Press Release: City of Tampere's Vitality and Skills Board Grants €6,000 for Bloom activities

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Bloom ry
Attn: Kelly Keodara, tampere@bloomtogether.fi, +358 44 9771 977

Kehräsaari, A-rappu, 214, www.bloomtogether.fi

City of Tampere’s Vitality and Skills Board Grants €6,000 for Bloom activities

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Tampere, Finland, October 24, 2022 - Bloom ry, a leading association with a mission to build the bridge between internationals and locals in Finland through empowerment events, received a €6,000 grant on October 21, 2022. The grant was endowed by City of Tampere’s Vitality and Skills Board for the purpose of continuing the activities of Bloom to further support international integration, social and cultural services to the community.

The goal of Tampere's city strategy is to be a city of innovation,​ where Tampere's position as an international center for science and high competence as a city is strong. The city takes care in accordance with its strategy about the operating conditions of associations and organizations, and opportunities with voluntary activity is promoted. The goal of the city is also to act as a reliable partner as a platform of enabling doing. Internationalization goals are concretized by the international competence and immigration strategic program 2019–2024, in which the development of the top priority is to promote and utilize the skills of people with a foreign background, i.e. training and employment for meaningful and rewarding ones for jobs in the Tampere region and to attract more skilled people workforce for the region. This goal is promoted by e.g. of those living in the area and professional of international experts moving to Tampere supporting networking and developing Finnish language skills.

“It is with great honour to continue to bring social and cultural events to our community in Tampere, Finland. Our city is growing more international every day, and we want to ensure that everyone feels welcome here, no matter where you are from. Our goal is to connect even more locals and internationals to help our community thrive. We look forward to a strong future together, filled with local and national collaborations ahead!” -Kelly Keodara

Bloom ry is an association with a mission to be the bridge between internationals and locals by providing integration support through empowerment events that help members grow, personally and professionally.