Nuori Suomi

Well-being and joy of life by means of physical activity

Young Finland Association (Nuori Suomi)  is an independent national organization, whose main objective is to promote children's and youths´ well-being and joy of life by means of physical activity. Our goal is to ensure that daily exercise is an essential part of life for every child. We also want to ensure the availability of inspiring and developing possibilities for sports for each girl and boy.

The association offers operational models which promote physical activity in schools, day-care and sports clubs. The quality of children`s sports is being improved by increasing the knowledge of and by encouraging the adults working with children and youth. The amount of daily exercise is also being increased by providing good facilities and environment for children´s sports.

Young Finland operates in close cooperation with various sport federations, regional organizations, local sports clubs, schools, municipalities, national governing bodies, media and companies. The operation is financed by selling services, cooperating with companies and by state aid allocated by the Ministry of Education. The most important cooperation companies are Kesko, Veikkaus and OP-Pohjola-group.

The Association consists of 55 nationwide member federations and it is lead by the Board, mainly comprising representatives of member federations.

Outside of Finland we operate under the Muuvit-Brand. More information www.muuvit.com

More information: Teemu Japisson tel. +358 9 3481 2018 or firstname.lastname@nuorisuomi.fi