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Ramona Larsen, Coordinator of CIRKELN, had the pleasure of being interviewed by Zena Iovino, host of the weekly news podcast “All Points North“. The episode is called “Is Finland doing enough to help endangered species?” and is well worth a…

Our newsletter for October is now out! You can read it here. If you have any updates from your organization that you would like to share, please send a short description, image, and link to . Try it, you might…

Last Wednesday, we hosted another Open Living Room event in collaboration with KulturCafé at Kulturhuset Grand – Kulttuuritalo Grand. Our special guests were Kaisa Maria Krisangi Leka and Christoffer Leka, Graphic Designers of the Year 2022 in Finland. They are…

Thank you to everyone who joined the Story Sharing Cafe at Kulturhuset Grand – Kulttuuritalo Grand in Borgå last week. It was very interesting to both share and listen to stories from around the world. We heard tales that were…

We would like to introduce you to our new colleague, Ramona Larsen, who has recently joined our team as a CIRKELN coordinator. Ramona is an excellent coordinator with a warm personality and firsthand experience as a newcomer, seeking new friends…

Last week, we hosted a wonderful Spanish Speaking Evening in cooperation with Luckan Integration Porvoo, Grand, and Hemcare. The main idea was to create a network for newcomers in Porvoo who do not yet have contacts there, connecting them with…

Luckan Integration has closely followed the media discussions since the publication of the Programme of Prime Minister Petteri Orpo’s government in June. As a result, we would like to introduce and raise awareness about the materials produced by the Stig…

Luckan Integration Borgå’s last Open Living Room of the season went Outdoors Games on June 21st. We had 14 participants from Pakistan, Iran, Syria, Kenya, Lithuania, Ukraine, Israel, Japan, and Russia. They were divided into several teams and enjoyed playing…

Föreningen Luckan is hiring a coordinator a wage subsidy on (60 – 80%) from 1.8 – 31.12.2023. The work includes: Cirkeln is a social networking concept that aims at facilitating new encounters and building bridges between people. Cirkeln makes it…

Here are a few words from Luckan Integration with regard to the new Finnish Government and its over 200-page Government Programme published on June 16th. It is widely recognized that Finland is currently struggling with the challenge of a declining…

We had an amazing time at the World Village Festival/Maailma Kylässä/Världen i Byn over the weekend. The festival, which had the theme “Force For Change” this year, attracted a staggering 49,000 visitors throughout the weekend. We want to express our…

On May 24th, Luckan Integration Borgå organized an Open Living Room goes Open Mic event. This time, we were thrilled to welcome nearly 30 guests, including individuals with immigrant backgrounds and Finnish-Swedish locals. One of the most valuable aspects of…

On May 10th we held a successful event about Swedish language opportunities in the Capital Region. 40 plus interested met representatives from 11 organisations that could inform about education and work, language courses and culture. On feedback we got from…

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Borgå  In April Open Living Room in Borgå was a special one dedicated to the holiday of Valborg/Vappu.  We had a lot of fun making traditional treats together – munkar/munkit and mjöd/sima with our special guest, an expert of cooking and bakery, Toni…

Luckan Integration has welcomed 2500 newcomers to the Capital Region whose mother tongue is neither Swedish, Finnish nor Sami for five consecutive years by sending them a Welcome! letter by mail. The letter includes details about bilingual Finland and an…

We would like to introduce you to our new colleague, Katerina Karlova, who has recently joined our team as an integration coordinator in Borgå/Porvoo. Katerina brings with her a wealth of experience and skills that make her an excellent fit…

Exciting news everyone! We are thrilled to announce that we have started a LinkedIn page for our professional and job related content. Come and connect with us! We at Luckan Integration are committed to providing valuable and informative content that…

The Finnish parliamentary election will be held on April 2 and all Finnish citizens have the right to vote in the election. We are organizing a debate on March 9 at 17-19 at Luckan Helsingfors, Georgsgatan 27, to help immigrants…

Peer Support Groups, Parliamentary Election Discussion, Intuitive Improvisation and more – you can read it here. If you aren’t a subscriber yet, you can give it a try!

YLE did a nice interview in Swedish with Henrika and Asmara who met through the mentoring program FIKA 10 years ago and have been friends ever since. Feel free to listen, between 6.00-23.45 minutes into the program! Have you lived…

You can read it here and get updates on our and other organisations activities. FIKA mentee application period is starting, join Motherhood Talks or a Dad group, we tell about a lot of different job search related workshops and a…

Integrationskoordinator med fokus på Östra Nyland och FIKA Integration coordinator with focus on Eastern Uusimaa and FIKA

Our newsletter for December is now with its subscribers. You can read it here. Our monthly newsletter contains information about events by us, our collaborators and other organisations plus information about our services. You can try it out by signing…

Open Living Room goes Open Mic on November 30th was a blast! On the stage, we had poetry in Persian, Arabic, French, and English. We listened to an amazing Iranian musical instrument, saxophone, harmonica, piano, and amazing singers.  Thanks to all of…

Luckan Integration has taken part in the national integration event Integration 2022 7-8 November in Tampere-talo. Integration 2022 is both the main event for integration and refugee reception and the main event of the Integration Partnership Programme. It is organised…

It tells about Career Day at Arbis, CV Workshop, Pitching with Perfection, Open Mic and much more! You can read it here.Sign up for it here so you don’t miss out in the future.

We had a successful mushroom trip to Mustavuori in eastern Helsinki! A happy group wandered around in the forrest together with expert mushroom forager Elisabeth Eriksson from Marthaförbundet finding many different mushrooms. The moist weather did not damper the mood!…

Today was Come in2 Project – Closing conference at G18 in Helsinki. It was a full day event packed with interesting lectures and insights. 45 people attend IRL and more followed the online stream. The goal of the project is…

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This autumn have we been to different networking events around the Capital Region. We started out in August with Vantaan kotoutumisen verkostotapahtuma 2022 at Kulttuuritehdas Vernissa followed by Neuvotaan-verkosto verkostoitumistapahtuma at Helsinki City Hall. Now in September we visited Espoon…