Submit your event for Hämeenlinna’s Children’s Rights Week!

This year’s Children’s Rights Week theme is Every Child Is Valuable. The theme is a reminder that every child and young person has the right to be seen, heard, and valued as themselves.

A wide variety of activities are welcome during Children’s Rights Week. You can organise events, workshops, cultural and sports activities, campaigns, or other programmes suitable for children, young people, and families. The week’s programme will be compiled into a bulletin and schedule on the City of Hämeenlinna’s website, and events will be highlighted as part of the city’s communications on Children’s Rights Week. The aim is to create a diverse celebration week for children and young people!

You can submit your event by sending an email on the topic to the city’s participation coordinator, veera.antikainen@hameenlinna.fi. Use Children’s Rights Week 2026 as the subject line.

In your message, please briefly include:

• the content of the event or programme
• the date and time of the event
• the event location
• the target group
• where to find more information (for example, contact details or a link to a website).

Young Influencer of the Year Award

Every year on Children’s Rights Day, 20 November, Hämeenlinna presents the Young Influencer of the Year award. Nominees can be a young person or a group of young people who have shown activity in their community, brought joy to other young people or residents, or otherwise actively contributed to civil society during the past year. The nominee(s) must be under 29 years of age and residents of Hämeenlinna.

The form is open until 1 November 2026,

The Young Influencer of the Year award aims to highlight young people’s advocacy work and encourage them to find their own ways to make a difference in their community. The award ranges from €300 to €700, depending on whether it is given to an individual or a group. For groups of more than 10 people, the award is €900.

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