HOT – healthy, occupied, together – supporting parents with an immigrant background

Project period

1.8.2023 - 31.3.2026

Project funding

ESR 2021-2027

The HOT – healthy, occupied, together – supporting parents with an immigrant background project strengthens the integration, education, employment, and daily life management of parents with an immigrant background, taking care of their underage children at home. The families and other target groups' support networks also benefit from the project services.

The project was implemented in the Päijät-Häme and South Karelia regions and conducted by the LAB University of Applied Sciences and the Lahti Academy of Liberal and Fine Arts for the period 01.08.2023-31.03.2026.

The HOT project has fulfilled its aims to create an operating model to support parents with an immigrant background to find their path to employment and education, and to increase the target group's work-life skills, support their health and well-being, and strengthen the participants' literacy skills, develop their Finnish language skills.

The information gathered during the project increases the regional authorities’ understanding of the situation of the target group of immigrants. The operating model and other project material can be downloaded from this page or from the project's page at osaamisenpaikka.fi.

Project results

The HOT project has organised group activities in Lahti and Lappeenranta. The project reached out to 67 target group members. They have been offered Finnish language studies and information workshops on health, well-being, education, and working life. The participants have also received personal support to help them find their paths.

The project has also supported immigrants by providing them with informational support on health, well-being, education, and working life. Over 200 listeners have participated in the activities organised together with the local institutions.

Project Materials

Most of the project material, including the operational model and some workshop materials, is in Finnish. They are found via the Finnish version of the page. Some health and well-being presentations, however, were bilingual. You can download them using the links below.

Erilaiset perheet, Perhe Suomessa – Different types of families, Families in Finland (pdf)
Arjessa jaksaminen ja mielen hyvinvointi – Coping in everyday life and mental well-being (pdf)
Syöpäseulonnat Suomessa – Cancer screenings in Finland (pdf)
Perhesuunnittelu – Family planning (pdf)
Perheen ja työn yhdistäminen – Combining family and work (pdf)
Kansallinen rokotusohjelma Suomessa – Finnish national vaccination programme (pdf)
Hyvinvointia arkeen: Suositukset lapsiperheille – Well-being in Everyday Life Recommendations for Families with Children (pdf)

The material has been created and tested in the ESF+-funded HOT – healthy, occupied, together – supporting parents with an immigrant background project.