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Safe Stadi-project - Safe Helsinki for all!. 07/2016-12/2017 City of Helsinki, Youth services. Background and actions. The need for this project has risen from confronting Finnish and foreign born population - at least in the rhetoric of social media
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Safe Stadi-project- Safe Helsinki for all! 07/2016-12/2017 City of Helsinki, Youthservices
Background and actions • The need for this project has risen from confronting Finnish and foreign born population - at least in the rhetoric of social media • Helsinki City board is funding different actions for e.g.refugees and immigrant people In Helsinki in 2016-2017 -> Safe Stadi (meaning a safe Helsinki city) project’s principle is to make sure foreign born youth and young refugees are included in society and feel safe; as well as all others • Work is conducted in the network of Helsinki’s Youth services, City’s Safety and Preparedness Unit, police, reception centers, non-governmental organizations, social services … • Three main co-operational institutions: two NGOs: Monikry and KalliolanNuoretry and an enterprise EllunKanatoy
Main targets of the project - To make contact with foreign born youth and make services in Helsinki more accessible for them - To address the growing hate speech with facts - Make the human face of immigration more visible - By recruiting youth workers from different ethnic backgrounds making an example of co-operation between ethnic groups - Improving the feeling of security in target areas of the city - Making the role of the police more clear for young refugees and youth with migrant background - Improving the relationship between migrant youth and police
Youth department’s work outreach/street work • Youth department’s role is - to coordinate the work of the project - to address the growing hate speech with facts and make the human face of immigration more visible - conduct the outreach/street youth work • Outreach includes anything from group or individual counselling to encouraging and guiding to find hobbies • In the street work target areas include shopping centers, public sport facilities and other places where young people gather around. • The work is conducted in groups or pairs, and it will reactive, moving where it is needed • Question arising of outreach work in the streets: an important role of the youth worker being: • An person who understands • A person in between youth and police (and security officers) In the public spaces • A helper who is “a good guy” for the youth • A bridge to free time activities, finding a place in the Finnish language course, finding the social services if needed, finding a summer job etc
Did you get interested? Please, contact: Project manager Minna Sirviö minna.sirvio@hel.fi Planning officer Sini Perho sini.perho@hel.fi