A movement minute and swimming and gym card campaign for upper secondary level students

A student’s everyday life can be hectic – but there is always a minute for exercise, so #movementminute. Social media influencer Netta, together with the City of Helsinki, challenges upper secondary level students to move one minute at a time in October-November. It can be squatting while preparing coffee, x jumping while waiting for the lift or doing biceps curls with shopping bags – find your own way of moving. Everyday exercise also has many positive effects on studying: among others, it can improve concentration and memory as well as stimulate the mind. Start with a minute!

And if you feel you would like to move even more, grab the 10x swimming and gym card for a promotional student price of €10 + €4 (normal price €25 + €4). The promotional price is valid from 21 October to 10 November 2024. 

Even the slightest movement helps

The importance of everyday activity and a bit of movement for mental and physical well-being should not be underestimated. Upper secondary level students spend 70% of their waking time sedentary and only 20% achieve the recommended amount of movement. The amount of everyday movement and participation in sports activities decreases among upper secondary level students. It is important to promote movement, as it has been proven to have positive effects on mental health, learning ability and the management of emotions. 

In Helsinki, movement among upper secondary level students is promoted on a long-term basis through cooperation between different divisions of the city. This # movementminute campaign is part of a larger package and one of the measures of the City of Helsinki’s well-being plan for 2022–2025 that is targeted at the upper secondary level. The mobility campaign strengthens other well-being work done at the upper secondary level. 

Even a one-minute break from being sedentary creates a more physically active study culture and plays a meaningful role to support the ability to study.

10 x swimming and gym card for a promotional price

The City of Helsinki’s Sports Services offers students an affordable 10 x swimming and gym card for €10 + €4 / customer card during the #movementminute campaign from 21 October to 10 November 2024 (normal price €25 / €4). The four-euro customer card does not need to be redeemed if the person already has the City of Helsinki’s Sports Services customer card. 

The card is valid for two years from the date of purchase and is available at certain sports facilities of the City of Helsinki for the campaign period by showing the student card (no age limit), allowing access to all of the city’s sports facilities, such as the indoor swimming pools of Itäkeskus, Jakomäki and Pirkkola sports halls, 16 gyms and weightlifting gyms and in the summer also to the Swimming Stadium and Kumpula outdoor swimming pool. 

The 10 x swimming and gym card is available at the following locations:  

• Itäkeskus Swimming Hall (Olavinlinnantie 6)  
• Jakomäki Swimming Hall (Somerikkopolku 6)  
• Latokartano Sports Hall (Agronominkatu 26)  
• Liikuntamylly (Jauhokuja 3)  
• Pirkkola Swimming Hall (Pirkkolan metsätie 6)  
• Töölö Sports Hall (Paavo Nurmen kuja 1) 

The following cards entitle the holder to the student discount:  

• FSS card, International Student Card ISIC, student cards of Osku, Sakki, Samok, the Union of Upper Secondary School Students in Finland (SLL), the SLL-ISIC card, the card of the National Union of University Students in Finland (SYL), the joint card of VR and Matkahuolto or a corresponding Finnish (or ISIC) student card application  
• The validity of the student card is indicated by a term sticker attached to the card, which the card holder receives from their student organisation. Screenshots taken from student card apps will not be accepted.  
• Kela’s meal subsidy card  
• Kela’s financial aid decision for the current academic year  
• Attendance certificate. Valid for one academic year at a time (certificates must indicate the identity of the student, the educational institution and the duration of studies)  
• The studies must be full-time, last at least 9 months and there must be 25 hours of study per week  

No discount for students in apprenticeship training, general upper secondary school for adults or labour market training. No discount for postgraduate students of universities and higher education institutions, i.e. for students studying to become licentiates and doctors.