Volunteer workers at the food bank are packing food into the car.

Do you want to help?

You can help in many ways! Would you like to give your time and expertise? Make a direct donation or participate in the Yhteisvastuu annual campaign? Or do your shopping to support charity? The parish federation has ways and means to help those in need.

Collection to help Ukrainians

You can support Ukraine by donating to the Church's Foreign Emergency Aid Collection. The Church's Foreign Aid has been helping Ukrainian refugees in the crisis area since the early days of the war. The aid will be delivered in cooperation with the European partner organizations of the Norwegian Church.

  • Send a text message APU20 (€20) or APU50 (€50) to the number 16499
  • Donate with MobilePay to the number 36263
  • Nordea: FI33 1572 3000 5005 04, reference number: 2943
  • Emergency collection to help Ukrainians

Donate to food aid

Federation of Tampere Evangelical Lutheran Parishes collect funds to purchase food and hygiene products in order to help the people of Tampere who are in financial distress. The aid is coordinated through the Food Bank .

The collected funds are used as grants to support and maintain the material, mental or social well-being of needy people in situations where other help or support is not sufficient.

Collection permit RA/2020/499. Granted by the National Police Board.

Fundraising organizer: Federation of Tampere Evangelical Lutheran Parishes, PL 226, 33101 Tampere, phone: 03 219 0111.



Domestic aid local collections are established with the deacon workers from Tampere, and the help is delivered by the deacon workers of the parishes. Funding should be used to buy winter boots for a child, a washing machine for a single parent, or to support the hobbies of young people in a low-income family.