The Youth Council election included a total of 92 young people from different parts of Helsinki as candidates. Out of these candidates, 30 were chosen as representatives and 5 were chosen as deputy representatives for a two-year term in 2024–2025. The new Youth Council will begin its term on 1 January 2024.
Over 31,000 young people were eligible to vote in the election, with the total number of votes cast being 11,107. The turnout percentage was highest at Puistola Comprehensive School, where 95.22% of the approximately 250 pupils voted.
The Helsinki Youth Council for the 2024–2025 term
Lilja Hyppölä
Lassi Biström
Harry Fogelholm
Jasmine Lam
Jing Le Xu
Abigail Suero
Lazima Rahman
Rosa Kumar Saarinen
Aamir Mohamed
Aaro Ekman
Kerem Eren
Emilia Huikko
Nancy Li
Marcus Anttila
Fia Hirvonen
Danil Denisov
Maggie Mattson
Eino Missi
Oona Laine
Veikko Valovirta
Ehan Wadud
Karl-Fredrik Spolander
Nikolai Kovalenko
Shyreen Joarder
Lukas Savinen
Kerttu Arnkil
Mark Ikonen
Rokey Sabally
Emma Rautaoja
Aisha Mahmood
Deputy representatives
Chloé Mboyo
Wiida Jawadi
Anna Tulkki
Diana Åkerlund
Artem Sergeyev
EUR 150,000 from the Youth Budget allocated to implement young people’s ideas
The evening also saw the allocation of EUR 150,000 from Helsinki’s participatory budgeting system for young people, i.e. the Youth Budget, to projects proposed and chosen by young people. The sum was divided evenly between the City’s Eastern, Western and Northern Youth Work.
Eastern Youth Work
- Free gig for young people Festival (Itäkeskus & Southeastern) EUR 10,000
- Events in Kontula! (Kontula) EUR 11,750
- Extreme sports trials and experiences for young people! (Kontula) EUR 8,000
- Studio for the Rastila Youth Centre (Vuosaari) EUR 10,000
- Rescue animal event (Environmental Activities Unit) EUR 3,500
- Escape rooms and trips (Itäkeskus) EUR 6,750
Western Youth Work
- Free-of-charge sports and hobby trials in the inner city (Southern) EUR 3,000
- Football tournament (Munkkiniemi) EUR 5,000
- En dag på Borgbacken (Helsingfors svenska ungdomsarbetsenhet) EUR 6,000
- Lapplandsresa (Helsingfors svenska ungdomsarbetsenhet) EUR 7,500
- Cosplay event & RPD (Munkkiniemi) EUR 6,000
- Self-defence for young people (Haaga) EUR 4,000
- Peer groups (Haaga) EUR 4,000
- Computer building course (Kaarela) EUR 3,500
- Horseback riding courses (Kaarela) EUR 6,500
- Sound-proofed karaoke room for the youth centre (Southern) EUR 4,500
Northern Youth Work
- Trip activities (Viikki) EUR 5,000
- Trip to Linnanmäki (Northeast) EUR 8,000
- Karting trips (Malmi & Northeast) EUR 8,000
- Dream to be rich – work for young people! Summer job opportunities (Malmi & Maunula) EUR 11,000
- Trip to encounter rural culture (Pasila) EUR 6,000
- Season Festival (Pasila) EUR 8,000
- Amazing race (Maunula) EUR 4,000