Gyrrä under maintenance 25.8. – 4.9.
The Ferris wheel will be out of service from 25 August at 16:15 to 4 September 2017 (Note! Maintenance time has been shortened from previously announced). During this time, project or business support applications and related payment applications cannot be submitted electronically. If necessary, you can still submit your case with a paper application. For more information about the outage, please visit the Mavi website here (Background information) and here (How to act), as well as by phone and email from the Liiveri office (contact information).
Building a future for Leppävirta!
The Rural Parliament 2017 will bring together everyone interested in rural areas to Leppävirta, 1-3 September 2017. The event will build the future and make history, as the event is being organized on this scale for the first time in Finland. Over the course of three days, over a thousand participants from different organizations from all over Finland will have the opportunity to get to know the rural development sites in Savo, seek new information and make new connections for the development of their own countryside – for example, their village, company or region. […]
Leader 20th anniversary exhibition in Apila
An exhibition presenting the 20th anniversary of the activities of the Southern Ostrobothnia Leader groups (Aisapari, Kuudestaan, Liiveri and Suupohja) will be on display at the Apila Library in Seinäjoki from 19 to 29 June 2017. Leader activities in Finland celebrated their 20th anniversary last year. The celebratory exhibition highlights the results of Leader activities. The material has been compiled from the groups' scrapbooks using old newspaper articles. – This made the picture of the time interesting. At the same time, the activities are presented in a characteristic way, with comments and […]
Leader groups involved in Farmari
Enthusiasm. Growth. Innovations. All of this can be found at the joint stand of Leader groups, the Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment and the Rural Network (A59), where we are strongly involved in the theme of growth: the Rural Development Fund is part of the story of growth in Finland. At our stand, you can dive into an experiential virtual journey and immortalize yourself in a photo booth as a village test character. We will also tell you about the opportunities offered by the Rural Development Fund, so if you are interested in entrepreneurship or even developing your own village, it is worth stopping by the Areena during the middle stages. You can […]
Liiveri and the municipality on the issue of inclusion and vitality
This year is a jubilee year in many ways. We are celebrating our 100th anniversary of our homeland, and it will be 20 years since the establishment of the Seinäjoki Region Development Association Liiverri. In those two decades, an incredible amount of work has been done for the development of the homeland. The highest thanks and appreciation to the generations that have preserved Finland’s independence is strong homeland work that preserves vitality and active rural development work focused on the future. I have been able to serve as a member of the board of Liiverri […]
Youth Leader support for youth projects
The spring 2017 Youth Leader call received 18 applications, of which Liiveri decided to fund 11 youth projects. A total of 4,950 euros in support was granted. With the help of these, young people can influence their own living environment and organize meaningful activities. Support calls are periodic, they open once or twice a year. Projects that received support: Ilmajoen Ratsastajat ry / Junnutiimi: Overcoming obstacles with Keppari Ilvesjoen Nuorisoseura ry: Lumikki ja seiten […]
Fresh ideas for volunteering: 16 young people start working in development tasks for associations
Liiveri has granted money to the Seinäjoki and Ilmajoki associations to hire 16 young people next summer. The upcoming tasks range from planning game and nature clubs to social media marketing and creating new events. What unites the diverse tasks is that instead of traditional summer jobs, such as mowing grass and selling ice cream, the young person gets to develop the association’s operations. – Everyone wins with this arrangement. The young person gets valuable work experience, the association gets fresh ideas and […]
Finland was celebrated in Herrala by planting the future fir tree
A tree was planted in the yard of the Herrala Cultural Center on Tuesday evening in honor of the future 600-year-old Finland. At the same time, the 20-year-old Liiver was celebrated and a meal was served together. 4H associations are selling a package that includes a poster, a book and a spruce sapling. The proceeds from the campaign will be directed to environmental education for children and young people through the Finnish Cultural Foundation. Local 4H youth will receive a share of the sales. – The goal of Liiver is to promote working together for the benefit of your local environment, so the campaign is a perfect fit […]
Seinäjoki University Center asks about household goods production
Home production, i.e. farming for one's own needs and raising various livestock, is a growing phenomenon. What motivates people to grow their own food? Why do chickens cluck in the backyard in the summer? What kind of obstacles or conditions does urban development create for home-grown food? Answers to all these questions and a few others are being sought in a study starting at the Seinäjoki University Centre. The aim is to find out, among other things, how widespread the phenomenon really is […]
Common areas are improved by working together
The Meidän markki project involves creating landscape plans for places in common use. One of them is the courtyard of the Tapaninlinna youth beach house, the plan for which is already in its final stages. The plans for five other sites will also be completed before the summer. Improvements have been considered with the associations for the courtyards of the village houses, the camping area, the beach, the park and the surroundings of the summer theatre. We are still looking for one association that would like a landscape plan for its area. The plan will be drawn up in collaboration with the associations’ own […]