The culture and leisure sector of Helsinki maintains opportunities for residents' well-being through activities like libraries, museums, arts, sports facilities, and youth work. It is responsible for the city's cultural heritage collections and cultural environment protections. The sector consists of divisions for culture, sports, and youth. The youth division employs around 300 workers across 60 locations to provide services and hobby groups for teenagers, with an annual budget of 30 million euros. Goals for youth work include universal services for all young people across the city and empowering youth to influence their neighborhoods.

1. City of Helsinki
Culture and Leisure
Sector

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3. New sectors and divisions
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The services of the City of Helsinki comprise the central administration and four
sectors: education, city environment, culture and leisure, and social services and
health care.
The culture and leisure sector maintains and enhances opportunities for mental and physical well-being
for residents of all ages, promoting education and active citizenship and supporting the vitality of Helsinki.
The sector is responsible for the library collection, museum and art collections, and the maintenance of
the city’s cultural heritage.
The sector performs the official duties related to protecting the cultural environment. The culture and
leisure sector
is governed by the culture and leisure committee.
Culture and leisure sector

4. Culture and Leisure Sector
The culture division
is responsible for the city’s cultural policy, as well as the library, cultural, orchestra, museum and art museum
services. The culture division has national and regional special tasks that have been specifically assigned to it
by law.
The sports division
is responsible for sports, sports policy, the organisation of sports activities, sports facilities and a camping site.
The youth division
is responsible for youth work and youth policy.
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Culture and leisure sector
Culture
• Helsinki City Library
• Helsinki City Museum
• Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
• Helsinki Art Museum HAM
• Cultural Centres and Support
Sports
• Sportsactivation
• Sports facilities
• Recreation services
Youth
• Eastern youth work
• Western youth work
• Northern youth work
Sector administration
Administrative
services
Personnel services
Development
services
Financial services Facilitiesservices
Data administration Communication and
services marketing services

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7. The Youth Divison
• Aprox. 300 youth workers, 60 locations.
Most youth work carried out by the city.
• Budget 30 million euros (193 euros / 10-29-year-old).
Grants to NGOs appr. 2 million euros.
• Aprox. 1 400 000 annual visits to our premises or
contacts outside them, over 2000 different hobby groups.
• Targeted youth work (young people at risk) carried out
together with Social Services NGOs and Education.
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8. Helsinki
Helsinki, Capital of Finland
600 000 inhabitants
(annual growth +9000, of which 70% migrants)
Age cohorts:
10-17-yo: 5 000
18-29: 10 000
16 % teenagers w/ imigrant background
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9. Goals for Youth Work
1. Universal services for all young people: the
entire city is a nice place for young people.
2. Young people have influence on their
neighbourhoods. Instead of a youth council the
goal is that every teenager has a democratic
experience through participatory budgeting and
activist groups.
3. Every child has a hobby.
4. Tackling inequalities between individuals and
neighbourhoods. More work with those
individuals and neighbourhoods, which need
more.
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10. Role of Youth Work in Helsinki
• Knowledge on young people´s lives and needs.
• Building, supporting and guiding youth groups; responsible roles for young people.
• Method for young people to influence their neighbourhood.
• Leisure and after school activities
• Targeted support.
• Support and guidance regarding the future.
• Support for civil society.
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11. Collaboration with arts institutions like
the renewed Helsinki Art Museum HAM.
Nature experiences also for those
without a summer house.
(Kumpula school garden)

12. Kiitos!
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