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LOHJA - ALWAYS NEARBY

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Lohja Key Figures

Generally • A Population 39 721 • Amouth of the under 19 years old 5 126 • The municipality is bilingual, although it is not required by thelow, with majority being Finnish and minority Swedish speakers• Covers an area 441.19 km2of which is water 91.78 km2

Expenditure:• Total Expenditure 239 Million Euros• Current Expenditure 218 Million Euros• Investment 15 Million Euros• Total amount of Loans 62 Million Euros• Local Income tax rate 19,50 %

Welcome to Lohja45 minutes from Helsinki and 1 hour 30 minutes from Turku

Tytyri Mine MuseumGuided tours and meeting facilities 100 m under ground

Open all year round

NatureActivities and relaxation

St. Laurence Church

Medieval Church famous for exceptionally rich painted ornaments

                                                                                      

                   

The city of eventsAlot of fun, family events are held at Lohja, for example Lohja Lake days in June, Apple festival in September

and Old times Christmas Fair in December

Manor’s

Museums

Alitalo Apple vineyardApples are the main symbol of Lohja.

THE SPORT CENTER OF LOHJA

LOHJAN LIIKUNTAKESKUS OY

- there are no exercise activities produced by the Lohja city organization

- Sport Center has the responsibility of the "classical" physical exercise products.

- ANOTHER 2 COMPANIES OF SPORTS

• Sport Center is the cap organization for the companies

• the losses for Sport Center is paid by the concern aid paid by the Lohja city organization.

• The city Lohja owns the mainority of

Companies

THE SPORT CENTER OF LOHJA

• Lohjas way to produce services of physical education is rare in Finland• the company of swimming hall had it’s business at Lohja from the year 1970 - the name was changed to the Sport Center of Lohja in 1980 • it built and upkeeped exercise areas for the both commun’s • before the municipality of Lohjan kunta was consolidated in to the Lohja city in 1997, communal physical actions of both municipalities were removed to the company in 1993 • the company pays rents of exersice areas to

the city, the incomes from the areas come to

the company itself.

MY ROLE IN THE COMPANY

EDUCATION: * physical education instractor * the university graduate of physical

education

WORKEXPERIENCE * gymnastics teacher in a sportinstitute and at junior high

school

* the Lohja city sport secretary from 1984

NOWDAYS * sports secretary in the Sport-Center of Lohja

MY ROLE IN THE COMPANY

RESPONSIBILITY AREAS IN THE SPORTS CENTER

• the use of the all exercise areas/sportplaces – both

constant and temborary uses

• the financial support to the exercise organisations

• the aid for the exercise services > office, reservations, applys, annoucement and marketing

• take a part of the planning of the exercise areas

ECONOMY AND ACTIVITIES OF COMPANY

EXPENSES 3 761 915 €

INCOMES * incomes 1 543 521 €

* aid from the Lohja city 2 309 300 €

- exercise expenses 94,71 €/ inhabitant

PERSONNELL 76

- expenses by the personnel 49,6 %

YEARLY USAGE - recreations bath/swimminghall Neidonkeidas 272 633 users- icehall 57 518 - outdoor exercise activitie usage 449 700

- supervised activities 93 279

- the usage of gyms and exercise halls 287 770

Total 1 160 900

EXERCISE AREAS AND JA INSTITUTES

LOHJA EXERCISE AREAS/SPORTPLACES 201 kpl• In ownership of local authorities 139 kpl

INDOOR EXERCISE AREAS/SPORTSPLACES 31• Recration spa/swimhall Neidonkeidas, roofed soccerhall, ishall,

bowling hall (4)

• indoor tennis hall, 2 courses (1), excercise-/sporthalls (20), gyms (4),

MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) halls (2)

- spa expenses - €/ customer 5,31 €

- icehall expenses - €/ customer 6,51 €

OUTDOOR EXCERCISE SERVICES

OUTDOOR EXCERCISE AREAS/SPORTPLACES 105

* sports- and grass grounds (8), ballcourts and ice skateing areas (14)

* other ball fields ; beach ballfields etc. (11) and special exercise (6)

* outdoor tenniscourses (10)

* hiking tracks with lights (6 – 30 km), other hiking tracks = sking routes (16) about 45-70 km

* orienteering areas = maps (37) and winterswimming places (3)

* outdoor paths km/10 000 inhabitant 2,24 km

* light trafic roads km/10 000 inhabitant n. 2,2 km

THE AID FOR THE EXERCISE ORGANIZATIONS

EXERCISE- AND SPECIAL ORGANIZATIONS IN LOHJA

• exercise organizations/sportsclubs 69 (8 special ones)

• - amount of members in the organizations12 315

from which are under 19 years old 5 175

• the most popular icehockey, fotball, floorball, athletics

• Lohja has got 3 olympicmedals – 2 gould in 1972 and 1992, 1 silver in 2008

• the financial aid given to the organizations 139 750 €

• the financial aid for bigger events, Fin5 8 000 €

• aid for exercise organizations €/ inhabitant 3,52

• preformances in the organizations

n. 1 468 000 € - the share of the aid is 8,5 %

THE ARRANGEMENT OF EXERCISE

EXERCISE-LAW (1998 § 2 ) defines that communs have the mission to offer exercise

activities and make the daily acitivites better to higer every citizens well-being. Communs

have to aid the national activities by offering exercise areas and by setting up

happenings, also the the special-exercise organizations

Organizations set up activities.

SUPERVISEING PERSONNEL

- special exercise and ordrinary exercise instructors 2 + 21

- water exercise instructors and swimming teacher 6

NUMBERS OF THE SUPERVISED SERVICES

• The swimming skill (200 meters) of youthat six graders 97%

• The usage of supervisedservices/ customer 2,5

THE ARRANGEMENT OF EXERCISE

KIDS AND YOUTH• swimming leassons and schools, clubs Lohja school groups+

45 other groups

• baby-swim 4 groups

• exercise clubs 11 groups

• holiday (winter, summer, autumn) activities about 40 courses and camps

MIDDLE-AGED• motion exercise and gym groups 22

• rowspinnig, Body Pump 13

• water exercise 10

• courses (Gym, rollerblade, park gymnastics, swimming schools. ~12

THE ARRANGEMENT OF EXERCISE

SPECIAL GROUP EXERCISE• supervised gym circuits, exercise for handicapped adults 5 groups

• childrens exercise groups, adult sitting volleyball 3 groups

• water exercise groups, swimming basics schools 10

EXERCISE FOR THE ELDER• supervised condition training (including, jooga)

supervised gym groups 12

• summer activities (stick exercise, nordic walking) 2 groups• water exercis 2

amount of the weekly supervised groups - 85

HOW WE WORK IN THE COMPANY

1) OFFER EXERSICE AREAS = FASILITIES

• to different organisations and groups – economically: • payments of exersice areas, 10% of the whole expenses

2) SETTING UP ACTIVITIES • to all habitants of Lohja – • the focus on special exersice , children and young people

3) AIDING FINANCIALY• exersice organizations and their activies

in addition the focus on young members

and their hobbies in the organizations.

HOW WE WORK IN THE COMPANY

4) GREATING NEW FACILITIES AND IMPROVEING • to make them more appealigs • 5 new, near exersice areas have been built near the shcoolyards • outdoor skatebording park, built in 2006, was planed in the co-

opparation with users

5) TRYING TO LISTEN THE YOUTH, TO DISCUSE AND TO TAKE WITH

• an indoor skateboarding park is being planned.

6) CO-OPERATE WITH YOUTH AND SOCIAL

ORGANIZATIONS

SPECIAL PROBLEMS

1) SPONTANEOUS EXERCISE • hanging around with friends is in mod – street culture

• ”drop out” exercise organizations of Lohja 30 %

2) EXERSICES CLUBS – HOLYDAYSEASON EXERCISE• after school 3 pm – 5 pm o´clock dosen´t work out - ”not interested”

• the action don´t reach these physically inaktive pupils

• holydayseason exercise club for youth over the age of 10 don´t reach their target group anymore

• shortage of instractors

3) EMPTYNESS IN THE EXESICE AREAS • are empty during the day time to 5 pm

• in the evenings the times are all booked up

SPECIAL PROBLEMS

4) MOVING PHYSICALLY ACTIVE• exersice services reach moustly physically active adults and children

• organizations (the thirth sectory) set up activities – how they will accept our common challenge?

• the pressription to adults physical exersice is in use

5) THE SUCCESS OF SPORTS IN LOHJA • worry about level of the coaching and professional skill of trainiers

• Lohja don´t have any national higher ranked

sport teams. The young spotlers often transfer

to the bigger organizations in Helsinki

STUDIES/RESALTS

OBSERVATIONS ABOUT THE LOCKAL PHYSICAL EXESICE

1) SATISFACTION WITH EXESICE SERVICES • The yearly surveys to adults – the level of satisfaction 90 % >

• schoolsurvey – sufficiently execise aktivities, over 30 % of pupils execise 3 time or more in weekly

2) FINISCH HEALTH REACHERS AMONG SHOOLPUPILS • There are results from youth’s exercise behaviour, alchohol and

smoking usage.

STUDIES/RESULTS

THE FINNICH RESALTS OF PSYSICALLY EXERSICE 1) PHYSICAL ACTIVITY OF YOUNG PEOPLE HAS DECREASED

2) ONLY A LITTELE PART OF YOUTH REACH THE AIM OF NATIONAL

EXERSICE

• Exercing daily 1,5 hour pupils of lowshool and atleast 1 hour in highshool

3) BELONING TO ORGANIZED EXERCISE/SPORT HASN´T

CHANGED

• on the contrary it has growed 15 – 20 %

4) THE YOUNG ATHLETE DOSEN´T EXERCISE

ENOUGH DAILY

• over 50 % of schoolpupils don´t exersice

enough

STUDIES/RESULTS

6) THE BOYS ARE MORE PHYSICALLY ACTIVE THAN GIRLS

7) STUDENT´S PHYSICAL ACTIVITY DECREASED FROM 7. GRADE TO 9.

GRADE

8) THE CONTRATOR OF COMMUNITY SHAPES CHILDRENS PHYSICALLY EXERSICE

• Positive experiments of the environment

• Children exersice to them important areas

independently ja actively

OTHER THINGS

FAMILY EXERSICE• The exersice activities are based a lot on parents activity

• We have set up together with the Lohja exersice organization the following events:

- The roum/wander of gottage in the woods - Laavujen Kierros, 4 events in the autum

- The activitie of kids – Tennarin Tenavatohinat – 6 – 8 events in the year

OUR COMPANY WISHES

• To get ideas how we should get

- the youth to be more active

with exersice &- more the use in the areas in the afternoons.