Help with integration
You can find fun leisure activities through the Red Cross. Our activities give you the opportunity to learn Finnish, meet new people, volunteer, and organise activities together with the Red Cross volunteers.
The activities are open to everyone. We welcome people from different backgrounds and different life situations.
Read more about support for undocumented migrants here.
Friends and leisure activities
The Finnish Red Cross friend activities include multicultural friend activities. You can get a friend by contacting your nearest Red Cross friend service. You can ask for a long-term friendship or one-off help.
A volunteer friend can be an irreplaceable support in adapting to a new country and culture. You and your friend can do everyday things together, like cook dinner, go for a walk or get to know your immediate surroundings.
The forms and extent of friend activities vary by location.
Contact the friend service
Language-learning clubs allow you to develop e.g. your Finnish or Swedish skills in a group setting. The clubs can cover topics according to the participants’ wishes.
Ask for further information about language-learning clubs where you live from the Finnish Red Cross district office or local branch.
In homework clubs or homework help, Red Cross volunteers help primary and secondary school pupils with their homework. The aim is to support children and young people in their schooling.
Ask for further information about homework clubs where you live from the Finnish Red Cross district office or local branch.
Red Cross branches organise meeting places where people from different backgrounds can spend time together and get to know each other. The activities bring together people from different circumstances and provide an opportunity to interact and learn from each other. The activities are planned based on the participants’ interests.
Ask for further information about activities where you live from the Finnish Red Cross district office or local branch.
Our volunteers can help you settle into your new home and get to know the services and people where you live.
Ask for further information about activities where you live from the Finnish Red Cross district office or local branch.
Local Red Cross branches can organise excursions and events according to the needs and wishes of locals. These can include activities such as nature walks to relax and spend time together in Finnish nature.
Ask for further information about activities where you live from the Finnish Red Cross district office or local branch.
