Now open Youth Leader theme call: Cultural Summer

The Kulttuurikesä funding application is open until the end of April! Do you have a great event idea in mind that would bring joy, music and color to the summer? The Kulttuurikesä-Youth Leader funding helps summer events planned and implemented by young people to come true. Now is the time to make dreams come true – plan your own summer event and apply for funding to organize it! What is the Kulttuurikesä theme application? Kulttuurikesä is a funding application for young people, which allows you to organize together with your friends […]
See the list of those who received funding

We will publish the funding received when the ELY Centre has made an official decision on them. The decisions made by the ELY Centre between 12 December 2024 and 2 February 2025 are listed below. Project grants Development project to be implemented as a small project Etelä-Ohjanmaan Estradi ry – Laulava landeus – development of a communal singing tradition Investment to be implemented as a small project Finnish Migration Museum Support ry – A mobile game for the museum Business grants Starting a part-time business €5,000 Double Care – […]
Young people involved in community activities

Young people’s participation in the activities of associations, clubs and other communities does not happen by itself – but when young people are given space and opportunities, their ideas and energy can renew the entire operating culture. This idea is supported by Liiver’s new website, which offers concrete examples and ideas for involving young people. The website is based on the need to respond to the challenges faced by communities: how to find new volunteers, make activities […]
Read Liiver's latest news in the latest newsletter

Topics of the last newsletter of 2024: Creativity, the dream of a café and books: New things are born from the passion of an entrepreneur – an interview with Miia Anttila Kouran Minimarket turned one year old January Youth Leader theme call: Glow Up School – Make your school a better place! Liiveri youth division’s trip to Anjala for the Youth Leader Days See the list of those who received funding – 16 new recipients of support Apply for Leader funding for development! – board meeting times for spring 2025 Liiveri […]
Youth Leader Theme Search: Glow Up School – Make your school a better place!

The Liiveri Youth Division has come up with four theme calls for proposals for 2025 that will activate young people to implement their own projects with Youth Leader support. The call for proposals focusing on making schools more welcoming will start in January. Applications received by the end of January will be processed during February. Glow Up School – Make your school a better place! Do you want to make your school a more welcoming, fun and communal place? Now it’s possible! With Youth Leader funding, we support student councils and […]
Liiveri village post office "bumps" into email again

Liiveri village mail is published regularly again. The post office collects up-to-date information about Liiveri's offerings and various funding channels for developing your village. The themes of the first village mail are village preparedness and increasing community spirit. December topics Village reserve provides security in exceptional circumstances, Nopankylä village association's preparedness methods How can Liiveri help develop village safety, preparedness and community spirit? Link to survey The price of loneliness is high, SPR's report from 2023 Current energy […]
Liiveri's youth division's trip to Anjala for the Youth Leader Days

The National Youth Leader Days were organized this year in Southeast Finland at the Anjala Youth Center Ankkapurha on November 15–17, 2024. The purpose of the days is to bring together young people active in Leader activities and employees of Leader groups working with young people, as well as to inspire young people to develop their own locality and youth Leader activities in the future. Read the story about the travel experiences of Laura Nieme from the Liiveri Youth Division. “The Liiveri Youth Division went to Anjala to represent the Youth Leader Days. We set off with three young people and a guide. We arrived […]
Events, furniture purchases, training – See what Youth Leader funding was awarded for

We publish the recipients of Youth Leader support four times a year. This year, in the first call in the autumn, there were no applications from youth groups to be funded. This list includes those who received decisions in June-December. Groups Functionality for lessons and community for the whole school! – Seinäjoki Cooperative School Student Union Board Anti-Crime Day – South Ostrobothnia College – Wellbeing Lines Skorfest – youth group Squatting for students – Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences Student Union SAMO […]
Read Liiver's hearings in the autumn newsletter

Topics of the newsletter: Without villages, there are only cities - Interview with Mari Viljanmaa, who started as Liiver's village expert Hire a young person - funding for development and investments A responsible company manufactures multi-purpose playground platforms "Small contributions can have big effects" - Interview with Pirjo Pystykoski-Sopanen, chairman of the Economic Division See the list of those who have received funding - 20 supports received by Formulive's project studio Part 1: Introduction to projects and project experts Association Act […]
Clean the table for decision-makers events gather the province's young and local decision-makers around the gaming tables

Leader Liiveri, the South Ostrobothnia EU information center and local youth centers will jointly organize Clean the table with decision-makers events in the fall of 2024 in Jalasjärvi, Nurmo and Ilmajoki. At the events, young people spend the evening with local decision-makers, playing games, enjoying pizza and talking. The idea is to exchange information both ways: young people get to talk to the decision-makers about the issues that concern them, and the decision-makers, in turn, talk about decision-making. Young people are also encouraged to be an active citizen at the events [...]