Students in a classroom during a lesson. LEHTIKUVA
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The City of Helsinki is inviting organisations, clubs, and businesses to partner in delivering free extracurricular activities for students under Finland’s Hobby Model during the 2025–2026 school year.
The Hobby Model, known as Harrastamisen Suomen malli, offers free hobbies for students in grades 3–9 in all Helsinki comprehensive schools. Activities are based on the interests of children and take place after school on school premises or nearby.
Options include cultural, physical, digital, and other activities, with the goal of improving young people’s well-being and fostering inclusion.
Project Manager Irma Sippola from Helsinki’s Youth Services highlighted the programme’s impact last year. “We facilitated over 90,000 hobby sessions and created just as many joyful encounters. Collaboration with hobby providers is key to delivering quality activities on this scale,” Sippola said.
She encouraged both current and new service providers to register in the updated supplier registry for the programme. Registration is required to participate in upcoming procurement competitions for the next school year.
The procurement process for the 2025–2026 school year begins in March 2025. Providers must register in the new service provider registry by 5 March 2025 to be eligible. This includes existing participants in the Hobby Model.
The city has issued a procurement notice for services under the Hobby Model for the period December 2024 to June 2029. Procurements will take place through a dynamic purchasing system.
Providers must meet criteria focused on inclusivity, quality, equality, accessibility, safety, and reliability. Only those approved for the service provider registry will be able to participate in procurement rounds.
Hobby groups under the Hobby Model will be listed on school websites and the city’s dedicated hobby portal at harrastukset.hel.fi/suomenmalli. Schools will also communicate hobby opportunities to families via the Wilma system.
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Source: www.helsinkitimes.fi
