring warmth, joy and meaningful interactions to everyday life in early years education. In nurseries, shared activities between children of different ages – from woolly-sock walks to forest granny outings and story times with reading grannies – build bridges between generations and strengthen children’s wellbeing, sense of belonging and connection with nature.
The young adults' social club is starting up again
The drop-in sessions for young adults organised by Outreach Youth Work, known as Olkkari by ENT, will resume on Thursdays from 1.30 pm to 3.30 pm, starting on 9 April. The sessions will take place at the Young Adults’ Services premises (Autoasemankatu 1, 2nd floor).
Tuusula Municipality and Keuda sign strategic partnership agreement – education guarantee for young people without qualifications
The municipality of Tuusula and the Central Uusimaa Education Consortium (Keuda) have signed a strategic partnership agreement. The partnership will strengthen the conditions for education, employment, well-being, inclusion and vitality in the municipality and the entire region. The agreement brings together long-term and established cooperation.
Employment vouchers facilitate the employment of young people
In the Central Uusimaa employment area, companies can utilise youth employment vouchers, which support the employment of unemployed young people aged 18–29. The vouchers reduce the costs of employment for a fixed period.
Tuusula prepares to host Taitaja2026 – young people's skills on display at Tuusula Sports Centre in May
In May 2026, Tuusula will be the stage for Finland's biggest vocational education event when the Taitaja2026 competitions bring hundreds of young professionals, teachers and partners from all over Finland to the Tuusula Sports Centre. Janne Mellin, Mayor of Tuusula, is one of this year's Taitaja ambassadors.
Digiraati invites young people to further develop their ideas – participate online from 12 to 15 March
The February-March series of workshops for children and young people will continue with Digiraadi, where young people can go online to develop ideas for voting proposals.
