With the Hobby Prescription (former Cultural Prescription), you can reserve a free place for your family on courses organized by the City of Tampere's urban culture unit or sports services. The course selection can be found on this page.
Prescriptions are distributed at Tampere Maternity Clinics to families who benefit the most from participating.
The registration dates for 2024 are:
Wed 25.9. at 9am
Please note that not all available courses are included in the registration. The courses may be subject to changes. Course places are confirmed by email within approximately one week of registration.
The spring course schedule will be updated by mid-December.
Hobby Prescription was developed in 2015 as a collaboration between Tampere city Maternity clinics and cultural services (current Tampere City Public Cultural Services).
The Hobby Prescription practice supports and strengthens the well-being of
families and serves as a practical tool for health nurses in maternity clinics. Since 2019, the family has been able to participate free of charge not only in the cultural course but also in selected sports services courses.
The colour immersion is a method developed by the Pori Centre for Children’s Culture, which enables children to become acquainted with the world of senses while creating their first artwork. The immersion involves painting with edible colours: ground berries, pudding and charcoal, for instance. The painting time varies depending on how energetic the children are feeling.
The father and baby circus activity enables the parent and child to experience a variety of tricks known from the world of circus in an accepting environment. The inspiring joint activity promotes the development of the child’s motor skills and gives the parent an opportunity for engaging in light exercise. The course offers tips on how to interact with the baby and also provides a moment’s rest from the busy day-to-day life. The father and baby circus groups are intended as groups for fathers and the duration of one meeting may vary depending on how much energy the children have.
Dance for the Whole Family is about moving together through creative movement and play. In the course, you get to dance both with dance step patterns and moving based on music, play and mental images. In addition to dance, play and movement, the course is above all enjoyable togetherness. The course is suitable for everyone, regardless of previous experience.
Circus for the whole family is a circus course intended for all kinds of families where you get to experiment with new ways of spending time together using circus activities. You will familiarise yourself with various circus equipment, tricks, doing things together and controlling your body. The whole family is welcome to participate in the group, and older children will also enjoy the course. The duration of one meeting may vary depending on how much energy the children have.
Nice activities for children and adults to do together. In the course, we move together and learn the basics of dance
Parent-baby classes are a wonderful joint exercise moment for a parent and a baby under one year old. The main focus of the course is the well-being of the parent, for example the mother's safe recovery from pregnancy and childbirth. With the right kind of exercise, it is possible to alleviate or prevent dysfunction of the pelvic floor and speed up the recovery of abdominal muscle spasms.
You can also find this page at tampere.fi/harrastelahete
