News - Children and young people

The participatory budgeting process for children and young people in Tuusula has reached its climax with the voting phase, which began today, 6 May. Over the next two weeks, children and young people will be able to cast their votes in early years education settings, schools and open voting workshops. The eagerly awaited voting results will be announced on 22 May at 13:00 during a live broadcast.

Tuusula has agreed to support promising young athletes through sponsorship agreements. With the municipality's support, the young athletes’ careers are being nurtured and Tuusula’s profile is being raised.

Tuusula’s ‘Child-Friendly Municipality’ initiative promotes opportunities for children and young people to have a say in the planning of their local environment. The participation toolkit, developed by the Growth and Environment Division, provides experts with tools to ensure that the voices of children and young people are heard more clearly than ever before.

Voting in Tuusula’s participatory budgeting scheme for children and young people will soon begin, with the voting period starting on 6 May 2026. Voting will take place over a two-week period on Tuusula’s participation platform. After the voting period, it will be revealed which of the proposals devised by children and young people to improve well-being and quality of life will be implemented. The results will be announced on 22 May 2026 during a live broadcast.

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 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.

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.

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.

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 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).