Energy renovations of village houses can result in big savings
Energy Saving Week will be celebrated this year from 6 to 12 October 2025. During Energy Saving Week, we highlight village associations that have improved the energy efficiency of their village houses and made them more comfortable and sustainable places for the entire community. Safer and more energy-efficient Ylivallin Seurala Improvements have been made to the Ylivallin Seurala to make the village's common house even safer, more energy-efficient and accessible to everyone. The repairs were based on a previously conducted condition survey. The lighting has been completely renewed […]
Cycling promotion, slush machines, construction tools... See what Youth Leader support was awarded for in September!
We publish the recipients of Youth Leader support four times a year. This list includes those who received a decision in September 2025. Groups Seinäjoki Upper Secondary School Sustainable Development Group – Bike maintenance point Jaakko Ilkka School Student Union Board – Student union coffee break Entrepreneurs Helene Koivula – Slush machine for summer kiosk IO Yard work – Procurement of construction tools Onnin paja – Procurement of pressure washer Yard boys – Auxiliary equipment for yard work For the above and all other […]
Village equipment rental shops emerge
Sustainable development is created by everyday actions. Goods rental shops offer the opportunity to rent various goods, equipment and machines when you need them – without everyone having to buy everything themselves. This saves money, space and natural resources. We encourage everyone to get to know the goods rental shops in the local area and use them for everyday and party needs! Goods rental shops in the villages of the Liiveri area: Honkakylä goods rental shop (Seinäjoki) Asemanseudu Kehittämisyhdistensen goods rental shop (Ylistaro) Nopankylä […]
Come meet the people at Liiveri Business Service Point in Formuun Kurikka
During the autumn you can meet the people of Liiver at the Business Service Point in Formu in Kurika every other Wednesday. You can call and arrange a meeting in advance or come directly to the site according to Formu's opening hours from 9 am to 11 am and 12 pm to 3 pm. Welcome to discuss project and business financing as well as ongoing projects with us. You can meet at Formu: 3.9. Telle Lemetyinen 17.9. Sanna Pihlaja 1.10. Sinikka Koivumäki 22.10. Telle Lemetyinen 5.11. […]
Youth Villages – Youth Leader theme call open until the end of October!
Do you feel like your village could be more youth-friendly? The Youth Villages funding call gives you and your friends the opportunity to make your village a more lively, welcoming and youth-friendly place! Now is the time to make the voice of young people heard in village communities. What are Youth Villages? The Youth Villages -Youth Leader funding call supports projects that increase youth participation and improve the amenity of villages. You can create new spaces, organize events […]
Trial support speeds up the start of cut flower cultivation
Eini Laukkanen grows cut flowers in open ground in Ylistaro, Seinäjoki. She assembles bouquets of the flowers she grows for sale, which have already sold well in their first summer. – I have been surprised by how much demand there is for local flowers. I have only advertised my business on my Instagram and a couple of times on Facebook in the open grape radios of Seinäjoki and Ylistaro. Still, there have been a lot of inquiries, she says with satisfaction. The idea of cutting flowers […]
August newsletter – read Liiver news
Topics in the August newsletter: LocalTapiola donates €20,000 to Liiver's Youth Leader Liiver provides money for community security and preparedness investments An international youth project is launched under the leadership of Noora Ekosparraamo is launching – register to join! See the list of those who have received funding – 18 new recipients There is a threat that the conditions for a good life will be cut from 4,300 villages A study trip to Pirkanmaa, workshops… You can read the newsletter here.
LocalTapiola donates €20,000 to Liiver Youth Leader
LocalTapiola South Ostrobothnia has decided to support Liiver's Youth Leader activities with a donation of €20,000. The donation will finance the Youth Leader projects of youth groups and young entrepreneurs starting in October 2025. The donation handover ceremony was held at the offices of LocalTapiola South Ostrobothnia on August 13, 2025. The donation was handed over by LocalTapiola South Ostrobothnia's Marketing and Communications Director Sirpa Hakala-Ostensen and Finance and Administration Director Nina Jylhä, and it was received by Liiver's Executive Director Sinikka Koivumäki and Youth Coordinator Noora Riippi. […]
Eco-friendly park launches – communities join in developing their climate and environmental expertise
Liiverin Ekosparraamo offers communities free support for planning and implementing climate and environmental actions. You can join without a ready-made plan – together we will find suitable solutions and ways for the community to promote sustainable everyday life. Ekosparraamo organizes various workshops on themes desired by the communities. Together with experts, you can develop, for example, waste sorting and composting, implement an environmental art workshop, organize a goods exchange event or a repair workshop. For community buildings […]
An international youth project is launched under the leadership of Noora
A new two-year project, Youth Bridge Builders – Andra sidan av kvarken, was launched in Liiveri, which focuses on the internationalization of young people and those working with young people, strengthening entrepreneurial skills, and developing the region. Youth coordinator Noora Riippi started as the project leader in August after parental leave. – The goal is for young people to have their voices heard and to be able to participate in the development of their home region in ways that are natural to them. We want all young people in the region to […]