Grants awarded

2026

Katri Turunen and Katja Valkama for conducting the follow-up survey for the international GERDA study, which assesses the well-being, health, social participation, and living conditions of older adults

Etelä-Pohjanmaan Ensi- ja turvakoti- yhdistys ry (Etelä-Pohjanmaa Shelter) for the implementation of a peer-support and empowerment development project for survivors of domestic violence
Marika Kääriäinen and Asta Pohjola (SEAMK) for developing of SEAMK’s Social and Health Care Learning Clinic Model to improve access to services for local residents
SEAMK working group (Mähönen et al.) for conducting a survey of end-of-life care competencies in South Ostrobothnia and for drafting recommendations for improvement based on the survey
SEAMK working group (Ridanpää et al.) for expenses of an expert lecturer or performing artist at an event focused on cultural well-being for older adults

Noora Aarnio for her doctoral dissertation on assessing the situation in cases of suspected domestic violence against children

Etelä-Pohjanmaan hyvinvointialue, Ikääntyneiden palvelut (The Wellbeing Services County of South Ostrobothnia, Services for the Elderly) for experiment with nature- and animal-assisted care for residents in community living

Sami Lind for a study on the employment pathways of the long-term unemployed at the municipal-welfare region interface

Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences working group (Katri Turunen, Tua Niemelä, Pirkko Mäntykivi and Marja-Liisa Saariaho) for organising the seminar
Arja Haapaharju (SeAMK) for covering the costs of a study trip to Umeå on the organisation of foster care

Memory Association of Southern Ostrobothnia (Etelä-Pohjanmaan Muistiyhdistys ry) for developing of the Yksin kotona (Alone at home) group model
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.