Newsletter for student organisations 3 / 2022
1 Reservation rounds for Alina Hall for autumn 2022 postponed
2 Help us clean up Ullanlinnanmäki!
3 Tuning Day 2022 materials
4 Apply for project grant!
5 Save the date: Equality training in Swedish on Apr 4
6 Welcome to the evening sessions on HYY’s action plan on anti-ableism and antiracism
7 Environmental cooperation
8 Help the Finnish Red Cross as a box collector
9 Apply for furniture purchasing grant!
10 Overall badges and other products from Promler at a 15% discount for HYY’s organisations in 2022
1 Reservation rounds for Alina Hall for autumn 2022 postponed
Construction work on a new lift is taking place in the New Student House this year, which leads to major demolition and construction work in the premises in the summer and autumn. As a consequence, we are postponing the allocation of reservations to Alina Hall. We will monitor the progress of the construction work and inform you of the reservation rounds once we have more certainty over the date on which the premises will again be available for organisational use.
The construction of the lift does not affect reservations to Alina Hall that have already been allocated for spring 2022.
Further information
Jaakko Kalske
Specialist in organisations
050 537 3798
jaakko.kalske@hyy.fi
Linnea Keltanen
Member of the Board in charge of organisations
050 543 8460
linnea.keltanen@hyy.fi
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2 Help us clean up Ullanlinnanmäki!
This coming May Day, we will once again get to organise a traditional celebration of students and student life at Ullanlinnanmäki. As taking care of the environment and the cleanliness of the area is important, we are now looking for volunteer organisations to clean up the Ullanlinnanmäki area after the May Day celebrations, on the morning of Monday 2 May approx. from 7am to 2pm.
We will provide a small payment for the work. If your organisation is interested in the cleaning job, please contact Member of HYY’s Board Emilia Junnila by email at emilia.junnila@hyy.fi by 10 am Wednesday 6 April. If two organisations make the same bid, the organisation who made the bid first will win. The organisation with the best bid will be contacted on Friday 8 April.
Let’s enjoy a clean May Day – nature will thank us!
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3 Tuning Day 2022 materials
The materials of the Tuning Day trainings can be found here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16gTQjy06hEiYA9kI-jd4NCOdSR3f9geQ?usp=sharing
Some of the materials and translations are still missing, they will be updated to Drive little by little when we get them.
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4 Apply for project grant!
Do you, your friends or your organisation have a project in the works that needs some financial support to be realised? HYY’s project grant is the solution to this! We award project grants to organisations operating under us and to groups consisting of our members. We have a total of €4,000 to distribute as grants. These funds help you realise even your wilder and slightly more expensive ideas in a larger and higher-quality manner than normally possible!
You can find more information and application instructions in our website: www.hyy.fi/projectgrant2022
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5 Save the date: Equality training in Swedish on Apr 4
Equality and inclusion are themes that affect student communities and associations in many ways. AYY and HYY are organizing an equality training in Swedish, with an emphasis on harassment contact person activities, on Mon 4th April at 17-19. The training will be held on Design Factory’s Stage (Betonimiehenkuja 5C, 02150 Espoo).
The themes for the training are:
- Norms and power structures: what are the root causes of marginalization, bullying and harassment? What power structures maintain the norms?
- Intersectionality: how do different intersecting personal attributes and belonging to different segments of society and minority groups affect the experience of marginalization, bullying and harassment?
- Building, maintaining, and developing a safer space: events, online platforms, and social media channels
- Diversity and equality planning: practical examples. How to get started and how to update the plan
- Practical rules and of engagement and instructions in situations where marginalization, bullying and harassment occur: “code of conduct”
Registration form will be sent to this e-mail list later.
If you have any questions, please message us at jarjestoasiat@ayy.fi. Looking forward to seeing you in the training!
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6 Welcome to the evening sessions on HYY’s action plan on anti-ableism and antiracism
Have you ever wondered what HYY does to prevent racism and ableism?
Are you interested in promoting equality at the University?
You now have the chance to influence the promotion of equality in HYY as we are drafting an action plan on anti-ableism and antiracism this year. Anti-ableism refers to opposition to discrimination based on disability, whereas antiracism means active opposition to racism.
We want to hear your opinions on the contents of the action plan. The first evening session will be organised at 5 pm on Tuesday 22 March and cover the promotion of anti-ableism in HYY. The session will focus on discrimination based on disability occurring in the Student Union and at the University. Based on the discussion, we will come up with various solutions to foster inclusion.
Sign up for the evening session through the link to get involved in promoting equality!
An evening session on antiracism will be held on 5 April. Mark the day on your calendar! We will provide more details on the second session later in March.
WHAT? Promoting anti-ableism in HYY
WHERE? In Barrikaadi (at Mechelininkatu 3 D. The premises are accessible.) and Zoom
WHEN? On Tuesday 22 March at 5–7 pm
WHAT ELSE? Sign up for the evening session through link https://link.webropolsurveys.com/S/6527734D408B1F78
More information:
Jenny Kasongo
Board member, equality
jenny.kasongo@hyy.fi
050 595 0327
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7 Environmental cooperation
Greetings! Did you know that the UH’s Environmental Committee has a Facebook group for all active organization members in 2022? The purpose of the group is to coordinate all the environmentally related communication and activities done between organizations under UH. In addition, you will find support, materials and like-minded people to help you. We want to reach your organization’s person who is responsible for environmental things, but everyone who is interested is warmly invited to join the group. There is power in unity! https://www.facebook.com/groups/3339772486038927
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8 Help the Finnish Red Cross as a box collector
Has your organisation wondered how you could participate in helping people suffering from the war in Ukraine? The Finnish Red Cross is accepting volunteers to help as box collectors. Organisations can form a volunteer group consisting of their members, and the Red Cross will provide them with equipment for the day. The profits are used for the Red Cross’s disaster relief work in, for instance, Ukraine.
The Red Cross would like to be informed of any volunteers and their number at least one day in advance. The equipment can be picked up 8.30 am–4 pm on working days, and the person picking it up will need to have their ID with them. The Helsinki and Uusimaa district of the Finnish Red Cross is located in Autotalo (at Salomonkatu 17 B, 5th floor), opposite the Kamppi metro station.
For further information and reservations, please contact the contact person for the Helsinki and Uusimaa district (ari.hakala@redcross.fi)
Learn more about the Finnish Red Cross and its operation: https://www.redcross.fi/the-finnish-red-cross-helps-victims-of-the-conflict-in-ukraine/
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9 Apply for furniture purchasing grant!
HYY supports furniture purchases for interior decoration in organizational premises. The grant is intended for the purchase of furniture for HYY’s organizational premises and the grant is mainly directed to the purchasing of tables, chairs, cupboards with locks and other interior items. The aim is that the furniture would increase the coziness of the organizational premises and the willingness of organizations to look after their premises even better.
When allocating the furniture grant, we pay attention to the following: the ecological aspect, sustainability and necessity of the purchase. The furniture grant is not supposed to cover the entire purchase price but organizations are also expected to participate in the financing of the purchase.
The grant can be applied all year round. You can apply for the grant with an informal application, which should include the following information:
– applying organization/organizations
– applied furniture
– budget
– reasons for the purchase
– organization’s account number for the payment of the grant
Applications can be submitted by e-mail to jarjesto(at)hyy.fi or by mail to the Student Union of the University of Helsinki, PL 1099, 00101 HELSINKI. Organizations that receive the grant must provide copies of the receipts to the same address no later than within four months after the allocation of the grant.
Further information:
Specialist (Organizations) Jaakko Kalske
050 537 3798
jaakko.kalske@hyy.fi
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10 Overall badges and other products from Promler at a 15% discount for HYY’s organisations in 2022
HYY has agreed on a special discount for all HYY’s organisations when ordering overall badges and other products from Promler.fi!
We will get overall badges and other products at a discount of 15% for the entire year 2022 as long as we remember to mention the discount code which can be found in the e-mail version when asking for offers and ordering.
The other products include printed college sweaters, hoodies, t-shirts, tote bags, badges and reflectors.
The discount code is meant only for HYY’s organisations.
The discount code covers new orders with normal delivery time.
Contact Promler: info@promler.fi
Here is a link to our cooperation partner’s website: http://www.promler.fi/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/promler
Instagram: @promlerfi
