Guide
Help for Organisational Activities
Problems with accounting? Puzzled by the GDPR? We are prepared to help you and your organisation in the highs and lows of organisational activities! Instructions and advice are available in our Organisation Info Bank and from Pykälä’s legal advice and our specialists. In addition to this, this guide also features instructions on how your organisation can apply to operate under HYY.
HYY's Organisation Info Bank
HYY's Organisation Info Bank
HYY’s Organisation Info Bank includes information on operating under HYY and on associations in general. It also provides help and tips aimed at running organisations’ routine operations as well as to support their individual officials. The Info Bank has some information that does not yet have English translations.
Pykälä’s legal advice
Pykälä’s legal advice
Pykälä’s legal advice helps organisations operating under us in difficult situations. You can contact their legal advice if you have trouble with a legal problem related to organisational activities. Besides general legal advice, Pykälä’s legal advice also provides guidance on drafting documents and checks finalised documents.
Applying to operate under HYY
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Organisations wishing to seek to operate under HYY should contact the specialist in organisations by email at janne.salokoski@hyy.fi. Organisations seeking to operate under HYY must fill in HYY’s contact details form for organisations and send all the required attachments to the specialist in organisations by the deadline. The spring application period ends at the end of February and the autumn application period at the end of September. The applications are processed by HYY’s Financial Committee.
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Organisations operating under us must follow the Rules for Organisations Operating under HYY. Organisations may be accepted to operate under HYY if their activities comply with HYY’s values, if the organisation has at least 10 members who are also members of HYY and if at least half of the organisation’s members are also members of HYY. In addition to this, organisations are expected to annually submit certain documents related to their activities through the TAHLO system.
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All associations formed by the students of the University of Helsinki do not automatically operate under us. The organisations that are accepted into our organisation register – that is, that operate under us – may use the organisational services we provide and spply for HYY’s grants for organisations. These organisations also get their description included in the student calendar and the opportunity to showcase themselves to all students at the Opening Carnival.
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Organisations applying to operate under us do not need to be registered. However, the operating grants awarded to unregistered associations may be smaller than the grants awarded to registered associations.
Guidance services
Guidance services
If you cannot find the answers to questions you have on organisational activities from the organisation wiki or elsewhere online, you can always contact us. Our Services Office helps you with questions concerning our facilities and the equipment that can be reserved, whereas our specialist in organisations provides advice in other issues.