Open online spaces and communities
We enable encounters, new acquaintances and spending time together at our open online spaces and communities. There are online meeting places for people of different ages on the Red Cross website and the Discord platform.
Online meetups in Finnish on Thursdays from 5 pm to 7 pm
Our regular online meeting place is an open low-threshold online community meeting on the Red Cross website regularly every week.
At the online meeting place you can join discussions without prior registration. Our online meeting place is for anyone who wants to talk or meet new people.
The lines will be open from 5 pm to 7 pm every Thursday, either for a themed session or informal chatting. Volunteer online community managers moderate the discussion and ensure that the online meeting place has a pleasant atmosphere.'
Currently, the Finnish Red Cross online meeting space operates in Finnish, but our goal is to expand the opening hours and language options in 2025. Would you like to help make these meetings possible in other languages, such as English? Sign up to volunteer as a community manager here.
To join the group chat, click the red bar at the bottom.
Olkkari online meeting place for young people on Discord
Olkkari is a meeting place for young people on the Discord platform, open from 3 pm to 9 pm from Monday to Friday. Volunteers in Olkkari talk to visitors. The service is currently available in Finnish.
You can talk about everyday things, or questions concerning growing up. Olkkari is also used to hold other events, like joint online gaming sessions and crafts. Additionally, experts from various fields visit once a month to talk about their work.
You can access the FRC Youth Shelter Olkkari Discord here.