Multilingual lifestyle counselling groups will start in autumn – support for wellbeing in your own language

Multilingual lifestyle counselling groups offer guidance from professionals and peer support in a familiar language in a safe environment. The goal is to support participants to make lasting changes towards a better well-being together with others.

Residents in both Kerava and Vantaa are welcome to all groups.

Support for a healthy life

In practise lifestyle counselling means support in everyday choices, which affects health and wellbeing. Group activity offer the possibility to share experiences and learn from others who are in a similar life situation.

In the groups are for example discussed:

• increase of physical activity in daily life,
• regular and varied diet,
• the importance of sleep and recovery, as well as
• how to find activities and services that support everyday life, such as hobbies free of charge.

Groups that starts in the autumn

English speaking weight management group

English speaking weight management group offer support in making life lifestyle changes. The weight management group is intended for working aged clients, whose weight index is 30 or higher. You can for example count your weight index on Terveyskirjastos web pages: Painoindeksin (BMI) laskuri - Terveyskirjasto. 

You can read more about the group here: Weight management group​ at Tikkurila Health Centre.

Promoters of own health groups

Promoters of own health groups offers lifestyle counselling groups in multiple languages and in plain Finnish. The groups offer practical lifestyle guidance for adults of all ages and families.

In the groups, participants discuss well-being in a relaxed and safe atmosphere and share tips for everyday life.

• Men's group in Dari, Farsi, and English (Vantaa)
• Women´s group in Arabic and plain Finnish (Vantaa)
• Group open for everyone (Vantaa)
• Groups for families (Kerava)

Contact us:

• by sending e-mail:
  • in Finnish, English or Arabic to samia.kbairi@vantaalla.info
  • in Finnish, English, Dari or Farsi to malek.k@vantaalla.info
• by calling the telephone number 050 569 9095.

Read more about the groups on Vantaa and Keravas wellbeing services. You can read the page on 200 different languages by using the Google translator which is integrated on the web page, and can be found in the language menu.

Groups are organized as a cooperation between Järjestörinki ry and Wellbeing services county of Vantaa and Kerava. Welcome to join us!