Grants awarded

2023

Järvilakeuden kansalaisopisto (Adult Education Centre Järvilakeus) for piloting group-based creative activities offered to young people

Anu Aalto for a doctoral dissertation discussing possibilities to strengthen financial agency
Anne Haapala for a doctoral dissertation examining training on a kinestetics® resource-based operating model targeted at informal carers and ageing persons in informal care
Hanna Kangastupa for a doctoral dissertation discussing how seeking help is structured in the narrative of ageing persons

Timo Kallioahofor the costs of a conference trip
Rock Camp ryfor organising Zoom clinics and workshops for young people engaging in music in Finland and in the Netherlands

Joacim Viljamaa for the implementation of a dance-based music video containing sign language
Yhteisöjen Yhdistys ry for further training of the OLKA activities coordinator
Memory Association of Southern Ostrobothnia for organising an expert by experience training course
City of Seinäjoki for piloting cultural outreach work with older people
One of the funding recipients has not given permission to publish their name.

Haasio Ari for a study examining the characteristics of the digital culture of socially withdrawn young people
Penninkangas Tanja for a doctoral dissertation discussing how social work is structured as part of the integrating health and social services

Etelä-Pohjanmaan sosiaali- ja terveysturvayhdistys ry:lle yhdistyksen 100-vuotishistoriikin ja podcastin työstämiseen
Pelastakaa Lapset ry (Save the Children) Seinäjoki office for organising a seminar on support family work
Workshop activities of the Kuntayhtymä Kaksineuvoinen (Joint Municipal Authority Kaksineuvoinen) for group activities in which photography and light painting projects are carried out
Etelä-Pohjanmaan sosiaali- ja terveysturvayhdistys ry for drawing up a review of the history of the 100-year-old association and a podcast

Leena Koivumäki: Digital social work – how digitalisation supports social work among young people
Mira Välimaa: NIMBY: opposition to reception centres in the countryside

Etelä-Pohjanmaan Muistiyhdistys (Memory Association of Southern Ostrobothnia) for the acquisition of tablet computers for activities aimed at improving the digital capabilities of ageing people
Municipality of Evijärvi for the implementation of a community art project
One of the funding recipients has not given permission to publish their name.