Allianssi Youth Exchanges newsletter

in English 

October Newsletter:

Welcome back to the October edition of the Allianssi Youth Exchanges newsletter in English, the city is filled with beautiful autumn colours🍂 and the spooky season is (finally) here!👻

Content of this month's newsletter in a nutshell: 

🍁 Helsinki (dis)connected - The Traitors Halloween Mystery

👻 Apply for current Erasmus+ training courses!

🍁 Current ESC long-term volunteering opportunities

👻 #ErasmusDays  12-17 October 

🍁 Join us at the Studia fair on November 25-26 - free tickets!

👻 Upcoming events

Helsinki (dis)connected - 

The Traitors Halloween Mystery🎃

After the success of the first event, Helsinki (dis)connected comes back with its second night. Did you miss us?👀

This time around our solidarity project gets in Halloween spirit and takes the form of a "Traitors" mystery dinner, a real-life role-play, where fun games and secret missions turn into a quest of revealing the secret traitors trying to sabotage the faithfuls.🥷

🕸️Never played before? No worries! All the rules will be explained at the beginning, so whether you are a begginer or an experienced player, you are more than welcome to join! 🍬

The event is free of charge and all food served will be vegan. Registration beforehand is mandatory, and we cannot guarantee an entrance for people who show up late/without registering. 

So, start preparing your halloween costumes, share the event with your friends and get ready for an unforgettable night of fun and new friends!🎃🧡

🧭  Practical Info

📆  Date: Monday, October 12th
🕕  Time: 18:00-21:00
 📍 Location: Allianssi-talo, Asemapäällikönkatu 1, 00520 Helsinki.  Allianssi-talo is wheelchair accessible and has accessible toilets.
💰  Cost: Free! Registration is mandatory - deadline October 11th at 23:59!
🌍  Language: The event is in English.
👻  Dresscode: Halloween costume - please keep in mind to be respectful and considerate of others (we don't condone any discriminatory behaviour)

📝 Registration form

🎟️The event is free of charge, but registration is mandatory for organizational purposes. Please register 1 day before the event at the latest. You can find more information about the event and the registration form at this link.

🌱Helsinki (dis)connected is a European Solidarity Corps (ESC) solidarity project. It’s created by youth, run by volunteers, and co-funded by the European Union.

It consists of monthly events, each featuring a different activity to take a break from the screens. The goal is to create a welcoming space where young people can meet, learn something new, discover their interests and build meaningful connections offline.  We also offer free plant-based food.

Current E+ Training Courses opportunities!🌻

Leading together!🤝
The aim of this 3-day seminar is to explore what it means to lead and support a group — from the first welcome to moments of tension, cooperation and collective decision-making. Through exchange, experimentation and practical tools, participants will reflect on how to understand group dynamics, adapt their facilitation and create the conditions for everyone to find their place.
📆16-20.11
📍Montcombroux-Les-Mines, France

The art of being a campleader🌍
It's about building confidence, involving everyone in decisions, valuing skills and transforming cultural differences into collective strengths. It also means learning how to manage the challenges of meeting the local population, creating a respectful environment. The programme includes discussions, role-playing, practical tools and reallife experiences so that you, in turn, can bring to life an international youth exchange or work camp where everyone feels involved.
📆29.11-5.12
📍Vaunieres, France

MEU Empathy 👥
This training focuses on Emotional Intelligence for Inclusive Youth Work. Through non-formal education, practical activities, exchange of practices and reflection, participants will explore how emotional intelligence can strengthen their work with young people, support more inclusive environments and foster healthier relationships and communication.
📆8-15.11
📍Šibenik, Croatia

Climate Justice. Power. Responsibility. Youth Work 💚
You will face climate change as a question about power, responsibility and inequality, translated into what you can actually run with fifteen teenagers on a Tuesday evening. You work on real situations you bring yourself, design methods in small teams, teach them to the group, and rewrite them from what you hear.
📆8-17.12
📍Hagen-Berchum, Germany

Erasmus+ training courses and youth exchanges are co-funded by the EU, and the funding covers travel grants, accommodation, and meals.

👉Check out the open E+ trainings on our website in the News section!

Current ESC long-term volunteering oppportunities

If you are between 18 and 30 years old and would like to live in another country while doing something meaningful, apply to volunteer with the European Solidarity Corps!😃

What is ESC? It is a volunteering programme supported by the European Union for people aged 18-30. The EU support covers, for example, travel grants, accommodation, insurance and a small pocket money for the duration of the project. 

You can apply to go to:
- Barcelona, Catalonia, where you will have tasks related to international volunteering and youth engagement🧳

- Rivignano Teor, Italy, in an eco-village and experiential educational centre🌱

- Rome, Italy, in a non-profit organisation to manage intercultural activities and communications🙌

👉For more information and to check out the other ESC opportunities, go to our website in the News section

#ErasmusDays 12-17 October

#ErasmusDays will be held this year from 12-17 October 2026! We are once again participating in the event, during which we will tell you more about our Erasmus+ projects.

We will share information about our Erasmus+-supported programs and our participants' experiences with the programs. So if you have wanted to go volunteering, on an internship or youth exchange abroad, follow our Facebook and Instagram accounts from October 12th to 17th to hear more about our programs! ✨

Read more about the various #ErasmusDays events here!

Come join us at the Studia fair on November 

25-26, 2026 - we're giving away free tickets!

In November, we will be participating in the Studia fair, Finland's largest study and career event. The fair will be held at Messukeskus, Helsinki on Wednesday, November 25th from 9 am to 5 pm and on Thursday, November 26th from 9 am to 5 pm.📚

At the Allianssi Youth Exchanges stand, you will receive up-to-date information about different options for going abroad, especially about volunteering and internship programs, training and youth exchanges supported by the European Union.

You can find us at Studia, stand 5m61. See you at the Studia fair!😁

💡 Would you like to come to the Studia fair? We'll give you a free ticket to use! Fill out the form on our website and we'll send you a ticket by email. By filling out the form, you'll also subscribe to our newsletter and enter the movie ticket draw!

📬 Have you been abroad through us? Come to our stand and tell the fair visitors about your experience! You can send a message to hakemukset@alli.fi if you would like to volunteer at the fair.

🎀 Upcoming events 🎀

Here's a short overview of what's coming up next with Allianssi Youth Exchanges:

• Helsinki (dis)connected's Halloween Traitors Mystery. The second event of Helsinki (dis)connected will take place on the 12th October. Don't miss it!🎉

As always, follow our social media and our website 🤳 to stay up to date on current events!

See you in November :) 🍂