Kamula

Kamula – Students’ well-being

Kamula is students’ meeting place, small groups, leisure activities and events in Amuri, Tampere. Kamula activities goal is to strengthen students mental well-being and prevent loneliness.

Register as a Kamula’s Friend in Melvio!* You’ll find Kamula’s schedules, be able to sign up for events, receive messages about Kamula’s latest news, see your visit history, and have a say in Kamula’s activities by answering a short survey. What are you waiting for? Register today and start enjoying the benefits of being a Kamula Friend!

A student meeting place has opened in Tampere (Mustanlahdenkatu 18). Kamula is a place where students can come to relax and socialize. There is always a staff member on-site, and volunteers are often available as well. You don’t have to be alone at Kamula. If you have any questions or are feeling nervous about coming, please send a message. We’re happy to help.

Kamula’s activities are free of charge, substance free place and we follow Kamula’s safer space principles.

Activities will be developed together with students, volunteers and partners. If you have wishes or feedback, please feel free to send it.

Kamula’s open hours

Wednesday at 16-21
Friday at 17-22

Newcomers’ evenings

Haven’t been to Kamula yet? We’ve made a nice evening just for you, where you can also meet other new Kamula visitors. A Kamula employee will greet you at the door, and during the evening, there will be guided group introductions and activities, which you can participate in if you wish. No pre-registration required. Welcome!

Newcomers evenings

On Friday 24.1.25 at 17-19
On Friday 28.2.25 at 17-19
On Friday 28.3.25 at 17-19
On Friday 25.4.25 at 17-19
On Friday 30.5.25 at 17-19

Remember that every day is a newcomers evening. You are welcome to get to know Kamula’s activities outside of the official newcomers evenings as well. If you wish, you can send a message to the employees about your visit.

Book Club in English

Kamula’s Book Club offers a unique opportunity to discuss different works of literature. Our discussions are based on a general theme rather than focusing on a single book, which allows us to have rich discussions about multiple interesting books in each session. Themes for the Book Club are decided together with the participants. The themes range from the familiar realm of romance to the limitless expanse of fantasy and science fiction. Book club is held in Kamula and organizers are Kamula’s wonderful volunteers.

If you would like to stay updated on the upcoming Book Club sessions, please join our email list!

Voluntary work at Kamula

Do you want to gain experience in volunteer work? Do you have some extra time? Welcome to volunteer at students meeting place Kamula!

Kamula offers a variety of volunteer opportunities, including:

Assisting and supporting staff at Kamula (playing games, and socializing with visitors).
Leading a group (e.g. arts and crafts, fitness, peer support).
Organizing events and theme days with other volunteers.
Perhaps something else? Come and tell us.

Our goal is that students are feeling better by doing things together.

Welcome along!

You…

are a student or a young adult.
want to spend time with (other) students.
can work as a volunteer at least once a month in the evenings.
can participate minimum one semester (this is a wish, let us know if can participate shorter time).
agree to follow Kamulas principles (for example substance free place, guidelines for safer space).
You don’t need any special skills. You are enough just being you and being interested to do voluntary work in Kamula.

What do you get from volunteering in Kamula?

Happy feeling.
Big thank you! We like to reward our volunteers (like dinner, activities together with other volunteers) every semester.
Certificate for volunteering.
Training for the tasks, feedback and help.
Kamula’s t-shirt and name button.
Very special experience of volunteering in students’ meeting place.

You are interested? Great!

Here are the instructions for your journey to become Kamula’s volunteer:

Visit Kamula’s activities 1-3 times on your own to familiarize yourself with the activities.
After getting to know Kamula, leave your contact information through the form. We will contact you to arrange a meeting.
- At the meeting, we will go over your wishes for working as a volunteer and you will get an introduction to the task.
- After the meeting, you can make the final decision about becoming a volunteer.

Contact Information

Mustanlahdenkatu 18, Tampere

@kamulatampere (Instagram)

Staff

Siina Vättö
Project Coordinator
044 5538 428
siina.vatto@ahjola.fi

Development and network collaborations
Volunteering

Chi Pham
Participation Instructor
chi.pham@ahjola.fi

Communication
Volunteering

Jenny Simpanen
Participation Instructor
jenny.simpanen@ahjola.fi

Kamula’s meeting place activities & collaborations
Volunteering

Kamula’s hourly workers

Veera, Kaisa, Mikko and Jenni.

Partners

Information to Kamula’s harassment officers

With this form you can send a information about harrasment that you have faced at Kamula activities. Kamula’s harassment officers Fiia Vauhkonen and Siina Vättö will go through all the message with extra care. Please leave your contact information, if you want that we come back to you.

Form
https://bit.ly/ilmoitushairintayhdyshenkilolle

Funding

Kamula activity has got three years (2023-2025) project funding for the Meetpoint project. The project is financed by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health with grants for non-profit corporations.