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Children and young people's experiences of being heard during Children's Rights Week 

Families

Children's Rights Week will be celebrated this autumn from 17 to 23 November. The theme of the week, 'Children have the right to be heard', reminds us of the right of children and young people to belong to a community and to be seen and heard. The theme will be highlighted throughout the week in daycare centres, schools and leisure activities. Let's give children and young people a voice!

Children standing in their outdoor clothes. The child in front is looking directly at the camera.

Senior Citizens Week will be celebrated from 6 to 12 October with the theme Happiness grows in community – Lycka växer i gemenskap. 

Events

Senior Citizens' Day, launched by the Central Union for the Welfare of the Aged, has been celebrated on the first Sunday in October since 1954. Senior Citizens' Day marks the start of Senior Citizens' Week, whose theme this year is Happiness grows in communities – Lycka växer i gemenskap. During the week, a wide range of events will be held in Tuusula, and in the middle of the week, there will be a celebration in Väinölä.

Elderly people sitting at a table.