Defends human dignity and equality.

Our mission is to

support,

share

and care for people

in different phases and situations of life.

Offers holistic and diverse services

with over a 100 years experience

in co-operation with

the city of Tampere (200 000 inhabitants),

local church ( 160 000 members)

and other social services providers.

Throughout the times

Tampere City Mission

has created

new forms of help and services

for people in need.

We believe that:

• everyone has a right to be in heard and to belong

• everyone has a right to be weak and vulnerable

• everyone should be treated equally, for we all are precious and unique

• everyone knows their own needs best

Activities:

• Elderly care

• Disabled care

• Preventive and rehabilitative mental health care

• Development, training and voluntary work

• Fundraising

We work with different kind of people:

•people with old age

• people with dementia

• people with intellectual disabilities

• people with mental illness

• people who need help

in different crises of life

• people who want to do voluntary work

Loneliness of the elderly people –Senior-Stop relieves loneliness and depression

•Finland’s Slot Machine Association (RAY) is financially supporting many of our development work

•At Senior Stop we offer discussion groups for elderly people (over 60 years)

•Groups are intended for elderly people with depression, melancholy, loneliness, different crises of life situations etc.

•Groups are guided by our professional Senior Stop workers

•Clients can have support from each other at the group

•Clients can also meet our workers in private

•We have some volunteers (like health care students) who make home visits to our elderly clients

•At Senior Stop we also want to take part of the public discussion about elderly people’s loneliness in Finland

•Senior Stop -activity prevents repeated doctor and emergency visits

•It supports elderly people’s living on their own homes

•It fortifies client’s own social network

•It increases experience of community and thereby relieves loneliness and depression

•Often the group members see each other after the group has ended and they become friends

•At each Senior Stop group there can be 6 to 8 persons

•Groups get together once every week, 1,5 hours per meeting

•Groups meet 16, 24 or 36 times (length of 4, 6 or 9 months)

•Groups are mainly for both men and women, if needed we can establish groups for example only for men, only over 80 years old and so on.