Tuusula 4H-association

Action close to the children and young people of Tuusula

• I am Marita Hagman the executive director

of Tuusula 4H- Association

• 4H´s are Head Hands Heart

Health

Association•Has been operating in Tuusula already 50 years•More than 250 young paid members•Children and young people of 6-28 years ages participate in the activities•The 9-member Board is working on a voluntary basis•The association employs are: one full-time and one part-time

Operating principles• The Association is non-

political, non-religious multisectoral youth organization

• 4H – head, hands, heart and health –the basic guiding principles

• Learning by Doing• The Association partcipates

the ecuational activities of children and youth with several themes – nature, rural areas, animals, handicrafts, employment, understanding of global and international issues

Dressing up in the club

Activities of the Association• Chidren’s clubs

The Association runs, in cooperation with the Tuusula common,

a multitude of club activities, directed to the school children aged 6-12 – nature clubs, cooking clubs, traditional 4H-clubs, international club and a dog club

Althogether 11 clubs. Fire drill in the Klemetskog ja Ruotsinkylä clubs with fire department

Summer Camps• 2 week-long

camps in June• Participation in

the national camps of the

4H - Union

Water games in the camp of 2009

Recent Activities

• Familiarization of the local youth with rural life – a successful cooperation between the schools and local farms

Visiting a farm

Ecological Education in Schools

• Protection of natural waters - Baltic Sea Day

• Education on recycling• Education on energy

saving – electricity consumption and travelling

• Consumer awareness – buying of things and products

Visiting a recycling center

Other Cooperaton with Schools

•Trips to forests• Seasonal events (handicraft) in schools during Christmas and Easter

Investigating insects during a forest trip

Active Fundraising• Collecting scrap metal• Recycling of fertilizer

bags from the farms• Recycling of the

mobile phones• Other fundraising, i.e.

Cook book for saleBoys and fertilizer bags

A Path to Employment Project 1

• A ”Driving licence to work life” for 1200 Secondary School pupils of Tuusula in years 2010-2012– the project is based on the good relationship with the schools of Tuusula

• Improving the capacity for employment for the youth of 15-16 years old

timetable for the ”driving card to the work life”

• 8.00 – 9.00 Welcom, precentations, Intetions• 9.00 – 10.00 Common matters in searching work, the documents to job life

– Application team works– curricum vitae exercises– employment contract role plays– tax card– Reference of work

• 10.00-11.00 Job interview (prepaire, outlook, introduse)• Rules of the working life• Consist of Salary• 11.00-12.00 Lunch• 12.00-13.00 Employers point of view• 13.00-14.00 Customer service• 14.00-15.00 Different kinds of Customers and service personell• 15.00-16.00 Final exam and Feedback

Employers

• Police• Fireman• Gardner• Baker• Tatoo-artist• Reporter• Diffrent kinds of enterpreneurs

A Path to Employment Project 2

• 20 hours weekend courses

• Nanny Course• Senior Course• Home Care Course• Garden Course• Forest Course• Enterpreneur Course

Path to Employment Project 3

• Help youth with Job-seeking

• Inform firms about our Project

• Inform households about our Project

Path to Employment Project

• 2-years project period: autumn 2010 to spring 2012• During the autumn:• ”Driving Licence to employment” - courses• During the spring: • various courses on demand• Contacts to: – Companies and Chamber of Commerce– Tuusula, Kerava, Järvenpää communes– Households in the same area

• we are the Job-seeking agent for youth

Path to Employment Project - funding

• Leader funding 90%• Association’s funding 10 %• Cost of the ”Driving licence” 10 € to be

paid to the Finnish 4H-Union Рtotal of 12 000 ۥ Sponsorship asked from banks and

insurance companies and other partners

Learning by doing!