SEPARATE SHOWER AND CHANGING CABINS IN THE SWIMMING AND SPORTS HALLS
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The absence of a separate shower cabin and changing room was not considered a problem in Finland until recently. Because Finland started immigration later than other European countries. In the early 1990s, the number of refugees and immigrants has increased and also Finnish society commenced to interest the new refugee and immigrant communities after their number became visible with new arrivals.
According to statistics, another fact is that groups coming from outside Finland generally prefer Uusimaa and especially Helsinki. For this reason, Helsinki municipality needs to make some changes in order to better integrate these minority groups into Finnish society. Considering that sports is a culture in Finland, it is necessary to change the swimming and sports centers owned by the municipality in order to encourage immigrant and refugee groups to swim and do sports, especially for women and children who came from more conservative traditions. When a workshop was held on this subject, it was stated that especially the children do not want to go to halls because there is no separate shower and changing cabin.
The purpose of this proposal is not to eliminate a value belonging to the Finnish culture, but to diversify it with small arrangements to be made. In some halls, this problem will be solved by using only one shower curtain. Although the first purpose of this proposal is swimming halls, it is aimed to make changes in other sports halls if the budget is sufficient.
Swimming halls run by the City of Helsinki:
Jakomäki swimming hall
Pirkkola swimming hall
Yrjönkatu swimming hall
Sports halls run by the City of Helsinki:
Herttoniemenranta sports hall
Kamppi sports centre
Katajanokka sports hall
Latokartano sports hall
Maunula sports hall
Töölö sports hall
Puistola sports hall
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Dear Emine and Giulnara,
Thanks for your proposal and new comments. Please find few notes below:
Sport facilities has tried to use shower curtains in Jakomäki swimming hall but noticed that these cause hygiene problems. For this reason we can’t recommend to this part of your proposal
In Pirkkola swimming hall Sport facilities is currently considering how to use hall’s private dressing room more efficiently. Earlier it has been only intended for people with restricted mobility
Yrjönkatu swimming hall is Helsinki’s oldest swimming hall. To build almost anything here requires discussions with the Museum of Helsinki. Same thing with Töölö sports hall
For Herttoniemenranta sports hall, Kamppi sports centre, Katajanokka sports hall, Latokartano sports hall Maunula sports hall and Puistola sports
Hello, thank you for your comment. It seems like your comment was cut in the end.
-It is great that Itäkeskus swimming hall has already build private dressing rooms/shower cabins! Maybe it was not mentioned during the teemaraksa. If private dressing rooms/shower cabins function efficiently there, maybe there is no need to include this swimming hall into the proposal.
-Jakomäki swimming hall: what other options can be used instead of shower curtains? e.g. folding screen (tilanjakaja)?
-Pirkkola swimming hall: if it's already dealt with by Sport facilities, maybe there is no need to include this swimming hall into the proposal (where is it possible to read about how the situation is progressing?)
-Yrjönkatu swimming hall & Töölö sports hall: can shower curtains/folding screens be used there?
-Herttoniemenranta sports hall, Kamppi sports centre, Katajanokka sports hall, Latokartano sports hall Maunula sports hall and Puistola sports: your comment was not finished
Some short answers:
Jakomäki: we can try to find new options for privacy if your proposal wins
Pirkkola: we are still concerning this by ourselves so there is no public document made for this yet
Yrjönkatu & Töölö SH: we can try but I cannot promise because of the historical reasons
For Herttoniemi, Kamppi, Katajanokka, Latokartano and Maunula your proposal is ready
Thank you! We've excluded Itäkeskus swimming hall from our proposal. Is it ready now for cost calculation?
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