Expertise
Since 2016, Lähirähinä has developed and tested neighbourhood-based activity models combining community sports, mobility management and year-round use of local facilities. Its work includes research on reducing car journeys to children's hobbies, grassroots activities across Oulu neighbourhoods and new formats such as neighbourhood sports leagues. Lähirähinä also develops and pilots innovative services, including Tarinajahti, a digital place-based storytelling concept encouraging people to explore their local surroundings through shared stories and cultural heritage.
Lähirähinä (Good4Hood) is a Finnish community sports initiative promoting free, informal and inclusive physical activity close to home - with a mobility management approach. By bringing children, families and neighbours together in local parks, schoolyards and public spaces, it lowers barriers to participation, strengthens community ties and reduces the need for car journeys to organised sports activities. Its guiding principle is “Fun, Near, Together.” - year-round.
- Countries
- Finland
- People
- Timo Perala · Main trouble maker
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