Summer with Erikshjälpen Framtidsverkstad

Summer vacation is the time of year when many of the inequalities in growing up in Sweden become most apparent. Graduations and student parties are just around the corner, and many children and young people get a well-deserved summer break after a busy school year. But the summer break is also a time of hardship for many.

Many families in Sweden struggle financially during the summer period. Not everyone can afford to go on vacation and many children stay at home, with nothing to do.

Young people lack the resources to get their first summer job, leading to a lack of activities and employment for several months. This lack can lead to a feeling of hopelessness - a feeling and situation that criminal gangs like to exploit to recruit new members.

We offer vacation internships during the summer

Every year, Erikshjälpen Framtidsverkstäder takes in young people as vacation interns and offers them a job during the summer. The vacation internship gives the young people a context, but also an income and lessons that can be built on in future summers - as a valuable line in a CV. During the internship, young people can organize activities for other young people, take part in local events, and participate in advocacy activities, such as interviewing people in power.

Erikshjälpen Framtidsverkstad Linköping welcomes four young people who are doing their holiday internship on site in the Skäggetorp area this year.

- "I'm looking forward to doing fun activities for children and young people in Skäggetorp," says one of the young people when they meet for an introduction at the Future Workshop on June 2.

For further information

Erikshjälpen Framtidsverkstad