What is Street Mission?

• "Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ." (Gal. 6:2)
• Jyväskylä Street Mission is a non-profit association based on Christian principles.
• The principle of the association is to deepen people’s sobriety conviction, social and Christian way of thinking and also help people with drug and intoxicant problems and people who have been released from prison with their problems.

Our aim

• The helping process includes religious activities, populating people of different ages with intoxicant problems, helping families and young people, and finding employment for the long-term unemployed in the different units of the association.
• Street Mission was established after the wars in 1953. During many decades it has given a place to live for thousands of people with intoxicant problems in Jyväskylä.
• The major part of the association’s turnover comes from populating and employing people with intoxicant problems.

Third sector association

• An annual meeting uses the authority to decide in Street Mission.
• The 8-member board directs and leads the action with an executive director in charge.
• There are altogether 20 permanent employees.
• Employed 50-60 in month.
• The association has a service-buying agreement for 3+2 years with the city of Jyväskylä. The agreement includes 117 support dwelling places.
• The service-buying agreement with the rural municipality of Jyväskylä is made for one year at a time. The agreement includes 17 support dwelling places.

The content of our work

• Meeting people individually and helping them in all intoxicant-related problems.
• Abating an acute material need.
• Arranging camps, trips, group activities.
• Arranging church services, a traditional Christmas party for the homeless, religious events and street mission evenings.
• Educating volunteers.
• Employing people with intoxicant problems.
• Arranging community centre activities for adults and young people.
• Rehabilitation of immigrants.

We do intoxicant work

• With families and young people, and with men and women whose life is complicated and controlled by intoxicants.
• Our target group’s weekday is in addition to alcohol and drugs homelessness, unemployment, broken families, mental health problems and loneliness.

Our values

Christianity Commitment Confidentiality Respect Honesty Immunity Equality

Rightfulness Responsibility Communality Mercifulness Common sense Humor

Information

• The Vapautetut magazine comes out 4 times a year.
• Web site www.jyvaskylankatulahetys.fi
• +Base intranet
• Activity calendar

Co-operation

• The city of Jyväskylä
• The rural muinicipality of Jyväskylä
• The municipality of Muurame
• Sininauhasäätiö
• Keski-Suomi kierrättää ry
• Raha-automaattiyhdistys
• Keski-Suomen ympäristökeskus
• Kristillinen alkoholisti- ja narkomaanityö ry
• The TE Centre for Central Finland
• Suomenselän Sateenkaari –säätiö
• Väentupa
• Jyväskylän seudun päihdpalveluesäätiö
• Keski-Suomen Yhteisöjen Tuki ry
• Sininauhaliitto
• Jyväskylän Vapaaseurakunta
• Tekevä
• Congregations