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Booster is a new peer group model to support mental wellbeing that has been developed as part of the Mental Health Toolkit project. It is intended to promote the work ability of self-employed people, freelancers, grant recipients and sole proprietors in the arts, culture and events sectors.

The Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) has awarded 13.8 million euros in operational subsidies for specific artforms to art communities in 2025. Altogether 193 art communities throughout Finland have been awarded an operational subsidy. Due to the budget situation and Taike’s strategic priorities, there have been more changes affecting recipients and amounts in the decisions than in previous years.

This project develops Adult Education Centre-based mediation models to promote cultural wellbeing activities. The project, which is being developed in South Ostrobothnia, aims to create models that can be applied nationwide. These models would support the accessibility of the arts and culture, especially in collaboration with social and health services (the SOTE sector).

Taike has three separate boards that decide on the awarding of statutory grants.

We regularly evaluate the impact of our own activities.

Taike currently has seven expert panels.

The Central Arts Council has submitted its opinion on the government proposal regarding the Education and Culture Administration 2030 reform project, which plans to merge government agencies. According to the draft legislation, the Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) and the National Audiovisual Institute (KAVI) would merge to form the Culture Agency of Finland (Kulttuurivirasto) at the beginning of 2026. At the same time, the structure of the arts councils would change.