Supporting well-being

The experience of participation increases well-being, security, faith in the future and one's own possibilities. A sense of community improves the conditions for good health effects, increases happiness, reduces loneliness and prevents marginalization.

We strengthen inclusion and enable meeting places

• We create opportunities for residents' participation
• We introduce the assessment of child effects as part of decision-making.
• We enable children's participation with the help of the Children's Parliament.
• We develop living environments and services together with residents.
• We offer open meeting places for residents

A high-quality living environment and nature promote not only physical well-being but also psychological well-being.

Nature is diverse and the state of the environment is good

• We promote natural diversity in the urban environment as well.
• We are increasing the number of nature reserves.
• The air quality in residential areas is good.
• The urban structure ensures a high-quality experience of nature and silence for city dwellers.
• We promote the good condition of the waters.
• We implement the environmental policy action program.

The living environment is attractive, safe and functional

• We invest in the quality and easy accessibility of green areas.
• We build and maintain a comfortable, barrier-free, urban environment that favors sustainable modes of transportation.
• Public art and urban greenery are part of a pleasant urban environment
• We make sure that our services and public spaces are accessible, safe and barrier-free. We promote the multi-use of real estate.
• We reduce disruptive behavior (including accidents, bullying and sexual harassment) by implementing and continuing to use models that work.
• We promote safe and sustainable movement by implementing the measures of the regional safe and sustainable movement plan and the city's own sustainable movement plan.

Movement is safe and barrier-free

• We promote opportunities for walking, cycling and public transport
• We build and maintain a comfortable, barrier-free, urban environment that favors sustainable modes of transportation and offer smooth movement from one green area to another.
• We are looking for solutions to logistical issues related to the movement of companies and people.

Accessible, adequate and high-quality services promote residents' well-being and create safety.

We strengthen and create cooperation structures, a network-like operating method and smooth services in cooperation with various operators

• We secure and enhance the customer's transition from one service to another, regardless of the service provider.
• We monitor residents' satisfaction with services
• We secure multi-channel services even for those who cannot use digital services
• We make electronic services easy to use, e.g. with personal guidance and offering online courses
• With the help of teaching, guidance and the necessary support measures, we ensure that the entire age group receives basic education and a secondary school leaving certificate
• We prevent inequality by, for example, considering language and cultural issues when planning services.

Doing something meaningful increases the feeling of life control and promotes well-being in everyday life. The experience of the meaning of what you do contributes to the well-being of the residents.

We support finding something meaningful for yourself, regardless of income level

• We offer children and young people the opportunity to practice with the help of the Suomen Harrastaminen model and free clubs in schools
• We strengthen the operating conditions, cooperation and participation of organizations by organizing regular meetings, trainings and offering an employment supplement for the employment of the people of Riihimäk.
• We strengthen volunteer activities and develop operational methods to encourage volunteering.
• We offer cultural events that are free and open to everyone and we support meaningful, versatile or goal-oriented hobbies.
• We create the rules of the game for the use of facilities by residents, communities and organizations.
• We offer meaningful activities by offering work and education

We ensure that cultural and library activities that support well-being are available to all residents and are an integral part of the well-being work carried out in the city

• We draw up a cultural well-being plan and implement it as part of the well-being plan

Functional capacity is a person's physical, psychological and social prerequisites to cope with meaningful and necessary activities of everyday life such as work, study, free time and hobbies, taking care of oneself and others in the environment in which one lives.

We promote and support residents' opportunities to act for their own well-being

• We offer residents opportunities to promote their own well-being through exercise and culture.
• We enable independent movement by providing exercise facilities for the use of residents
• We continue and develop exercise counseling to support lifestyle change.
• We develop preventive work to support residents' well-being. We encourage residents to lead a drug-free lifestyle and prepare a drug prevention work plan to support the work.

We support parenting and strengthen families' resources and coping in everyday life

• We organize events and occasions that support parenting
• We maintain family-oriented meeting places and organize family-oriented events.
• We strengthen residents' multi-literacy skills

We prevent loneliness and exclusion

• We implement early intervention activities and support residents in demanding life situations
• We invest in bullying prevention and anti-bullying activities with the help of the Child-friendly municipality operating model and KiVa school activities
• We promote the importance of culture and art as part of preventive activities
• We support the elderly living at home by implementing activities offered to the elderly together with the Kotokartano Foundation.

We promote residents' mental health by strengthening resources that help build a functioning everyday life

• We support children's growth and development in early childhood education and schools, e.g. with the school's operating culture and skills training.
• We prevent marginalization and support young people at points of change in life, such as changing school and study environments, educational choices and transitions to working life.
• We offer opportunities for exercise, recreation, hobby, cultural and social activities
• We prevent youth loneliness, bullying, substance use and study-related stress, as well as family poverty.
• We support the residents' mental well-being by offering opportunities for discussion help and peer support.

We support employment and employment opportunities

• We enable training opportunities for working-age people.
• We promote the work and activity ability of unemployed adults, immigrants, Roma, young people and people with partial work ability.
• We support employers in recruiting and employing economically unemployed people from Riihmäki, e.g. summer job subsidy, employment supplement
• We offer summer jobs for young people and we offer companies summer job support.
• We support employed people in improving their own employment conditions with personal/individual service

For Finnish adults, learning is a source of well-being and joy that helps them cope in a rapidly changing world.

We create opportunities for lifelong learning

• We support the digital skills of the elderly and offer support for the use of electronic devices
• Based on the principle of lifelong learning, we organize education that supports the integrity of society, equality and active citizenship.
• We maintain various educational opportunities, we offer lectures and guidance for all ages in libraries, civic colleges, Riksula and inform about them