Become a volunteer

Culture, sport and environment volunteer companions (luotsit in Finnish) accompany and support individuals or small groups of people to get out and about, to go into nature or to visit cultural sites such as museums or concerts.

They can also read stories to children in Metso Library, act as a grandmother or grandfather in the Rulla Children's Cultural Centre, or give cultural or sports tips. Occasionally, new volunteers are also taken on to help manage the museum's collections.

All volunteers are trained for the job.

Find out more about the work of the volunteers and ask the coordinator for more information about the vacancies.

The Youth services of the City of Tampere work with volunteers. You can join in meeting children and young people during May Day, school graduation celebrations, and Blockfest.

You can contribute to the preservation of cultural heritage by adopting a monument together with others, for example a community, an association, a company or a school.

Adopt a Monument is a voluntary project for the care of old buildings and monuments. No previous experience or special skills are required. The Pirkanmaa Provincial Museum supports adopters in their care work.

The adopters will look after the site in accordance with the Provincial Museum's instructions, monitor the condition of the site, research its history and, if they wish, organise events at the site.

In Tampere, the adopted sites include the Annikki stone kiosk, the Käpylä telephone booth, the Lappi ruins in Reuharinniemi and the Pispala stone fence.

For more information on Adopt a Monument, see the national Adopt a Monument website.

Are you an enthusiastic volunteer? Do you have skills that would be needed for events? Do you want to gain experience in a variety of tasks? Great, we invite you to join the City of Tampere Volunteer Bank!

Read more about the Volunteer Bank.

The City of Tampere organises park meal activities for children under 18 during the summer. The activities are run jointly by the city and associations, communities and businesses in Tampere.

Individuals are also welcome to participate in food distribution and other tasks. No special skills are required to take part.

Find out more on the Park meals page.

The Friends of the Arboretum are volunteers from Tampere who work in the Hatanpää Manor Park and the arboretum, for example by doing gardening work and organising walks and events. The activities are open to alla. The Friends of the Arboretum will communicate about their events in the Tampere Events Calendar and on Facebook.

Read more about Hatanpää arboretum.

Tampere participates in the national Christmas Mail for the Elderly campaign, which takes place annually from mid-November to early December.

During the campaign, everyone can make Christmas cards, alone or with others, to be distributed to elderly people in home care or in service homes in Tampere. The cards will be left at collection points all over Tampere.

The campaign will be announced on the city's website and at bus and tram displays in November.

Are you interested in storing images and memories of Tampere, Pirkanmaa or Finland? As a volunteer, you can participate in collecting oral history and recording present day. In this way, you can contribute to the memory of the present for future generations.

For example, Vapriikki's photo archive runs the Pirkanmaa Photo Archive (PIKU), where a group of volunteer photographers record their own home region in Pirkanmaa by taking photographs. The Finnish Literature Society runs several memory or experience collections every year, open to all interested parties. Local history is also recorded by many other actors, such as local history and district associations.