These discretionary government grants are awarded to the wellbeing services counties and the City of Helsinki to be allocated to development projects carried out by health and social services organisations. The appropriation for the state grant is 25 million euros. The call for applications does not apply to rescue services.
The City of Helsinki will accept project proposals from organisations from 22 September to 4 October 2026. The projects will be carried out during 2027. Based on the project proposals, the City will prepare a state grant application for the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, which will decide on project funding in the beginning of next year.
We will organise an information session in Finnish about the recruitment process on the Helsinki Channel on Tuesday 22 September, starting at 17.00 (in Finnish). You do not need to register for the event in advance.
You can follow the session via this link.(Link leads to external service)
The City of Helsinki’s priorities in the call for discretionary government grant applications
The activities must support the objectives and priorities set out in the Helsinki City Strategy and the City’s Welfare Plan and Service Strategy for the Social Services, Health Care and Rescue Services Division, which include, amongst other things, strengthening mental wellbeing and substance abuse services, strengthening inclusion and preventing loneliness, targeted outreach work to support vulnerable groups, narrowing health and wellbeing inequalities, and the development of effective models of collaboration.