Hamina grants

Well-being of Hamina residents grants are allocated to registered communities in Hamina in the form of cultural, sports, youth and other welfare-promoting grants. Grants are applied for in the turn of the year application for the following operating year. The Vitality and Wellbeing Committee decides on cultural, sports, youth and other welfare-promoting grants and awards.

A youth association is defined as an association whose members have at least 2/3 of them under the age of 29. Read more about the decision confirmed by the Hamina Vitality and Wellbeing Committee here from the assistance guidelines.

Well-being of Hamina residents grant application for 2026. Application period has ended.

Required attachments for the application:

• action plan for 2026 (to be submitted by 5.1.)
• budget for 2026 (to be submitted by 5.1.)
• latest confirmed financial statements (-24) (to be submitted by 5.1.)
• latest confirmed annual report (-24) (to be submitted by 5.1.)
• In addition, the applicant must submit: 2025 financial statements and annual report before the payment of benefits in March.

All attachments should be sent to the following address: avustukset@hamina.fi

It is possible to apply for pop-up grants throughout the year to organize individual events, campaigns, etc. Pop-up grants can be applied for by associations, communities or private individuals.
Grants of up to 1000 euros are paid against actual receipts. The pop-up grant is a one-time grant and can only be paid once per event.

Please contact us before your planned aid destination or event.
Kirsi Forsell kirsi.forsell@hamina.fi / 040 199 1491

Please remember that the supported event must be listed in the city's event calendar well in advance, i.e. at least a week in advance (add the event via kymenlaaksonyt.fi)!

Open the pop-up donation form here!

More information about applying for pop-up grants can be found here.!

The City of Hamina is renewing its grant practicesThe Healthy Hamina resident grant practice, which has been in use for years, will be renewed in accordance with the decision of the Vitality and Wellbeing Committee starting at the end of 2025. Hamina communities will be offered the opportunity to apply for targeted grants and implement activities with the support of grant appropriations for the joy of Hamina residents and visitors in the early months of the year. 

Separate targeted grants to be applied for in November are a new form of grant., which is being tested for the first time. Targeted grants can be applied for, for example, to implement a single event in January–March 2026.

The application period for target grants has ended..

The project name is written in the Target Grants application. project planfor which the grant is being applied, i.e. clearly presenting what the grant is planned to be used for and how it is planned to be used. It is equally important to present the project budget clearly. The presentation of costs and potential revenues should clearly indicate what the city grant is intended to be used for, and how other project costs are to be covered. If the project has other grants applied for or received, it is worth presenting their allocation clearly so that it does not appear that several grants have been applied for for the same purpose. Applying for other grants for the same project is possible, as long as they are not allocated to the same costs in the plan.

If you wish, you can also prepare the project plan and budget as separate attachments and send them to the application as attachments to kulttuuri@hamina.fi.

Note! Attachments must also be submitted within the application deadline. Attachments received late will not be taken into account in the preparation and decision-making process.

Decisions for the targeted grant application will be prepared in December, when the city council has confirmed the city's budget for 2026. The operators will be able to use the awarded grants as early as the beginning of January.

The use of targeted grants will be reported by the end of 2026. Instructions for reporting will be sent to applicants along with the grant decisions.  

The overall aim is to develop the application process for grants awarded by the city in an increasingly appropriate and open direction in dialogue with the Hamina field of actors. The application will be designed to be as agile as possible for applicants, preparers and decision-makers. For example, the November target grant application does not yet need to include the entire action plan and budget for the following year. It is sufficient for the applications and application attachments to indicate for which separate purpose (work or project plan) the grant is being applied for. 

The purpose of the foundation is to promote the well-being of the elderly and the aging in the area of ​​the city of Hamina. The foundation grants grants to associations and organizations that organize activities for Hamina residents over the age of 65. The foundation is managed and represented by the foundation's board, which is an independent entity. The welfare promotion unit of the city of Hamina coordinates the grant process, but decisions on grants are made by the foundation's board.

The foundation promotes the social status of the elderly and senior citizens, supports coping at home, organizes educational, meeting and celebration events, organizes and supports recreational and club activities, maintains support functions and supports caregivers. Secures and maintains exercise opportunities for people over 65 years of age.

Priority areas for awarding grants:

– activities related to promoting physical activity 

– activities promoting cultural well-being

– activities that increase the well-being of caregivers

The application period has ended, the next application will be in the fall of 2026.

Statutory services that are the responsibility of the City of Hamina or the Kymenlaakso Welfare Region are not subsidized.

Please note that the use of the grant must be reported in writing to the William and Helvi Säles Foundation Board of Directors according to separate instructions. The instructions will be provided in connection with the grant decision.  

More information: 

Questions related to the application form or attachments
Jaana Mattila
jaana.mattila@hamina.fi
040 6117361

Questions related to grant content
Tapio Lepisto 
tapio.lepisto@hll.fi
050 075 0171